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Ghostlight

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel

By Kenneth Oppel
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By Kenneth Oppel
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Aug 15, 2023 | ISBN 9780593487969 | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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Sep 06, 2022 | 644 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up)

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    About Ghostlight

    One teen’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and she has demands. . . .

    The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and wicked dead.

    Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell—or were they pushed?—remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. . . .

    Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn’t actually believe in ghosts—until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand.

    The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of 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 the Order has disappeared, and Viker’s ghost is growing ever stronger.

    Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls. . . .

    About Ghostlight

    One teen’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and she has demands. . . .
     
    The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and wicked dead.

    Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell—or were they pushed?—remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. . . .
     
    Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn’t actually believe in ghosts—until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand.
     
    The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of 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 the Order has disappeared, and Viker’s ghost is growing ever stronger.
     
    Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls. . . .

    About Ghostlight

    One teen’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and she has demands. . . .
     
    The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and wicked dead.

    Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell—or were they pushed?—remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. . . .
     
    Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn’t actually believe in ghosts—until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand.
     
    The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of 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 the Order has disappeared, and Viker’s ghost is growing ever stronger.
     
    Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls. . . .

    About Ghostlight

    One teen’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and she has demands. . . .
     
    The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and wicked dead.

    Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell—or were they pushed?—remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. . . .
     
    Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn’t actually believe in ghosts—until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand.
     
    The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of 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 the Order has disappeared, and Viker’s ghost is growing ever stronger.
     
    Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls. . . .

    About Ghostlight

    One teen’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and she has demands. . . .
     
    The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and wicked dead.

    Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell—or were they pushed?—remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. . . .
     
    Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn’t actually believe in ghosts—until he finds himself face to face with Rebecca Strand.
     
    The true story of her death is far more terrifying than any ghost tale Gabe has told. Rebecca reveals that her father was a member of 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 the Order has disappeared, and Viker’s ghost is growing ever stronger.
     
    Now Gabe and his friends must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls. . . .

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    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Yearling
    Aug 15, 2023 | 400 Pages | 5-3/16 x 7-5/8 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593487969

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Sep 06, 2022 | 400 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593487938

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Hardcover | $20.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Sep 06, 2022 | 400 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593487945

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Sep 06, 2022 | 400 Pages | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593487952

    Category: Children’s Middle Grade Action & Adventure | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $27.50
    Published by Listening Library
    Sep 06, 2022 | 644 Minutes | Middle Grade (10 and up) | ISBN 9780593612774

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    Praise

    “High-stakes, harrowing, and chilling as midnight ocean spray. [A] genuinely ghoulish treat.” —The New York Times

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

    ★ “Oppel’s latest begs to be made into a movie: visually cinematic with witty humor, nonstop action, a dash of romance, and plenty of heart. A thrill ride packed with harrowing escapes, puzzling mysteries, and memorable characters.” —School Library Journal, starred review

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

    “Action and horror elements propel the fast-paced narrative.” —Booklist

    “Viker is a monstrously novel villain.” —The Bulletin

    “A complete winner.” —Locus

    Awards

    Diamond Willow Award NOMINEE 2023

    Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards (MYRCA) – Northern Lights Award NOMINEE 2024

    Utah Beehive Book Award NOMINEE 2024

    Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION

    Arlene Barlin Award for Science Fiction and Fantasy FINALIST 2023

    Aurora Award – Best YA Novel SHORTLIST 2023

    National Chapter IODE Violet Downey Award SHORTLIST 2023

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