Mr Majeika and the Ghost Train (Mr Majeika, 5) - Softcover

Carpenter, Humphrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140366415 ISBN 13: 9780140366419

Publisher: Puffin, 1995

Synopsis

'Do be careful, Mr Majeika, there might be real ghosts in there.'

When Class Three and Mr Majeika get on board a ghost train, they are in for a surprise. Real ghosts appear and the wicked Wilhemina Worlock isn't far away. But Jody comes to the rescue - with a dragon to help her!

About this title

Review:

Delightful (Daily Telegraph)

About the Author:

Humphrey Carpenter worked at the BBC before becaming a full-time writer in 1975. He was the author of 14 of the well-loved Mr Majeika titles as well as two Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits titles for children. He was also the co-author, with his wife Mari Prichard, of The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. He was an eminent figure in the world of adult literature and published award-winning biographies including, among others, those of J. R. R Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan. From 1994-1996 he directed the Cheltenham Festival of Literature and for many years he ran a young people's drama group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He wrote plays for radio and theatre and was a regular contributor to the Guardian. Humphrey died in January 2005.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0140366415
• ISBN 13: 9780140366419
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 96