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Tomorrow's Ghost

A pacy historical ghost adventure story from the Carnegie Medal-winning author of BUFFALO SOLDIER, perfect for age 9, 10, 11, 12
By Tanya Landman
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A pacy historical time-slip adventure for middle grade readers, from the Carnegie Medal-winning author of Apache and Buffalo Soldier. Haunted by the past, can Anna rewrite the future? 1976: Twelve-year-old Anna, bored and lonely away from her friends for the summer, finds herself dreaming about a... Read More
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A pacy historical time-slip adventure for middle grade readers, from the Carnegie Medal-winning author of Apache and Buffalo Soldier.

Haunted by the past, can Anna rewrite the future?

1976: Twelve-year-old Anna, bored and lonely away from her friends for the summer, finds herself dreaming about a girl from 1919 – a neglected and lonely girl living in a mansion with an austere and unloving grandfather. As Anna’s dreams grow more vivid, she realizes that the girl from the past is calling out to her – and that Anna must cross time to save her from an untimely death...

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529519747

Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 September 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Walker Books Ltd

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 18.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 160g

Pages: 224

Collections

Children's Books Children's Historical Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Classic Fiction Historical Fiction Tanya Landman Young Adult

About the Author

Tanya Landman has written numerous books for children and young people, including Buffalo Soldier, winner of the Carnegie Medal; Apache, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the BookTrust Teenage Prize; The Goldsmith's Daughter and Hell and High Water, shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize; the Sam Swann and Poppy Fields mystery series and the beautiful picture book The Song of the Nightingale illustrated by Laura Carlin, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.

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