Able Mabel is huge and horrible. She's a thief and a pirate...and she's a ghost! Many years ago she stole a box of gold from Sam's old grandad-and now Sam wants it back. No matter that Mabel won't let it go without a fight...

 

This book features in the following series: Ghostly Tales, Young Hippo .

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Scholastic .

Penny Dolan is well known for a host of books for younger readers. This is her first novel for older readers. Penny lives in Harrogate, North Yorkshire. Jostein Gaarder wrote one of the great bestsellers of the nineties in SOPHIE'S WORLD, which has sold over 16 million copies in nearly 50 languages. He is Norwegian and lives in Oslo with his wife and two teenage sons. Philip Hopman is Dutch and has illustrated many books for children.