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The Spirits Of The Attic

Arty and Susy are exploring Heather Grange, an abandoned house with a tragic history. It is now shuttered and deserted. Or is it? ‘The light faded and the hall became dark. It wasn’t so much the lack of light that freaked me - It was the sense of a presence other than my own. Someone watching. And then I heard a sound that unlocked my trance. A soft, echoing whistle.’ A tatty sketchbook. A girl in a blue dress. The half-forgotten memories of an old lady. They are the threads that weave a spine-chilling mystery.

Written by: Mary Arrigan
Publisher: Children's Press
ISBN: 1-901737-27-6
The Spirits Of The Bog
When Arty sees Grandma Kate’s latest painting, he feels a sudden chill. ‘It showed an old gnarled tree rising out of boggy peatland, its massive roots exposed like thick, grasping fingers. It was terrifyingly alive.’ That night a sudden storm blows up. The phone goes dead. The lights black out. Then, in the middle of the night, comes the sound of breaking glass. Someone is trying to get in. So begins twenty-four hours of terror for cousins Arty and Susy. Written by: Mary Arrigan
Publisher:Children's Press
ISBN: 1-901737-10-1
Dead Monks And Shady Deals
Maeve Morris, doomed to spend her summer holidays in Kildioma, with relatives and a cousin whose only interests are twittering birds and reading books crammed with of useful facts, feels brain-deadness coming on. Then along come Jamie the boy next door and Fergus, and life goes into high gear. So much so that there is barely time to observe the comings and goings at the nearby abbey, the unexplained lights by night, the sinister group of three who are observed carrying a long, inert, body-sized burden... Written by: Mary Arrigan
Publisher:Children's Press
ISBN: 0-947962-91-3
Landscape With Cracked Sheep
Banished to the wilds of Galway with cousin Leo, Maeve Morris looks forward to a fairly boring time. But things begin to happen. Gowan House is up for sale, which reminds Lady Gowan of a family heirloom that disappeared years ago. Then comes a blond Greek statue, and Maeve’s heart goes into overdrive. Jamie turns up and the trio decide to follow the trail of the lost painting, but Maeve, torn between two real-life ‘fine hunks’, finds it difficult to work up an interest in an old master. Then a dramatic late-night encounter concentrates her mind wonderfully... Written by: Mary Arrigan
Publisher:Children's Press
ISBN: 0-947962-97-2
Seascape With Barbers Harp
Maeve Morris receives an invitation to Baltimore, West Cork. Plus factor: it’s from Jamie, Maeve’s old heart-throb. Minus factor: invitation includes cousin (the nerd) Leo. Then she meets Pedro, tall, tanned, with a face to die for who is devoted to finding a long-lost treasure given to a family ancestor. Maeve suggests they lend a hand which leads to brainwork on old documents, trespassing in ancient castles, island hopping and shooting white-water rapids. Throughout, their footsteps are dogged by two Corkmen. Pretending to be friends. But are they? Or are they foes? Written by: Mary Arrigan
Publisher:Children's Press
ISBN: 1-901737-02-0