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Author | Margaret Mahy |
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Language | English |
Genre | Children's supernatural fiction, ghost story |
Publisher | J. M. Dent |
Publication date | August 1982 |
Publication place | New Zealand |
Media type | |
Pages | 135 pp (first edition) |
ISBN | 0-460-06097-X |
OCLC | 476531256 |
LC Class | PZ7.M2773 Hau[1] |
The Haunting is a low fantasy novel for children written by Margaret Mahy of New Zealand and published in 1982, including a U.K. edition by J. M. Dent. Atheneum published the first U.S. edition in 1983.[1]
Mahy won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[2]
The Haunting of Barney Palmer, a New Zealand movie based on the book, was released in 1987.[3][4]
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