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Ghostlight

Written by: Kenneth Oppel
Narrated by: James Cribbins
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Publisher's Summary

2023 Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, Short-listed
2023 Aurora Award - Best YA Novel, Short-listed
2023 Diamond Willow Award, Nominated
2024 Manitoba Young Readers' Choice Awards (MYRCA) - Northern Lights Award, Nominated
2023 National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Award, Short-listed

Gabe’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories turns terrifyingly real when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and must join forces with her to protect the world of the living. A new story by award-winning author Ken Oppel for ages 10 and up.

The story of the tragic death of sixteen-year-old Rebecca Strand and her lighthouse keeper father is just an elaborate tale Gabe tells tourists for his summer job on Toronto Island. Or so he thought.

When his ghost tours awaken Rebecca’s spirit, Gabe is drawn into a world far darker than any ghost story he’s ever heard. Rebecca reveals that she and her father were connected to the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from "the wakeful and wicked dead"—malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But now the Order has disappeared and Viker is growing even stronger, and he’ll stop at nothing to wreak chaos and destruction on the living.

Gabe and his friends—both living and dead—must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls.

©2022 Kenneth Oppel (P)2022 Puffin Canada
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What the critics say

"With a high-stakes premise, harrowing growing pains and moments as chilling as midnight ocean spray, Oppel plays his readers' nerves like an out-of-tune harp. Gabe is instantly likable and leads a believable cast with hearts that thump (or did once) through a tangible setting with a deep sense of history." —New York Times

"Ghostbusters meets Stranger Things in Oppel’s perceptive supernatural thriller." —Publishers Weekly

"Friendship with ghosts can be chilling. A spooktacular story that’s surprisingly insightful." —Kirkus Reviews

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A new addition to my favorites.

Kenneth Oppel was my favorite author as a kid, and I'm very glad I looked him up now as an adult.

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lively, exciting and pleasantly spooky

This book was tons of fun — compelling characters, exciting plot and a great sense of humour.

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