Time of the Ghost
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| Author | Diana Wynne Jones |
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| Country | Great Britain |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Harper Collins |
| Released | 1981 |
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The Time of the Ghost is a 1981 novel by British children's author Diana Wynne Jones. It is about a ghost who observes four sisters, knowing she's one of them, but can't remember which one.
The book begins with the words There's been an accident! Something's wrong! She doesn't know who she is, or how she died, or quite where she is. She floats invisibly toward a boarding school which she vaguely remembers. She encounters four sisters, Imogen, Cart, Sally and Fenella, who worship an old ragdoll called Monigan as a game. She knows that she's one of these sisters, but can't remember which one.
The Worship of Monigan is a game that the sisters made up, in which the old doll supposedly represents the Goddess Monigan. However, the ghost learns that Monigan is very real, and that he has claimed the lives of one of the sisters as his own, to be paid in seven years' time. The ghost realizes that she is from seven years in the future and Monigan has a claim on her life. She desperately tries to contact the sisters, to stop Monigan's evil plan.
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Chrestomanci series: The Lives of Christopher Chant • Conrad's Fate • Charmed Life • The Magicians of Caprona • The Pinhoe Egg • Mixed Magics • Witch Week Dalemark Quartet: Cart and Cwidder • Drowned Ammet • The Spellcoats • The Crown of Dalemark Castle series: Howl's Moving Castle • Castle in the Air Derkholm series: Dark Lord of Derkholm • Year of the Griffin Magids series: Deep Secret • The Merlin Conspiracy Other: Archer's Goon • Dogsbody • Eight Days of Luke • Fire and Hemlock • Hexwood • The Homeward Bounders • Power of Three • A Tale of Time City • The Time of the Ghost • More... |
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