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Ghosts of Shanghai: Book 1

Ghosts of Shanghai: Book 1

by JulianSedgwick (Author)

  • New

    Paperback 2015

    $9.36
Synopsis

A powerful teen thriller with echoes of J G Ballard's Empire of the Sun and Miracles of Life ...

Obsessed with martial arts and ghost stories, Ruby is part of a gang of Chinese and ex-pat children who hide out in ruined White Cloud Temple. But the world of Shanghai in the late 1920s is driven with danger: disease, crime, espionage and revolution are sweeping the streets. And since the death of her younger brother Thomas, Ruby is stalked by another anxiety and fear.

Faced with a series of local hauntings, and armed with a lucky bookshop find - The Almanac of Distant Realms - Ruby forms the Shanghai Ghost Club to hunt down restless spirits. When best friend Faye is kidnapped by the Green Hand, Ruby must trust a mysterious stranger - and face her worst fears - in order to save her friends, and her own life. And in the ensuing fight she will catch a glimpse of the one spirit she has longed to see ...

The secrets that Ruby's father and friends have kept from her are coming back to haunt them all.

$9.36

Quantity

8 in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 02 Jul 2015
ISBN 10: 1444923900
ISBN 13: 9781444923902
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: The exciting, death-defying, exotic new series from Julian Sedgwick, creator of The Mysterium.

Media Reviews
There are twists and turns throughout the plot and no one is quite what they seem * School Librarian *
Ruby is one of the best young female characters I have read in ten years as a bookseller. * Kenilworth Books *
Author Bio
Julian Sedgwick resolved to become a writer at the age of 12. He has written continuously since then - but got sidetracked along the way - and has subsequently worked as a painter, bookseller, researcher and advisor for film and TV, graphic artist and therapist. A lifelong interest in Asian culture led him to study Chinese and Philosophy at university and has shaped much of his working life. In his spare time he is a fire juggler and spends as much time as possible drawing. Recently he has been co-writing with his brother - the children's author, Marcus Sedgwick - working on a graphic novel, and various film projects. Julian lives in the Cambridgeshire Fens with his wife and two sons.