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Gaberlunzie Joe's PURE GHOSTERS
edited by Matthew Fitt
Price: £6.99
Online Price: £5.24
Slow, slow, slow. She got tae ten feet away fae it when she realised whit is wis.
It wis a wean. A wee wean lyin in the middle ae the road. In the middle ae the night. In the middle ae the worst rainstorm fir years. In the middle ae the Moor. She skiddit tae a stop. When she git out the car, it wis lik a scene fae a film.
Fae Moor Baby by Des Dillon
Pure Ghosters is a themed, linked short story collection that contains a mixture of horror, supernatural and humorous stories all presented by the same thirteen-year old character, Gaberlunzie Joe. Its twelve riveting stories come from the pens of some of Scotland's leading contemporary writers in Scots.
Joe travels all around Scotland with his mother, a portrait painter who likes to paint people with what she calls "interesting faces". They're interesting because there is usually a story behind each one, and Joe - when he is not doing his homework, or finding ways to avoid doing it - hears some astonishing things as he listens to men and women from Shetland, Aberdeen, Galloway, Dundee, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, the Borders and Fife. Joe is fascinated by the new accents and words he hears. Even more, he is intrigued by these ghostly, horrific, inexplicable and just downright bizarre tales.
A challenging journey into the dark and scary places and also into the richness of Scots dialects across the country, Pure Ghosters is a pure brilliant read.
Itchy Coo recommends this book for S2 to S5/ages 12 to 16.
5 to 14 Curriculum: Reading, Genre, Dialect, KAL.
If you like Pure Ghosters, youll enjoy Tam o Shanters Big Night Oot and Double Heider. Listen to Forbes Masson reading Vampire by Janet Paisley on the Itchy Coo Audio Collection The Compact Coo. Get the teachers notes for Pure Ghosters here.
Price: £6.99
Online Price: £5.24
ISBN: 1 902927 57 5
Extent: 144 pages
Format: 198 x 129mm, paperback
Age: 12+
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