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Haunted by Susan Cooper, Joseph Delaney, Berlie Doherty, Jamila Gavin, Matt Haig, Robin Jarvis, Derek Landy, Sam Llewellyn, Mal Peet, Philip Reeve and Eleanor Updale (view source)
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The varied writing styles on offer by each different author means there is surely something for everyone here, whether it's Derek Landy's witty dialogue or the creepy stillness of Joseph Delaney's 'Castle Ghosts'. Each story is so different from the last that every time I turned a page, I knew I was in for a treat.
What I particularly enjoyed was the way the old was juxtaposed with the new. For example, Mal PeetEleanor Updale's ''The Ghost in the Machine' is a completely new take on a ghost story and something I have never read before which made me think the whole time about how good it is to find new slants on genres. However 'The Ghost Walk' by Matt Haig is exactly the sort of story I would have found myself telling in the playground at school, a timeless creepy tale to spook your friends which I enjoyed today as much as I would have when I was eleven.
Be warned, though, that this really is a teenager's book. Whilst a few of the stories are suitable for ten year olds, I would say that really the majority is aimed at an older audience of twelve plus as some of the content is pretty unsettling and there is the odd graphic description dotted about the place.