More Ghost Stories

by Aidan Chambers (Chosen by), Tim Stevens

Including masterpieces such as Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" and Agatha Christie's "The Lamp," this eerie anthology of fifteen stories is not for the faint of heart.

Genres: Horror, Paranormal, Fiction

222 pages, Paperback

First published September 9, 2004

About the author

Aidan Chambers was a British author of children's and young-adult novels. He won both the British Carnegie Medal and the American Printz Award for Postcards from No Man's Land (1999). For his "lasting contribution to children's literature" he won the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002.

Reviews

[The Bibliophile Doctor · Rating 2 out of 5]

When a friend of my papa left his job , he had few books he wanted someone to have. I got a copy from his collection.

This was my first horror book and I realised that even books can send shivers down your spine. It was good but I was not ready for it.

Maybe if I read it again in future I will be able to do more justice to it and rate it more than I did now.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

the selection was decent. i like that these were lesser none stories from more classical writers. some of the stories held my interest, but very few of them kept me riveted enough to read in one sitting. it was more of a "put it down, pick it up when i think of it" sort of book. my kids have no interest in reading it, so i'll donate it to see if it can find life on someone else's shelf.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a ghost story anthology, this is not a bad collection. A few stories are a bit shiver-inducing, but not nightmare-causing, a few are classics, and a few are just sweet. Almost all are well-written. My nine-year-old son wants to read some ghost stories. I'll let him start with this book.

[Kate Nelson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Any collection that includes The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is well-chosen. It's my absolute favorite story, albeit not really a ghost story. Some of the other stories, including the ones by Agatha Christie and Mark Twain were really good. I quite liked the story about the invisible footprints chasing Sir Andrew. I'd recommend this book if you enjoy classic literature and ghost stories.

[Lookchun]

It was fun. >:P Just kidding,









It was fun.