Genre: Young Adult Imprint: Flanker Press Format: Paperback, 127 pages, black & white illustrations Pub Date: October 2007 Price: $5.00 ISBN 10: 1-897317-07-7 ISBN 13: 978-1-897317-07-5
Shipping Weight: 0.2 kg
About this Book
One of Canada's favourite
storytellers is back with a collection of classic ghost stories for young
readers. If you dare, make your acquaintance with dark-cloaked ladies
gliding through the silent streets, headless men fished out of the ocean’s
depths, and clutching hands reaching out of the inky darkness. Author and
storyteller Dale Jarvis has put together a collection of spooky stories from
Newfoundland and Labrador, along with ghastly tales hand-picked from haunted
spots around the world, and he has retold them in his own wonderfully creepy
style.
All author's royalties from The Golden
Leg will be donated to the Camp Delight Children's Oncology Camp, a
project of the Candlelighters Association of Newfoundland and Labrador.
This annual summer camp program, designed for children between the ages
of 7 and 17 diagnosed with cancer, their siblings, and siblings of
children who have passed away, has hosted hundreds of campers since
1988.
The Canadian Children's Book
Centre's Best Books for Kids & Teens 2009 Selection.
Click here to listen to The Ghostly
Ballerinas of Gower Street. Storyteller and author Dale Jarvis shares a
story of ghostly ballerinas that dates back to the years of the Second World
War. In the tale, a young girl receives nightly visitations from phantom
dancers, as well as a black-haired lady in a black dress. When the girl's
mother finds an old photograph at the bottom of a drawer, the mystery
deepens.
Review Quotes
"Richly atmospheric and darkly brooding
tales that send shivers up one's spine."
Atlantic Books Today
"The stories are fast-paced, scary and
interesting. This book is a must-have for story tellers and
campers."
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"Dale Jarvis's pick of 26 ghost
stories from Newfoundland and Labrador, plus other haunted spots
from around the world, are suspenseful and exciting to read."
CM: Canadian Review of
Materials
"Like his two previous
collections, Haunted Shores and Wonderful
Strange, this latest Jarvis effort gets a resounding
three cheers."
Canadian Folk Music
"A wonderful collection of
ghost stories . . ."
FATE magazine
"A clever compact package of
shivery strangeness."
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