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James is fed up. His family has moved to a new cottage - with grounds that are great for excavations, and trees that are perfect for climbing - and stuff is happening. Stuff that is normally the kind of thing he does. And he's getting blamed for it. But it's not him who's writing strange things on shopping lists and fences. It's not him who smashes bottles and pours tea in the Vicar's lap. It's a ghost - honestly. Thomas Kempe the apothecary has returned and he wants James to be his apprentice. No one else believes in ghosts. It's up to James to get rid of him. Or he'll have no pocket money or pudding ever again.
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Penelope Lively was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1933 and brought up there. She came to England in 1945, went to school in Sussex, and read Modern History at St Ann's College, Oxford. Her many books written for children include Astercote (1970), The Whispering Knights (1971), The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973), which won the Carnegie Medal, and A Stitch in Time (1976), which won the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Two of her novels written for adults have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction, and she won it in 1987 with Moon Tiger. More recent novels include The Photograph (2003) and Making it Up (2005). She has also written two volumes of autobiography and many short stories. Penelope Lively contributes regularly to a number of national daily newspapers and literary and educational journals. She has written radio and television scripts and was presenter for a BBC Radio 4 programme on children's literature. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, a member of PEN and a former Chairman of The Society of Authors. She was awarded an OBE in 1989 and a CBE in 2001.
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Ghost Of Thomas Kempe,
By Steve Needham (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Paperback)
Fascinating story about a young boy and his ghostly friend. None of the adults around him believe that there is a ghost until he befriends a local builder who doubles up as a psychic. I think I must have read this book about a dozen times 20-odd years ago when I was a child. Brilliantly written and what we would crassly describe as a "must-read" book these days. I wanted my own poltergeist but none ever materialised unfortunately.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent book for 11/ 12 year olds,
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This review is from: The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (New Windmills) (Hardcover)
I have used this book with many classes at the top end of UK primary schools and the children invariably become totally enthralled by the relationship of past to present.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Ghosts are no match for little boys,
By Zoe Brillantes "Reads Carnegie Medalists For Fun" (Geneva, Switzerland) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Paperback)
Dr. James Harrison, FRS, MP, D.Phil, OBE, writer of The Life Cycle of a British Beetle is a pirate of the Seven Seas, first conqueror of the earth's highest peak, captain of a World-Cup-winning football team and professional hole-digger. In short, he is a normal boy. And if in his made-up adventures windows get broken, cups shatter and his arm gets stuck in a grate - well that's not really his fault, is it? No matter what his father, mother and, sigh, sister think.After moving into an old house, James discovers that he is sharing a room with a literate poltergeist,Thomas Kempe, who resorts to banging doors and hiding glasses for attention. Of course, it is James who gets blamed and whose allowance has to pay for damages. Things take a turn for the worse for James when Kempe, a sorcerer, leaves notes all over the place offering his magicks and accusing people of witchery. Can he successfully exorcise Thomas so that he can finally eat dessert and not have to be sent to his room all the time? Penelope Lively takes us to a time in our lives when the world was bright and wide; when every nook, cranny and hole can yield buried treasure and unfettered possibilities. Through James we remember climbing trees, running through grass, cartwheeling, and of course, telling ghost stories among friends. We also remember times when we couldn't ask adults for help because they wouldn't believe us and sadly, neither did our bestfriends. This is the perfect reading material for children who will certainly know what it's like to be James and for adults who want to be like James again - at least for a short time.
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