The Girl Who Wasn’t There by Karen McCombie – summer reading for ten years upwards

Karen McCombie’s new book The Girl Who Wasn’t There, is perfect summer reading for children aged ten years upwards.

It’s a mild ghost story set in a Victorian secondary school. Maisie and her dad live on the grounds as part of his new job as school caretaker. When Maisie sees the sees a girl’s face at the tower window, it’s not long before finds out the ghost of a former pupil is rumoured to haunt the corridors.

Out on 07 August 2014 Scholastic Press

£6.99