Monday, November 25, 2013

Åndeløs by Cliff McNish

Spøgelser findes ikke.
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Efter sin fars pludselige død, har Jack ikke bare fået astma, han har også udviklet en evne til at fornemme de døde. Hans mor er bekymret. I håb om, at lidt luftforandring vil gøre ham godt, har hun købt et gammel hus på landet.
Men allerede den første nat bliver han vækket, da en fremmeddame svæver over hans seng. Det er spøgelsesmoren, som stadig plages af sorg over sin datters død to hundrede år forinden. Fuld af medfølelse sætter Jack sig for at optrevle hendes tragiske historie - men er hun virkelig så kærlig, som hun giver sig ud for at være? Hvorfor vil hun så gerne lege hans mor? Og hvem er de fire forpinte spøgelsesbørn, der gemmer sig i kælderen?
From back of book.

Jack is used to danger. His asthma has nearly killed him for more than once. But his new home has a danger he's never known before - the spirits of the dead. They can't breathe. But in Jack's house they can. Chase. Hide. Scream. Only Jack can see them. Only he can hear them. And only he can learn their secrets in time to save his mother and himself. From Goodreads.

I was surprised how much I liked this ghost story. Boy tells mum he can see ghosts, mum doesn't believe and everything goes bad from there. I kept turning the pages to see what happened next.  An easy read but it is still quite dark.

This book qualifies for:
Goodreads 2013 Reading Challenge
Serious Readers 2013
2013 Paranormal Reading Challenge (ghosts)
2013 A-Z Reading Challenge

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