Spook School

First title by a fresh, new writing talent. Demonstrates that Black Cats is the perfect home for both new and established talents. Watch out for more books by Sue Purkiss! Ghost stories are perennially popular with children - especially funny ones that subvert the genre, like Spook School. Black Cats paperback originals are published in standard B-format paperback, which makes them easier to shelve, ensuring they're kept with other bestselling fiction titles.

What could be worse for a ghost than not being frightening enough? That's Spooker's problem as he faces his Practical Haunting exams at the Anne Boleyn Secondary School. Spooker must find a way to spook the most unspookable people imaginable - or maybe ghosts don't have to be scary, after all?What could be worse for a ghost than not being frightening enough? That's Spooker's problem as he faces his Practical Haunting examinations at the Anne Boleyn Secondary School, under the watchful eye of the Inspectre-ate and Sir Rupert Grimsdyke (who's definitely not Spooker's favourite teacher). He isn't helped by the fact that he's sent for training to a brand-new house in Buttercup Avenue - not at all the kind of dingy, creaky building in which ghosts feel most comfortable. Spooker must find a way to spook the most unspookable people imaginable ...Or maybe ghosts don't have to be scary, after all?