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.