The Haunting (Mahy novel)

The Haunting
First edition
AuthorMargaret Mahy
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's supernatural fiction, ghost story
PublisherJ. M. Dent
Publication date
August 1982
Publication placeNew Zealand
Media typePrint
Pages135 pp (first edition)
ISBN0-460-06097-X
OCLC476531256
LC ClassPZ7.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]

  1. ^ a b "The haunting" (U.S. edition). Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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  4. ^ "The Haunting of Barney Palmer". www.nzonscreen.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.