The Ministry of Ghosts by Shearer, Alex

The Ministry of Ghosts (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781510704732)

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The Ministry of Ghosts by Shearer, Alex

The Ministry of Ghosts

$15.99
The Ministry of Ghosts by Shearer, Alex

The Ministry of Ghosts

$15.99
Format: Hardcover
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When they ring the bell at the house with the dusty windows and tarnished nameplate to inquire about the advertised "Saturday Person," Thruppence and Tim don't know what they're getting themselves into. A Saturday job sounds ideal But had that nameplate been properly cleaned, Thruppence and Tim might not have been so keen to enter . . .

Pressured by the stern Minister Beeston from the Department of Economies, the Ministry of Ghosts has been given three months to prove the existence or nonexistence of ghosts, or else it will be shut down As it seems that children are particularly magnetic to ghosts and supernatural beings, Thruppence and Tim are hired to join the ministry's ghost-catching team. And although neither of them is scared by talk of ghosts or monsters, they are unprepared for what they're about discover

Filled with fun, humor, and twists and turns, this is the perfect book for anyone who loved Harry Potter and who is looking for something similar to Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book--just not quite as scary.

Author: Alex Shearer
ISBN-10: 1510704736
ISBN-13: 9781510704732
Publisher: Sky Pony
Language: English
Published: 05/03/2016
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.40w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2016
School Library Journal 05/01/2016 pg. 101
By Alex Shearer
By Alex Shearer
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Alex Shearer was born in Wick, in the far north of Scotland. His father was a blacksmith and his mother was a secretary. He enjoyed writing from an early age and sold his first television script about thirty years ago. He went on to write several TV series, stage plays, radio plays, and comedy scripts. Moving into writing for children, his novels Bootleg and The Greatest Store in the World were adapted for television by the BBC, and his 2003 novel The Speed of Dark was short-listed for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. He lives in Somerset, England.

Sky Pony Press, with our Good Books, Racehorse and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of books for young readers--picture books for small children, chapter books, books for middle grade readers, and novels for young adults. Our list includes bestsellers for children who love to play Minecraft; stories told with LEGO bricks; books that teach lessons about tolerance, patience, and the environment, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

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