The Time of the Ghost

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

I’M ALL RIGHT. I’M HERE. I’M ME. IF I WASN’T, I WOULDN’T EVEN BE FRIGHTENED. I WOULDN’T KNOW. BUT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO ME. I CAN’T SEE MYSELF AT ALL, NOT EVEN A SMEAR OF SHADOW ON THE ROAD. THERE’S BEEN AN ACCIDENT.,,STOP THAT!,,,The ghost turns up one summer day, alone in a world she once knew, among people who were once her family. She knows she is one of four sister….Read More

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