Book description
Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones!
Aveline loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it belonged to a girl called Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to be seen…
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1 author picked The Haunting of Aveline Jones as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Aveline Jones was a great character for me. I love strong characters, and Aveline certainly was. I love that she turns detective and enters a spooky world full of ghosts. She challenges herself in her quest to find answers.
The author really nailed her character–this was a definite page-turner for me. Enough that I grabbed the rest of the books in the series.
From Angela's list on kids books to give you serious goosebumps.
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