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The Ghost Tower

Paperback

Curiosity saves the bat in this fun and quirky adventure story from beloved author Gillian Cross.

The night Dot and Ryan take a sneaky Halloween visit to a condemned tower, they discover more than they bargained for when they catch a glimpse of an endangered species of bat. It's clear that the bat colony and the tower need to be saved, but Dot and Ryan were never meant to be there and it's not going to be easy to get the grown-ups on side … Can they find a way to stop the demolition and save the bats before it's too late?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.

RRP: £7.99

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-837-4

Interest age

7+

Reading age

8

Publication Date

05-02-2019

Format

Paperback

Pages

72 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Curiosity saves the bat in this fun and quirky adventure story from beloved author Gillian Cross.

The night Dot and Ryan take a sneaky Halloween visit to a condemned tower, they discover more than they bargained for when they catch a glimpse of an endangered species of bat. It's clear that the bat colony and the tower need to be saved, but Dot and Ryan were never meant to be there and it's not going to be easy to get the grown-ups on side … Can they find a way to stop the demolition and save the bats before it's too late?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.

Author

Gillian Cross, Illustrated by Sarah Horne

Gillian Cross is perhaps best known for her Demon Headmaster series and its BBC adaptation. She has won many of the most prestigious awards for children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and the Smarties Prize. She lives near Coventry with her husband.||Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire and spent her childhood scampering in fields and playing with goats. She studied illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and now lives in London, where she enjoys creating funky, inky illustrations for children’s books.

Imprint

Barrington Stoke

ISBN

978-1-78112-837-4

Reading age

8

Interest age

7+

Publication Date

05-02-2019

Format

Paperback

Pages

72 pages

Dimensions

130x198mm

Product Description

Curiosity saves the bat in this fun and quirky adventure story from beloved author Gillian Cross.

The night Dot and Ryan take a sneaky Halloween visit to a condemned tower, they discover more than they bargained for when they catch a glimpse of an endangered species of bat. It's clear that the bat colony and the tower need to be saved, but Dot and Ryan were never meant to be there and it's not going to be easy to get the grown-ups on side … Can they find a way to stop the demolition and save the bats before it's too late?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 8.

Author

Gillian Cross, Illustrated by Sarah Horne

Gillian Cross is perhaps best known for her Demon Headmaster series and its BBC adaptation. She has won many of the most prestigious awards for children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children’s Book Award and the Smarties Prize. She lives near Coventry with her husband.||Sarah Horne grew up in Derbyshire and spent her childhood scampering in fields and playing with goats. She studied illustration at Falmouth College of Arts and now lives in London, where she enjoys creating funky, inky illustrations for children’s books.