Ghost Game (Heroes) by Nigel Hinton

by Nigel Hinton

Danny and his Dad have barely begun unpacking in their rented Victorian house when Danny feels the deathly chill of an evil presence. It's the last thing he needs after the recent deaths of his brother and mother. Increasingly terrified by freezing rooms, slamming doors and ghostly footprints in the carpet, Danny turns to the next door neighbour, a weird old woman who claims to have "The Sight". A haunting tale of terror unfolds as Danny must battle the malign forces in the house to free himself, and his family.

Genres: Horror

Hardcover

First published April 1, 2011

About the author

Nigel Hinton was born and educated in London. After two years in advertising, he worked as an English teacher for nine years. His first novel, Collision Course (winner of the Dutch Silver Pen Award) was written as a result of a challenge from one of his pupils. He began teaching part-time and also worked as a professional actor before concentrating on his writing.

Nigel is the ever-popular author the Beaver Towers series of stories for primary school readers (which has been adapted for TV), and, for secondary school readers, he wrote the Buddy trilogy. His novel The Finders won him the Federation of Children’s Book Groups Award.

Reviews

[Katie Arthur · Rating 3 out of 5]

VERY REPETITIVE. My class read this as a class novel and all it was was either he was at miss whites house or playing dtq.

[Rachal · Rating 2 out of 5]

I've read several of the "Hero" Series now. They are all written by different authors, but are so formulaic and written in such similar ways that they may as well be from the same author. However, they are designed to get reluctant readers - particularly boys - to read, so if they have stumbled onto a winning formula it only makes sense to continue ad nauseum.