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One Christmas holiday, fifteen-year-old Claire goes to

stay with her aunt in the country. Just outside the village

of Little Genny, near her aunt’s house, there is a ruined

castle called Genny Castle. The villagers tell many ghost

stories about the castle. When Claire arrives at her aunt’s

house, she is fascinated by the castle, but her aunt tells her

to stay away from the place. However, her aunt’s warning

only makes Claire more curious about the castle, and she

secretly goes to explore it.

Claire looked across the fields and saw a tall stone building. 'An old

castle!' she said. 'I must go and see that before I go home again.'

Aunt Min didn't look at the castle. 'It - it's not a nice place to visit,' she

said. 'Genny Castle is dangerous.'

'Dangerous?' said Claire. 'Why?'

When Claire's mother and father go away for Christmas, Claire goes to

stay with her Aunt Min. Aunt Min lives in the village of Little Genny

and near it is an old castle. Claire is very interested in the castle and

she wants to know more about it. But the people in the village are

afraid of Genny Castle and they won't talk to her about it. Accidents

happen there. People die . . .

Aunt Min says she must stay away, but Claire knows she can't. She must

find answers. And soon, she will. Because in the castle something is

waiting. And it knows her.

John Escott writes books for students and young people. He was born

in a small country town in Somerset, in the south-west of England.

Now he lives in Bournemouth, by the sea. He is married and has

two children. When he is not writing, he likes walking and he plays

music.

He wrote The Ghost of Genny Castle after he saw a real old dark castle:

Corfe Castle in Dorset, England. This is near his home town. Corfe

Castle is nearly one thousand years old and people there tell a lot of

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