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The Haunting (Mahy novel)

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The Haunting
First edition
AuthorMargaret Mahy
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's supernatural fiction, ghost story
PublisherJ. M. Dent
Publication date
August 1982
Publication placeNew Zealand
Media typePrint
Pages135 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-460-06097-X
OCLC476531256
LC ClassPZ7.M2773 Hau[1]

The Haunting is a low fantasy novel for children written by Margaret Mahy of New Zealand and published in 1982, including a U.K. edition by J. M. Dent. Atheneum published the first U.S. edition in 1983.[1]

Mahy won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[2]

The Haunting of Barney Palmer, a New Zealand movie based on the book, was released in 1987.[3][4]

Plot introduction

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Barney Palmer, a shy eight-year-old boy, discovers that one person in each generation of his family has had supernatural gifts – and this generation it seems to be him. He believes he is haunted by the ghost of an uncle he never met, and is oppressed by his fate. However, his sister Tabitha is determined to help him.

Essays

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References

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  1. ^ a b "The haunting" (U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  2. ^ Carnegie Winner 1982 Archived 26 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ The Haunting of Barney Palmer at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "The Haunting of Barney Palmer". www.nzonscreen.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
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Awards
Preceded by Carnegie Medal recipient
1982
Succeeded by