Haunted Houses By Aidan Chambers

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Born near Chester le Street County Durham in 1934 Chambers was an only child and a poor scholar considered slow by his teachers he did not learn to read fluently until the age of nine After two years in the Royal Navy as part of his National Service Chambers trained as a teacher and taught for three years at Westcliff High School in Southend on Sea before joining an Anglican monastery in Stroud Gloucestershire in 1960 He later used his experience as a monk in his novel Now I Know. Haunted houses denver area Chambers left the monastery in 1967 and a year later became a freelance writer His works include the Dance sequence of Born near Chester le Street County Durham in 1934 Chambers was an only child and a poor scholar considered slow by his teachers he did not learn to read fluently until the age of nine After two years in the Royal Navy as part of his National Service Chambers trained as a teacher and taught for three years at Westcliff High School in Southend on Sea before joining an Anglican monastery in Stroud Gloucestershire in 1960 He later used his experience as a monk in his novel Now I Know. Haunted house secret of the ghost ball Chambers left the monastery in 1967 and a year later became a freelance writer His works include the Dance sequence of six novels Breaktime Dance on My Grave Now I Know The Toll Bridge Postcards from No Man s Land and This Is All The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn He and his wife Nancy founded Thimble Press and the magazine Signal to promote literature for children and young adults They were awarded the Eleanor Farjeon Award for outstanding services to children s books in 1982 From 2003 to 2006 he was President of the School Library Association site_link A collection of tales of ghosts poltergeists and the supernatural. Haunted houses brooklyn Back Cover Blurb Shun rooms quiet as the grave distrust dimly lit silences and spare an occasional glance over your shoulder as you read these hair raising tales of ghosts poltergeists and the supernatural. 5 haunted houses book The most celebrated haunted houses in Britain reveal their secrets from the ghostly drummer of Cortachy Castle to the visitations at Epworth Parsonage from the spectral figures of the Garrick s Head to the grinning skulls of Calgarth Hall, Haunted houses jacksonville fl His first plays including Johnny Salter 1966 The Car and The Chicken Run 1968 were published while he was a teacher in Stroud, Haunted houses jacksonville fl His first plays including Johnny Salter 1966 The Car and The Chicken Run 1968 were published while he was a teacher in Stroud, 5 haunted houses book Cover Artist Sam Peffer Haunted HousesBook is very simply written 0330028200 A YA read on haunted houses in Britain Some well known some not so Quick read. 0330028200