The Beasts of Clawstone Castle

The Beasts of Clawstone Castle

by Alex T. Smith (Illustrator), Eva Ibbotson (Author)

Synopsis

Can two children foil an outrageous criminal plot with the help of some of the funniest and maddest ghosts ever invented? Clawstone Castle is ancient and famous, but its elderly owners have no money. In its great park live a legendary herd of wild white cattle that have roamed there since the days of the Druids, and now their future is threatened. Rollo and Madlyn come to stay with their uncle and aunt and, with the help of a mysterious recluse in the castle library, they collect an impressive team of phantoms who agree to help them turn Clawstone into a tourist attraction. There's a bloodstained bride, an aristocrat whose chest is permanently gnawed by a rat, a girl who was sawn in half in a circus, a pair of feet without a body, and more. Paying visitors soon pour through the gates. But then a terrible fate befalls the cattle, and the ghosts and the children find themselves facing some very sinister enemies.

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More Information

Format: Unabridged
Pages: 240
Edition: Unabridged
Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
Published: 06 May 2005

ISBN 10: 1405048891
ISBN 13: 9781405048897
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years

Media Reviews
The book offers a plethora of tangled threads and comic characters. (Publishers Weekly)
Author Bio
Eva Ibbotson lives in Newcastle upon Tyne and has four grown-up children. She has written nine other books for children which have been translated into many languages. Two major movies based on her books are currently in development.