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Island of the Phantoms

Island of the Phantoms

by StephenAlter (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

When three children break into the town library to read from a book of sorcery, little do they realise they are about to raise the dead. But the ghosts they conjure up aren't your average ghosts. These spirits were captured long ago on an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean - Ilhas dos Fantasmas - a place where the living and the dead once coexisted peacefully. But all that ended when a visiting missionary trapped the image of the spirits with a special camera nearly eighty years ago. Now confined to the pages of a few dozen library books, the ghosts must rely on the three children and a determined librarian to work out how to free them.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 288
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 07 Jul 2008
ISBN 10: 0747585008
ISBN 13: 9780747585008
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Stephen Alter is a powerful new voice in children's fiction A startlingly intelligent and haunting fantasy: think Gabriel Garcia Marquez (junior) in the South Pacific Utterly page-turning dual-plotline between the mysterious South Pacific island and the present day Mythical folklore and footnotes create a fantastically imaginative fictional history for the island Authentic: Stephen's experiences growing up in India infuse the story

Author Bio
Stephen Alter was raised in India. The author of seven books for adults, he is the former Writer-in-Residence in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT, and a recipient of a Fulbright grant. Island of the Phantoms is his first book for children. He currently lives in India with his wife, where he is researching his newest book for adults - a behind the scenes look at the world of Bollywood.