Mr Corbett's Ghost


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Mr Corbett is a cruel employer and his young apprentice Benjamin can't help but wish he were dead. So when a strange old man offers to make this wish come true, Benjamin finds it impossible to refuse. Sure enough, Mr Corbett meets an untimely death, but the tables turn on the terrified apprentice who finds himself cursed with the ghost of the man he hated most in the world . . . A brilliant collection of three short stories from a master story-teller, who will keep you turning the pages until the very end.




Mr Corbett's Ghost and Other Stories


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This volume collects three spine-chilling stories from Leon Garfield. The title story tells of a young apprentice who makes a pact with a strange old man one New Year's Eve to rid the world of Mr Corbett, his cruel employer. Corbett meets an untimely death, but returns to haunt his apprentice.




The Best in Children's Books


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Reviews 1,400 books for children chosen as the best published during the years 1966-1972.




A Sense of Story


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This book is an introduction to the work of nineteen leading English-language writers for children. It mixes American, British and Australian writers; it includes brief biographical details and notes by the authors on themselves and their books.




The School Librarian


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Saturday Review


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Fiction, Verse and Legend


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