Billy Bantam is a strange, sad, silent boy who haunts the misty marshes around Annie's new home. Annie doesn't know who he is, or where he's come from, but she can see she needs a friend, ghostly or not. Danger is threatening everyone around her, and Annie and the ghost-boy have to help.

 

This book is part of a book series called Ghostly Tales .

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 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.