Title: The Ghost of Thomas Kempe

Title: The Ghost of Thomas Kempe Title Record # 16789
Author: Penelope Lively
Date: 1973-00-00
Type: NOVEL [juvenile]
Webpages: kirkusreviews.com, Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Note: Won the Carnegie Medal in 1973. Made into a movie in 1978.

Synopsis: "Young James Harrison finds himself drafted as the unwilling apprentice of one Thomas Kempe, Sorcerer, who died in 1629 but still haunts the attic bedroom of the Harrisons' old cottage. ..." --Kirkus Reviews (above)

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Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1973 Carnegie	Carnegie Medal

Publications

Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1973-00-00	Penelope Lively	E. P. Dutton	0-525-30495-9		186	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Antony Maitland
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1973-03-26	Penelope Lively	William Heinemann	0-434-94894-2	£1.45^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	153	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Antony Maitland
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1975-08-31	Penelope Lively	Heinemann Educational Books	0-435-12204-5		160	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Terry Oakes
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1984-00-00	Penelope Lively	Puffin	0-14-031496-2	£1.25^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	159	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Antony Maitland
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1986-12-00	Penelope Lively	Pacer Books for Young Adults / Berkley Books	0-425-09419-7	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	186	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1987-03-00	Penelope Lively	Puffin	0-14-031496-2	£1.75^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	159	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1992-03-00	Penelope Lively	Mammoth	0-7497-0791-7	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	153	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Richard Jones
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	1995-09-00	Penelope Lively	Puffin / Penguin Books (US)	0-14-037794-8	$3.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	186	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Scott Gladden
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	2013-09-26	Penelope Lively	Egmont Books	978-1-4052-6736-6	£10.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	208	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
The Ghost of Thomas Kempe	2018-03-08	Penelope Lively	Egmont Books	978-1-4052-8874-3	£6.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	256	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel

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Reviews

Review by Muriel R. Becker (1987) in Fantasy Review, January-February 1987