The Castle Poltergeist
Children & Young Adult, Children's Books, Children's Books Age 8+, Children's Books Adventure / Crime
It goes without saying that Robert and Tim can’t wait to return to the Time of the Knights. Back at Castle Wackerburg everything is the same during daylight hours, but at night an elderly new ghost has taken to haunting the corridors. The castle’s inhabitants have dubbed her Rattly Geli, because she shakes and rattles and clatters about with everything that hasn’t been tidied up: dishes, tools, weapons, suits of armour … you name it. At first, the womenfolk find it quite useful, until all of sudden Rattly Geli will only allow things to be touched or worn if it’s absolutely unavoidable. Otherwise, she threatens appalling retribution on Castle Wackerburg. Naturally, Tim and Robert can’t leave the Knights to face the music alone and so, together with the headless Rusty Knight, they take on Rattly Geli.
Press acclaim for the first volume of Anu Stohner’s Robert and the Knights series:
"Stohner succeeds wonderfully in striking a youthful and witty tone." Süddeutsche Zeitung
"This is a wild adventure full of fun and noise, action-packed to the brim! Let’s hope we get another instalment soon." bjl - Bulletin Jugend & Literatur
Anu Stohner, born in 1952 in Helsinki, is a translator and writer who lives in Munich. She has won several awards for her translations from Finnish, Swedish and English. She is internationally known for her books about ›Little Santa Claus‹ in collaboration with Henrike Wilson.
Jörg Mühle was born in 1973, studied at the Offenbach School of Design and the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Artes Décoratifs in Paris, lives in Frankfurt and works as a freelance illustrator.
It goes without saying that Robert and Tim can’t wait to return to the Time of the Knights. Back at Castle Wackerburg everything is the same during daylight hours, but at night an elderly new ghost has taken to haunting the corridors. The castle’s inhabitants have dubbed her Rattly Geli, because she shakes and rattles and clatters about with everything that hasn’t been tidied up: dishes, tools, weapons, suits of armour … you name it. At first, the womenfolk find it quite useful, until all of sudden Rattly Geli will only allow things to be touched or worn if it’s absolutely unavoidable. Otherwise, she threatens appalling retribution on Castle Wackerburg. Naturally, Tim and Robert can’t leave the Knights to face the music alone and so, together with the headless Rusty Knight, they take on Rattly Geli.
Press acclaim for the first volume of Anu Stohner’s Robert and the Knights series:
"Stohner succeeds wonderfully in striking a youthful and witty tone." Süddeutsche Zeitung
"This is a wild adventure full of fun and noise, action-packed to the brim! Let’s hope we get another instalment soon." bjl - Bulletin Jugend & Literatur