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THE TIME OF THE GHOST
Copyright © 1981 by Diana Wynne Jones
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Jones, Diana Wynne.
The Time of the Ghost / by Diana Wynne Jones.—1st American ed.
p. cm.
“Greenwillow Books.”
“First published in Great Britain in 1981 by Macmillan Children’s Books” —T.p. verso.
Summary: A ghost, uncertain of her identity, watches the four Melford sisters hatch a plan to get their parents’ attention and slowly becomes aware of the danger from a supernatural power unleashed by the girls and their friends from the boys’ boarding school run by the Melfords.
ISBN 0-06-029887-1—ISBN 0-06-447354-6 (pbk.)
EPub Edition © JANUARY 2012 ISBN 9780062200839
[1. Ghosts—Fiction. 2. Sisters—Fiction. 3. Supernatural—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.J684 Ti 1996 95-36155
[Fic]—dc20 CIP
AC
First Harper Trophy edition, 2002
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