The Borrowers are homeless again. The gamekeeper's cottage, their latest refuge, is being closed up. Luckily their friend Spiller comes to the rescue and introduces them to a new home by the river, in a kettle
When eleven-year-old Eddie Dickens's sickly parents become "a bit crinkly round the edges," he is taken in by his great-uncle and great-aunt, Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maude, and embarks on adventures that involve strolling actors, St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans, and a carnival float shaped like a giant cow.
The Dial-a-Ghost Agency finds good homes for ghosts. And Fulton and Frieda Snodde-Brittle are looking for a few frightening ghosts to "accidentally" scare their young cousin and heir, Oliver, to death. The ladies at the Dial-a-Ghost Agency have the perfect match: the Shriekers, two bloodstained and bickering horrors. But thanks to a mix-up at the agency, the Wilkinsons, a kind family of ghosts, arrive instead. Can they put a stop to the Snodde-Brittles' schemes before it's too late?
"I will buy your castle," declared Hiram C. Hopgood. "But only if there are no ghosts!" Alex MacBuff can't afford to keep his beloved Castle Carra, and an American millionaire has made him an offer he can't refuse. The castle is shipped all the way to Texas, but its ghostly inhabitants, including Krok the Viking warrior and a hell-hound called Cyril, follow their home across the Atlantic. How can Alex stop the haunting Hiram and also save the millionaire's daughter from an evil ransom plot?
9 bonnes raisons de lire ce livre : 1 - Il parle de trois filles en classe de quatrième. 2 - Tu apprendras toutes sortes de secrets sur moi (Je m'appelle Ellie). 3 - Ainsi que sur ma meilleure amie, Nadine. 4 - Ainsi que sur mon autre meilleure amie, Magda. 5 - Tu verras si tes neuf idoles sont les mêmes que les miennes. 6 - Tu découvriras les neuf moments les plus embarrassants de ma vie. 7 - Tu riras plein de fois (y compris de moi !). 8 - Tu pourras même pleurer un peu, aussi. 9 - En plus, tu en apprendras de bien belles sur les garçons !