The Beasts of Clawstone Castle
When their parents go to America for the summer, Madlyn and Rollo are sent to their great-aunt Emily and great-uncle George at Clawstone Castle, home of the legendary and mysterious Wild White Cattle of Clawstone Park. But times are hard at Clawstone, as the fancier castle down the road attracts...
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When their parents go to America for the summer, Madlyn and Rollo are sent to their great-aunt Emily and great-uncle George at Clawstone Castle, home of the legendary and mysterious Wild White Cattle of Clawstone Park. But times are hard at Clawstone, as the fancier castle down the road attracts all the tourist traffic. Determined to save the castle and the herd, Madlyn and Rollo audition a cast of ghosts to add some thrills to the Clawstone tours, and soon visitors are pouring through the gates. But just when things are looking up, the ghosts and children find themselves facing a great mystery, and some very sinister enemies. Will Madlyn, Rollo, and their ghostly friends find a way to save the day?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142409312 (0142409316)
Publish date: September 6th 2007
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Very sweet and different children's book :) Read by the lovely David Tennant :)
2.5 stars.I really liked the first half and, to a lesser extent, the latter half.The British overload threatens to make me somehow probably illegally acquire enough funds to get me on a planeship to England. As if the accents there weren't enough.Ibbotson's writing is, and I don't say this much at a...
I've wanted to read this for so long, that I can't even remember who recommended it to me in the first place any longer! Finally it became available through interlibrary loan, so I could get my hands on it, and wouldn't you know - I ended up being ever so slightly disappointed! Go figure. The story ...
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