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    The Haunting of Hiram
    The Haunting of Hiram
    The Haunting of Hiram
    Audiobook4 hours

    The Haunting of Hiram

    Written by Eva Ibbotson

    Narrated by Prunella Scales

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    About this audiobook

    ‘I will buy your castle,' declared Hiram C. Hopgood. ‘But only if there are no ghosts!' Alex MacBuff can't afford to keep his beloved Castle Carra - and an American millionaire has made him an offer he can't refuse. But the castle is full of ghosts! There's Krok the hairy Viking warrior, mad Miss Spinks, a hell-hound called Cyril, and a vampire with no teeth. How can Alex stop them haunting Hiram?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateJun 4, 2015
    ISBN9781471293078
    The Haunting of Hiram
    Author

    Eva Ibbotson

    Eva Ibbotson was born in Vienna in 1925 and moved to England with her father when the Nazis came into power. Ibbotson wrote more than twenty books for children and young adults, many of which garnered nominations for major awards for children's literature in the UK, including the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the Whitbread Prize. Eva's critically acclaimed Journey to the River Sea won the Smarties Gold Medal in 2001. Set in the Amazon, it was written in honour of her deceased husband Alan, a former naturalist. Imaginative and humorous, Eva's books often convey her love of nature, in particular the Austrian countryside, which is evident in works such as The Star Of Kazan and A Song For Summer. Eva passed away at her home in Newcastle on October 20th 2010. Her final book, One Dog and His Boy, was published in May 2011.

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    • 5/5
      Excellent for kids and adults alike. Narrator does an excellent job.
    • 4/5
      Alexander Robert Hamilton MacBuff, laird of Carra, of Errenrig and Sethsay is a twelve-year-old boy who lives in a castle in Scotland. He is an orphan who has his great-aunt Geraldine living with him. His castle is in need of repairs and there is no longer money to keep it up. He is faced with the decision to sell it. Who will buy an old castle.Luck has it that American millionaire Hiram C. Hopgood is in the market to buy one to make his daughter, Helen, happy! He visits the castle and makes an offer. He plans to dismantle it and ship it to Texas and have it reassembled! Every stone and gargoyle. The only thing is that he doesn't want any ghosts to come with it.In order to make the sale, Alex agrees. Then Alex has to tell the resident ghosts that they will have to move. Krok, a Viking warrior; Miss Spinks, a governess of the damp and spooky side; Flossie, a 5-year-old poltergeist; Stanislaus, an ancient vampire sans fangs; and Cyril, the hellhound of unusual length have all been with Alex since he was born. It is a difficult thing to do, but the ghosts understand that it is for the best for Alex and his aunt to sell the castle.The castle is dismantled and shipped and is being reassembled in Texas. Hiram C. Hopgood invites Alex to come stay with him and his daughter and help supervise the reconstruction. Alex accepts, and over time, he and Helen become good friends. Meanwhile the ghosts have moved to another castle and have no idea that Alex is in Texas. They are not welcomed by the ghosts that live at their new castle and so the ghosts decide to go to America and see how the castle is doing there. It turns out that they and Alex are there at the same time but don't know it!There is a trio of characters that are up to no good in Scotland and follow the castle to Texas. They have come up with a plan to steal something from Hiram C. Hopgood and hold it for ransom. I've read other books by Ibbotson and this is just as enjoyable. Even though each character is different, they also share common values.
    • 4/5
      An entertaining tale of Alex the Laird of Castle Carra in Scotland (which has been relocated to Granite Falls, TX), the Castle's ghosts, and the soon to be kidnapped millionaire's daughter Helen... Bad guys, good guys, ghosts, a severed hand seeking revenge...a fun tale.
    • 5/5
      So clever and charming. Amazing way she has of making all her characters gruesome but not terrifying. Everything she writes is great, but this one in particular, along I think with "Dial a Ghost", has a really tight plot where everything fits together and works out beautifully.
    • 4/5
      This is the first US edition of the tale originally published in Britain (London, McMillan Children's Books, 1987) under a different title, "The Haunting of Hiram." Whatever you want to call it, it's delightful.