The Haunting of Tabitha Grey
1st Edition
Published on 2. April 2012
304 pages
978-1-78031-127-2 (ISBN)
Description
A classic ghost story with a stunning twist from Zelah Green author, Vanessa Curtis.
'I look up at the dark, unblinking eyes of the house and I get the weirdest feeling ... It's the feeling of being pulled into something and being unable to stop it happening ...' Tabitha is used to changing schools and moving house. But when her family move into Weston Manor, something is different. It's as if the house has been waiting for her. There are lavender smells which come from nowhere and the old servants' bells ring in the night. She can hear crying in empty rooms. Tabitha's always been imaginative. Even her best friend Gemma knows that. But this time, could she actually be telling the truth?
Set in a sprawling Victorian manor, Vanessa Curtis's spine-tingling ghost story, The Haunting of Tabitha Grey is filled with intriguing plot twists and enough tension to keep 11+ readers on their toes. It's Turn of the Screw meets The Others for young teen readers.
'I look up at the dark, unblinking eyes of the house and I get the weirdest feeling ... It's the feeling of being pulled into something and being unable to stop it happening ...' Tabitha is used to changing schools and moving house. But when her family move into Weston Manor, something is different. It's as if the house has been waiting for her. There are lavender smells which come from nowhere and the old servants' bells ring in the night. She can hear crying in empty rooms. Tabitha's always been imaginative. Even her best friend Gemma knows that. But this time, could she actually be telling the truth?
Set in a sprawling Victorian manor, Vanessa Curtis's spine-tingling ghost story, The Haunting of Tabitha Grey is filled with intriguing plot twists and enough tension to keep 11+ readers on their toes. It's Turn of the Screw meets The Others for young teen readers.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 11 years
ISBN-13
978-1-78031-127-2 (9781780311272)
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Vanessa Curtis
The Haunting of Tabitha Grey
Book
04/2012
Egmont Books Ltd
€27.43
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Person
Vanessa Curtis originally trained as a pianist before becoming a freelance journalist and contributing articles to a range of magazines and newspapers. She is the author of two biographies on Virginia Woolf: 'Virginia Woolf's Women' and 'The Hidden Houses of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell' as well as a reviewer of fiction and nonfiction for broadsheet newspapers.
