Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke
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| Ghost Knight by Cornelia Funke |
Ghost Knight is about a boy named John Whitecroft
who is sent to boarding school. He says he saw three ghosts on horses. No one
believes him, but one girl named Ella Littlejohn does believe him. Ella’s
grandmother, Zelda takes tourists on ghost walks and tells them about the
ghosts, like the gray lady and the young apprentice in the mansion who had died
at a young age. The one thing though that neither the three know about is that
ghosts can come back alive. John summons a courageous ghost knight to help him defend
himself from the three ghosts on horses.
This novel was a little frightening. It scared me;
only a bit though. It was a type of scare I have never felt. Not a scare-me-to-death
like the film Woman in Black (“shiver
runs now down my spine”) but more like
it-makes-you-think-could-they-actually-be-real type of scare. And what would it
be like to see a ghost?
People who like ghosts or stories about ghosts,
this will be right up your street. I think most kids around the age of 11/12
will really enjoy it because the main character is 11 and he goes off on an
adventure on his own. Not just kids who are 11/12 or ghost fans will like this
but people who like the supernatural or the Young
Bond books (Silverfin by Charlie
Higson) may like it too.
Warning! This book contains the supernatural,
ghosts, toads, mystery, a little adventure (but not much) and history (Might be
fake? But anyway).
Publication details: Orion, 4 October 2012, London,
hardback
This copy: uncorrected proof received for review
from the publisher
Im really looking forward to giving this one a read. thanks for your thoughts :)
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