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The Spirit Snatcher

Written by Cat Gray · Illustrated by David Dean

Usborne · 2023 · 9+

Novel · PB · Fiction

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Pip's new home on Elbow Alley comes with vampires, banshees and ghosts for neighbours. Then a mysterious creature drains the personalities from his parents. With Fliss and her dog Splodge beside him, Pip follows a trail through ghouls, werewolves and unlikely danger to find the spirit snatcher before he and Fliss become its next victims.

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