Silent Night

by Various

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 18, 2002

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Reviews

[sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

10 tales of the supernatural all set around Christmas. The stories were good, written by some well known authors. The stories are varied in their subjects except being set around the festive season. All worthy stories in their own rights, I particularly enjoyed The Ghost of Christmas Shopping.

[Ryan Lee · Rating 2 out of 5]

10 short stories in one book, all event are happening around Christmas time.

Longship by Patrick Wood
Boring, a lot of accent words that i have difficulty to understand

The knock at the door by Helen Dunmore
Interesting

No man's land by Susan Gates
Brat

Lady in blue, unidentified by Terence Blacker
Another type of vampire

Mummy! Mummy! by K.M.Peyton
mummy

Babushka by Tonny Mitton
Poem

The ghost of Christmas shopping by Lesly Howarth
Ghost of Christmas POV

Wee Robin by Joan Aiken
not scary but sad

Snowblind by James Swallow
Snow spirits?

The devil's dozen by Celia Rees
Haunted doll

The best one is Snowblind by James Swallow, 2nd is The devil's dozen. That all i can say about this book.

[Ria · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was another fantastic collection of winter / festive tales with some great, well known children's authors.
We have a spooky fishing expedition, a sinister manor house, a haunted football from WWI, a creepy lady in blue, a mummy in a museum, a Russian poem, a supermarket ghost, a little boy from the past, a wintry woman out for vengeance and an antique haunted doll.
The stories were so diverse there truly was something for everyone.
Read this with my niece who loved it.

[Bookfan53 · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I bought this book , I did not realise it was a book for younger readers. Perhaps teenage readers.(It did not make the age group clear) However, I am very glad I read this book. The stories have a Christmas Season theme to them. I had some favourites among the stories.
'The Knock at the Door'-a ghostly tale of Cornwall. 'No Man's Land', a tale of a ghostly football match caused by a young boy's disappointment with a Christmas Gift and a poem 'Babushka',these were my own personal favourites.
If you were looking for a Christmas gift for a teenager , I would recommend this book. It is a quick and easy read and the stories were great.