![]() ![]() Beside Mr Kempe from the 17th century, this story involves both a 20th-century resident of the cottage and the history of the surrounding countryside. Arnold, a Victorian boy who experienced the ghost before JamesĪn interest in history, the passage of time and local change is a running theme in the work of Penelope Lively and can be seen in many of her books.Mrs Verity, an old lady whom Thomas Kempe accuses of being a witch.Bert, the local handyman who tries to deal with the poltergeist.Thomas Kempe, the poltergeist who troubles James.Lively won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon the boy makes acquaintance with the eponymous Thomas Kempe, ghost of a 17th-century resident sorcerer who intends to stay. Set in present-day Oxfordshire, it features a boy and his modern family who are new in their English village, and seem beset by a poltergeist. The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is a low fantasy novel for children by Penelope Lively, first published by Heinemann in 1973 with illustrations by Anthony Maitland. ![]()
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