My Haunted House by Angie Sage
Araminta Spook Book 1. Bloomsbury, 2014 (2006). ISBN 9781408838655.
(Age 7+) Themes: Ghosts, Magic, Witches. Originally published in
2006, this Bloomsbury reprint introduces Araminta Spook to a new
generation of young readers. She lives with her Aunt Tabby and Uncle
Drac in a huge, creepy house. Her parents are away hunting vampires
and they've left Araminta in the care of her unusual relatives.
Araminta spends her days searching for ghosts, getting up to
mischief and finding herself in trouble. Time is running out for
Araminta to find an elusive spirit because her Aunt Tabby is fed up
with the troublesome boiler so she's putting the house on the
market.
Araminta's determination is evident as she scares away real estate
agents and changes the for sale sign to This Haunted House is NOT
for sale. Unfortunately she can't sway her Aunt from finding new
owners who aren't scared of ghosts!
This is a fun chapter book where Annie Sage's humorous writing is
complemented by Jimmy Pickering's dark black and white sketches.
Rhyllis Bignell