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Ghoul Strike!
The gargoyle hordes are at war, and it's up to Alannah the Ghoul-hunter to lay down the law! Humor and horror meet in a nonstop spooktacular adventure!
To finance the search for her lost parents, 12-year-old Alannah Malarra uses her psychic powers to hunt demons. With the help of her "business associate," professional thief Wortley Flint, she snags ghouls and robs them of t...more
To finance the search for her lost parents, 12-year-old Alannah Malarra uses her psychic powers to hunt demons. With the help of her "business associate," professional thief Wortley Flint, she snags ghouls and robs them of t...more
Hardcover, 320 pages
Published
October 1st 2010
by Chicken House
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Reviewed by Theresa L. Stowell for TeensReadToo.com
Meet Alannah, an entrepreneurial young ghost hunter, who has just gotten involved in a case that will challenge all of her skills.
Along with her sometimes inept and often cowardly partner, Wortley Flint, Alannah has been banishing ghosts and collecting their treasures for years. A new mission at Pittingham Manor promises to add to her growing coffers - until she realizes that something is wrong with this case.
One of the major problems for Alanna...more
Meet Alannah, an entrepreneurial young ghost hunter, who has just gotten involved in a case that will challenge all of her skills.
Along with her sometimes inept and often cowardly partner, Wortley Flint, Alannah has been banishing ghosts and collecting their treasures for years. A new mission at Pittingham Manor promises to add to her growing coffers - until she realizes that something is wrong with this case.
One of the major problems for Alanna...more
this book was a very awe inspiring book with a very strong set of characters, creatures and places. the story line leaves you riveted to your chair/bed/whatever you read on
it shows you a thief and a ghost hunter/ treasure hunter and it adds a lot of there thoughts to it, and you can never tell whether the ghost hunters happy or sad because she is very good at faking it and often makes her housekeeper feel more sorry for her than a very pitiful thing just to get her out of the room so she can di...more
it shows you a thief and a ghost hunter/ treasure hunter and it adds a lot of there thoughts to it, and you can never tell whether the ghost hunters happy or sad because she is very good at faking it and often makes her housekeeper feel more sorry for her than a very pitiful thing just to get her out of the room so she can di...more
A good adventure book for about 4th grade. The two major protagonists are girls, but there is also a boy involved, and the adventure and action are nonstop enough that I think boys would also like the book.
The plot--Alannah Malarra, age 12, is more or less an orphan--her parents have been missing for 3 years and she's making as much money as she can as a psychic ghost buster to finance a major effort to find them. Wortley, the son of the Malarra's housekeeper, is her expert burglar sidekick. The...more
The plot--Alannah Malarra, age 12, is more or less an orphan--her parents have been missing for 3 years and she's making as much money as she can as a psychic ghost buster to finance a major effort to find them. Wortley, the son of the Malarra's housekeeper, is her expert burglar sidekick. The...more
This cover goes to prove that boys WILL read books with girls as the main characters, as long as there is enough action, an intriguing cover, and ... ghost drool. Sigh.
Alannah has a ghost busting business, but it's not the paltry 50 pound fee she charges to get rid of the ghosts that earns the big bucks-- it's selling the treasures that she gets from the ghosts! Most ghosts are bound to earth by some valuable worldly good, so Alannah dispatches the ghosts and keeps the treasures! She runs into p...more
Alannah has a ghost busting business, but it's not the paltry 50 pound fee she charges to get rid of the ghosts that earns the big bucks-- it's selling the treasures that she gets from the ghosts! Most ghosts are bound to earth by some valuable worldly good, so Alannah dispatches the ghosts and keeps the treasures! She runs into p...more
3 years ago Alannah Malarra’s parents disappeared on a business trip. No one has seen them since then. But they weren’t on a normal business trip. They were psychic ghost hunters.
Today Alannah is hunting ghosts by night and taking their treasure to fund the search for her parents. Along with her cat burglar friend Wortley Flint, she has banished many a ghost in Britain.
Flhi Swift was never a favorite on the ANGEL (Attack ready Network of Global Evanescent Law-enforcers) police squadron. But w...more
Today Alannah is hunting ghosts by night and taking their treasure to fund the search for her parents. Along with her cat burglar friend Wortley Flint, she has banished many a ghost in Britain.
Flhi Swift was never a favorite on the ANGEL (Attack ready Network of Global Evanescent Law-enforcers) police squadron. But w...more
Ben and Sadie Malarra have been missing for 3 years, their daughter Alannah has been continuing the family business as a ghost hunting psychic, but unlike her parents, she has a knack for finding the ghosts treasures and liberating them. Alannah is helped by her "business partner" Wortley Flint. It is on one of these treasure/ghost hunts in Pittingham Manor that Alannah and Wortley stumble onto an A.N.G.E.L. (Attack-ready Network of Global Evanescent Law-enforcers)mission that is monitoring a ho...more
Demon Strike is a really fun read that I think will appeal to all ages. It's humorous, exciting and fast-paced, and full of characters that I would love to meet!
Alannah and Worley are the coolest 12-year-old ghostbusters I've ever read about. Alannah is headstrong and feisty, whereas Worley is more on the timid and quiet side of things. Don't let that fool you, though, because if he needs to, he can kick some gargoyle ass! New friends Flhi, Yell and Gloom, members of A.N.G.E.L. (Attack-ready Net...more
Alannah and Worley are the coolest 12-year-old ghostbusters I've ever read about. Alannah is headstrong and feisty, whereas Worley is more on the timid and quiet side of things. Don't let that fool you, though, because if he needs to, he can kick some gargoyle ass! New friends Flhi, Yell and Gloom, members of A.N.G.E.L. (Attack-ready Net...more
an awesome book that adds a diversity of characters and creatures. it created a world full of excitement and fantasy
A fun adventure about a couple of pre-teens fighting the forces of evil.
A great book. Open ended, makes my imagination work. ^^
Full disclosure-did not read the whole book but skimmed it so I could know enough about it to recommend (or not) to patrons. Very similar to "Artemis Fowl" in plot but none of the finesse. It didn't grab me but it was a decent read and a kid who likes ghost-hunting and SF-like stories would like this one. Ages 10+.
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He began life as a trainee music journalist, reviewing for the likes of R.E.M, Def Leppard, Texas and countless others. After that, he found his way in to advertising, writing junk mail, billboards, radio ads and video scripts (he even has a couple on YouTube.)
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