Ghosts and Gadgets, Marcus Sedgwick
Ghosts and Gadgets, Marcus Sedgwick
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Ghosts and Gadgets
Book 2

Author: Marcus Sedgwick

Narrator: Martin Jarvis

Unabridged: 2 hr 56 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/04/2010


Synopsis

Join the wonderfully weird Otherhand family and their faithful guardian, Edgar the raven, and discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherhand.

The rumblings and wailings from the Lost South Wing can no longer be ignored, as one by one, members of the castle are being found frozen, 'scared to death'. With mother, Minty, obsessing over her latest fad - sewing - and father, Valevine, busy experimenting with a machine to discover the Lost Otherhand treasure, it's up to aspiring ghost-hunters Solstice and Cudweed to solve the mystery. But as usual, things don't go quite as planned... It's just as well Edgar is there to save the day!

Second in a brand new six book series of tales of mystery (with a touch of goth-froth) for 9 year olds from bestselling author, Marcus Sedgwick. With quirky black and white line illustrations from new talent, Pete Williamson.

Dedicated website on Raven Mysteries: www.ravenmysteries.co.uk

Read by Martin Jarvis
(P)2004 Orion Publishing Group.Ltd

About Marcus Sedgwick

Marcus Sedgwick (8 Apr 1968 - 15 Nov 2022) was the winner of many prizes, most notably the 2014 Michael L. Printz Award for his novel Midwinterblood. Marcus also received two Printz Honors, for Revolver in 2011 and The Ghosts of Heaven in 2016, giving him the most citations to date for America's most prestigious book prize for writing for young adults. Other notable award-winning books include Floodland, Marcus' first novel, which won the Branford-Boase Award in 2001; My Swordhand is Singing, which won the Booktrust Teenage Prize for 2007, and Lunatics and Luck, part of The Raven Mysteries series, which won a Blue Peter Book Award in 2011.Marcus' books have been shortlisted for over forty other awards, including the Carnegie Medal (seven times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (twice) and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (four times). He has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018.Marcus was Writer in Residence at Bath Spa University for three years, reviewed for The Guardian newspaper and taught creative writing at Arvon and Ty Newydd. He judged numerous books awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Costa Book Awards.

About Pete Williamson

Pete Williamson is an artist, illustrator and animation designer. His highly-acclaimed work includes the award-winning DINKIN DINGS AND THE FRIGHTENING THINGS and the wonderful gothic pottiness of Marcus Sedgwick's THE RAVEN MYSTERIES.Find his website at http://www.petewilliamson.co.uk/

About Martin Jarvis

Martin Jarvis is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His career, which began in the 1960's continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and numerous audio recordings ranging from Just William, P.G Woodhouse to Jeffrey Archer. Martin has also read FLOOD AND FANG, the first in the Raven Mysteries series.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel on July 23, 2019

"For while it is a general rule among human kind that the best thing any child can do in a moment of difficulty is to tell their parents, Solstice had forgotten one thing; namely that her parents are not general human kind. They are demented, insane, idiotic lunatics with less grasp on reality th......more

Goodreads review by Claire on December 25, 2009

Again, a very fun and quirky story, this time involving ghosts, with a gothic twist. I especially like the drawings, which compliment the story and add to the humour (especially the one of Edgar pretending to be a gargoyle haha). Also liked the toy Edgars (I'd buy one!) and the Ghost Hunting Machine......more

Goodreads review by Isabella on November 03, 2019

I enjoyed the equal attention to each character ☺......more

Goodreads review by Ashleigh on August 08, 2018

This is a great book in which is about people who at the castle are dying due to seeing ghosts and although the family are running out of money they make a machine which will detect gold in order to try and find the hidden treasure within the castle. I loved that this book was told from the raven's......more

Goodreads review by nina on July 31, 2022

4.5/5 - finished it in the train ride. it’s such a fun and easy read, i need to read the whole series. solstice is so pretty, i love how the drawings are so gothic 🫶......more