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Poor Tom's Ghost [Paperback]

Jane Louise Curry (Author)
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Publication Date: December 2000
"Absolutely enthralling..."

—Publishers Weekly

"All ends well with perfect emotional logic; who cares about the other sort where deep in a fast-moving and absorbing story like this one?"

—Jill Paton Walsh.

"The best children's fantasies of which this is definitely one—offer no insult to the intelligence of the adult reader. If you buy this for your pre-teenager and don't read it for yourself, you are missing a memorable reading experience, and a very poignant evocation of the preadolescent mind."

—Marion Zimmer Bradley.

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"...a superbly atmospheric story, full of suspense and chilling moments." -- Times Literary Supplement

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5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Tom's Ghost Jun 1 2002
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Roger Nicholas is thirteen and a bit too tightly wrapped, too introverted. His father Tony is an actor with the National Theatre in London, England, and his step-mother is an American actress there, and with her own daughter aged nine. Tony inherits what appears to be an ugly pink stuccoed monstrosity of a house close to the Thames in the London suburb of Isleworth. But belying its early 19th Century appearance is the presence of a distinctly Elizabethan ghost. In the process of uncovering the mystery they uncover the real house and its earlier origins and a bit of family history into the bargain. The characters are very well drawn, and Roger in particular is a very complex young lad who grows and matures through the course of the story.

I was and adult when I discovered this book at the time of its first printing, and was instantly captivated by the story and by its telling, and by the talent of the author. I have re-read this book a dozen times in the last 25 years and still enjoy it immensely. I cannot reccommend it highly enough.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Poor Tom's Ghost Jun 1 2002
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Roger Nicholas is thirteen and a bit too tightly wrapped, too introverted. His father Tony is an actor with the National Theatre in London, England, and his step-mother is an American actress there, and with her own daughter aged nine. Tony inherits what appears to be an ugly pink stuccoed monstrosity of a house close to the Thames in the London suburb of Isleworth. But belying its early 19th Century appearance is the presence of a distinctly Elizabethan ghost. In the process of uncovering the mystery they uncover the real house and its earlier origins and a bit of family history into the bargain. The characters are very well drawn, and Roger in particular is a very complex young lad who grows and matures through the course of the story.

I was and adult when I discovered this book at the time of its first printing, and was instantly captivated by the story and by its telling, and by the talent of the author. I have re-read this book a dozen times in the last 25 years and still enjoy it immensely. I cannot reccommend it highly enough.
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