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The Shadow Guests

by Joan Aiken · 1980

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Lonely Cosmo, hit by family tragedy, finds a strange atmosphere in the home of his aunt and meets some eerie friends. The author also wrote Midnight is a Place, The Whispering Mountain and The Wolves of Willoughby Chase.

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fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thisghostghostMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisparanormalparanormalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adultmiddle grade
Length
short · 192 pages

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