Posts Tagged ‘ghosts’
Pirate Curse
McElderry, 2006
Fantasy
ISBN: 1416924213
336 pages
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old pirate Jolly is a polliwog, which means that she can literally walk on water. She enjoys her life with pirate Captain Bannon until he is betrayed and she narrowly escapes with her life. Washed up ashore on an island with ghosts and a boy named Munk who also happens to be a polliwog, the two are soon thrust into a great battle between humans and the mysterious Maelstrom, which caused the magic they know. Now they must band together with an interesting crew in order to save the Caribbean, which will save the world at large. …
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The Graveyard Book
HarperCollins, 2008
Fantasy Fiction
ISBN-10: 0060530928
320 pages
Newbery Award Winner
Synopsis
Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is like any normal boy his age, except that he’s been raised by a graveyard full of ghosts. When he was just a baby, the man Jack was sent to murder him and his family, but Bod solely escaped. Largely taken care of by a guardian who exists neither within the living or the dead, Bod has to navigate a mysterious and different world than most people, and as a result, growing up can be difficult at times. As he hits his teenage years, he must decide what to do once the man Jack knows his whereabouts again. …
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