The Ghost Drum

The Ghost Drum
First edition
AuthorSusan Price
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGhost World[1]
GenreChildren's fantasy novel
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
12 January 1987
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
Pages184 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-571-14613-9
OCLC59164609
LC ClassPZ7.P9317 Gh 1987[2]
Followed byGhost Song 

The Ghost Drum is a children's fantasy novel by Susan Price, published by Faber in 1987, and the first book in the Ghost World trilogy (1987 to 1995).[1] It is an original fairy tale using elements from Russian history and Russian folklore. Like many traditional tales it is full of cruelty, violence and sudden death.

Price won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[3]

Farrar, Straus, and Giroux published a US edition within the calendar year, entitled The Ghost Drum: A Cat's Tale.[2] Ghost Drum was reissued as a Young Adult Classic by Faber in 2024.[4]

  1. ^ a b Ghost World series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "The ghost drum: a cat's tale" (first US edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference medal1987 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Bannerman, Lucy (5 February 2024). "Ghost Drum by Susan Price review — a rediscovered gem of a fairytale". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 5 February 2024.