The Haunting (Mahy novel)

The Haunting

First edition
Author Margaret Mahy
Country New Zealand
Language English
Genre Children's supernatural fiction, ghost story
Publisher J. M. Dent
Publication date
August 1982
Media type Print
Pages 135 pp (first edition)
ISBN 0-460-06097-X
OCLC 476531256
LC Class PZ7.M2773 Hau[1]

The Haunting is a low fantasy novel for children written by Margaret Mahy of New Zealand and published in 1982, including a U.K. edition by J. M. Dent. Atheneum published the first U.S. edition in 1983.[1]

Mahy won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[2]

Plot introduction

Barney Palmer, a shy eight-year-old boy, discovers that one person in each generation of his family has had supernatural gifts – and this generation it seems to be him. He believes he is haunted by the ghost of an uncle he never met, and is oppressed by his fate. However, his sister Tabitha is determined to help him.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "The haunting" (U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2012-07-26.
  2. (Carnegie Winner 1982). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-26.

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Awards
Preceded by
The Scarecrows
Carnegie Medal recipient
1982
Succeeded by
Handles