Ghost Of Malabar

Author: Soumya Ayer

Brand: HarperCollins Children's Books

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 204

Release Date: 25-07-2022

Part Number: 13550

Details: A spooky tale...
set in Fort Kochi, once a seaside town with a long colonial history!
Twelve-year-old Edwin blames his father, a wayward fisherman for everything rotten in his life. But when he encounters Velu his life is catapulted from rotten to outright chaotic. Velu is chatty. Velu is annoying. Velu is a ghost. The ghost of a fisherman who was slaughtered five hundred years ago by Kapitan Vasca da Gama.
Velu soon spirits himself into Edwin's life ... he follows him to school, accosts him at home, always appearing at the most unwelcome moments. Edwin tries everything to get rid of him, including rubbing garlic on himself. But Velu can't be shaken off until the day Edwin banishes him from his life ...
In the events that follow, Edwin discovers that Velu has actually helped heal his family in ways he had never imagined possible. But by this time, Velu is gone!
Will Edwin find Velu again and will Velu finally find rest after five hundred years of haunting the seaside town? Read this delightfully written and charmingly illustrated book to find out ...

EAN: 9789354895869

Package Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English