Ghostlight
Published on 13. October 2022
416 pages
978-1-913101-84-8 (ISBN)
Description
Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell-or were they pushed?-remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day ...
Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn't actually believe in ghosts - until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand. The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from 'the wakeful and wicked dead' - malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But the Order has disappeared, and Viker's ghost is growing ever stronger. Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls ...
A fresh-and very scary-take on the ghost story from Kenneth Oppel.
Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn't actually believe in ghosts - until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand. The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from 'the wakeful and wicked dead' - malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But the Order has disappeared, and Viker's ghost is growing ever stronger. Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls ...
A fresh-and very scary-take on the ghost story from Kenneth Oppel.
Reviews / Votes
With a high-stakes premise, harrowing growing pains and moments as chilling as midnight ocean spray, Oppel plays his readers' nerves like an out-of-tune harp * New York Times * Dark, complex, unsettling. * Daily Mail * A ghost story like no other ... masterful storytelling * Clare Povey, author * Pacey and thrilling, with one of the best opening chapters I have ever read. * Charlotte Eyre, The Bookseller * A spooktacular story that's surprisingly insightful * Kirkus * This book has everything ... action, friendship, innocent first love (boy meets ghost), mystery solving, sense of place and a spine tingling ghost story! * Veronica Price, Vs View from the Bookshelves blog * Super dialogue and suspenseful action. My favourite read of the year. * Angela Ahn *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 10 to 14 years
Illustrations
black and white
File size
1,93 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-913101-84-8 (9781913101848)
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Person
Kenneth Oppel is the bestselling author of numerous books, including Airborn, which won the Governor General's Award for children's literature and a Michael L Printz Honor Book Award, and the Silverwing trilogy, which has sold over a million copies worldwide. Some of his other books include The Boundless, Every Hidden Thing, and Inkling. The Nest and Half Brother both won the Canadian Library Association's Book of the Year for Children Award. His latest novels are Bloom and its sequels Hatch and Thrive. Kenneth lives in Toronto with his family.
