![]() She looked just like she did in all the photos wearing a rainbow wig and a hundred badges. I was lucky enough to meet Margaret once, when she was appearing and I was volunteering at one of the Storylines Children’s Literature festivals. She received international recognition towards the end of her life with the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her “lasting contribution to children’s literature.” ![]() Margaret Mahy (21 March 1936 – 23 July 2012) was an award-winning Kiwi author of children’s and young adults books and short stories. And it has a good unexpected twist at the end. ![]() Kids love a scare as long as they can trust the author to deliver it with a light touch of humour. Veering into possession it is a scary ghost story for children. The cast is eclectic as one would expect from a Mahy novel and the story holds you gripped, as poor Barney becomes threatened by the ghostly presence with a family connection. ![]() The story introduces us to relatives of the Palmers, the Scholar family who are weird and wonderful, and there is talk of magicians. Barney and his sister, Tabitha suspect he is being haunted by his Great-Uncle Cole. The Haunting follows the story of our young protagonist, Barney Palmer, an ordinary boy as extraordinary things happen to him. ![]() I’ve finished reading my fourth novel for 2020, The Hauntingby one of New Zealand’s best loved authors, the iconic Margaret Mahy. ![]()
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