![]() Aveline loves ghost stories, so the first thing she does is visit the local bookshop and buys a book of ghost stories. A superb offering from Phil Hickes, which I would recommend to any brave reader.ģ50 pages / Reviewed by Linda Canning, teacherĪveline Jones gets sent to stay with her aunt in the Cornish town of Malmouth. It has not received any less than a five star rating from any child who has read it! They are all eager to devour the next book in the series too. It has yet to return to my bookshelf as it has been passed from one child to the next. Since receiving this book from ReadingZone, it has been in constant demand with my Year 5 readers. It's very much an atmospheric read with the setting perfectly suiting the story. It's unpredictable and impossible to put down. I cannot stress how much I enjoyed this book! It is a superb work of ghostly fiction: the air of menace and the feeling of foreboding that runs through it means the reader is on edge from beginning to end. Strange happenings begin to occur and Aveline finds herself entangled in a very dangerous showdown with a vengeful ghost. When Aveline is sent to stay with her aunt in a small, sea-side village, she finds a book full of ghost stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a truly frightening tale and is not for the feint of heart! The Haunting of Aveline Jones is a deliciously dark, hauntingly-good ghost story, filled to the brim with menace, malevolence and mystery. ![]()
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