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Ghost Abbey

Robert Westall (1988)

SubgenreChildren's Fantasy
Age groupMiddle Grade 8-12
Content ratingPG
Pages (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesHauntings #1
Setting
CSM age10
Goodreads3.43
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageNone

Trigger warnings

DeathGriefHaunted Location

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryMysteryFriendship

Heroine archetypes

Coming-of-Age HeroineFish out of Water

Protagonist archetypes

Coming-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Haunted LocationComing of AgeFish out of WaterGhost StoryMysteryHistorical Echoes

Themes

Coming of AgeGriefIdentityPast and PresentFamilyBelongingConfronting the Past

Synopsis

When her father's new job takes the entire family to a dilapidated old abbey in England, twelve-year-old Maggi discovers that both she and the building are haunted by ghosts from their pasts.

Tags

GothicGhost StoryHistorical Fiction ElementsAtmospheric