A DREAM OF GHOSTS

by Frank Bonham ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 24, 1973

A logical American gift (her name is Gwen), fixated on facts and her slide rule; a 15th-century castle, complete with mosses and lichens, where a housing shortage forces Gwen's family to stay during her father's teaching year in France; a tapestry depicting the castle's reputed ghosts (kidnapped twins, their grieving mother, and a cruel-looking baron); a rough, sinister caretaker who bears a weird resemblance to the baron; a climactic crawl through an underground tunnel sealed off for five centuries, where Gwen discovers the twins' skeletons. . . . By the time it's over Gwen has not only learned that some things can't be measured or put under a microscope, but even begun to suspect that when the caretaker ""died"" for a few moments back in 1968, the baron's spirit took over his body before the doctor revived, him. Bonham might be writing his own blurb when he has Gwen comment on her shelf of Cherry Chadwick, Girl Detective books: ""They were pretty silly, she realized, but she liked the way Cherry got things done.

Pub Date: Sept. 24, 1973

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Dutton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Sept. 1, 1973

Categories: FICTION