The Ghost House - The Kiwi Kids' Bookstore

It seems the ghost house may not be entirely deserted or, at least, may have been occupied in recent times. David doesn’t know what to think. All he knows for sure is that the house makes him uneasy. The house, or what’s inside it. ‘There’s nothing to be scared of, boy,’ the woman tells him.

David’s family moves to a house on the edge of the Red Zone – a strange wilderness that’s returning to nature after earthquakes destroyed the homes there a decade before. But David doesn’t venture into the area. He’s not well – he can’t play cricket or go to school – and his parents have declared the Red Zone off limits.

Then one day, he blunders in and discovers an old villa, an earthquake survivor, protected by trees. The house speaks to him: I’m old and starting to disintegrate. Help me. Save me. Then David meets old Agnes, who seems to be living there – but how? And who are the mysterious lanyard people she’s afraid of? Come inside, the house says to David...