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Diana wynne jones, who died this weekend, wrote some of our wittiest and warmest childrens books, from the chrestomanci series to howls moving castle. The time of the ghost is a supernatural englishlanguage childrens novel by diana wynne jones, published by macmillan in 1981. Pdf the time of the ghost download full pdf book download. Over the years, the english writer has been best known for.
She lived in london until war was declared in 1939 where her and her family fled to wales. Publication date 1981 topics ghost stories publisher new york. Review of the time of the ghost by diana wynne jones. It was a runnerup for the annual boston globehorn book award3 and it won the phoenix award twenty years later, recognizing its rise from relative obscurity.
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