![]() ![]() The story starts with workmen renovating East End Cottage in the growing small town of Ledsham before a new family are due to move in. I knew exactly where it was on the shelves so I had to get it out and those memories haven’t let me down, it is still a fun read. I was prompted to pick this book up however due to an instagram post I saw last week which featured the Puffin edition and brought back happy memories of reading it all those decades ago. Just for good measure she also won the Whitbread Children’s Book award in 1976 amongst other book prizes over the years. The Ghost of Thomas Kempe was published in 1973 and won the Carnegie Medal, as best children’s book of the year which makes Lively the only author to win both of these major book prizes. ![]() Although Penelope Lively is nowadays best known for her books for adults, having been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize three times and winning it in 1987, she started out as a children’s author and this was her fifth book. ![]()
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