Phantom
by Thomas Tessier
Phantom, by Thomas Tessier, was published in 1982. It is the story of Ned Covington, a ten-year-old boy, who explores an abandoned building near his home and what he finds there. Nominated for a World Fantasy Award it has been called: “A touching, scary book (Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide); and a compelling humanist ghost story (Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural).