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The beasts of Clawstone Castle

While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live on the castle grounds.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ibbotson, Eva
Other Authors:	Hawkes, Kevin (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2006.
Edition:	1st American ed.
Subjects:	Castles > Juvenile fiction. Ghosts > Juvenile fiction. Cattle > Juvenile fiction. Animals > Juvenile fiction. England > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:	While spending the summer with elderly relatives at Clawstone Castle in northern England, Madlyn and her brother Rollo, with the help of several ghosts, attempt to save the rare cattle that live on the castle grounds.
Physical Description:	243 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection.
ISBN:	0525477195 (alk. paper) : 9780525477198 (alk. paper) :
Author Notes:	Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 21, 1925. She graduated from Bedford College, London with a degree in physiology in 1945 and the University of Durham with a degree in education in 1965. Her first book, The Great Ghost Rescue, was published in 1975. She primarily wrote children's book and romance novels for adults and young adults. Her other works include The Secret of Platform 13, The Star of Kazan, Which Witch?, Island of the Aunts, Dial-a-Ghost, The Ogre of Oglefort, A Company of Swans, and A Song For Summer. She won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Journey to the River Sea. She died on October 20, 2010 at the age of 85. (Bowker Author Biography)