Bridget Vanderpuff and the Ghost Train
By (Author) Martin Stewart
Illustrated by David Habben
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Zephyr
30th January 2024
31st August 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
823.92
Paperback
352
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
Belle-on-Sea is getting ready for the Night of the Hungry Ghosts, the spookiest time of the year. Mr Vanderpuff's bake will be the centrepiece of the whole parade, but he needs a new creation and hes totally stumped. To make matters worse, salty old seadog, Captain Lufty, and his Hat Rat, Barry, have warned that something is coming to Belle-on-Sea. Something terrible When a ghost train is seen rattling into town, and people start to go missing first the librarian, then the Mayor Bridget and Tom begin tracking the trains tracks, delighted to be in the thick of another mystery. Then the unthinkable happens: the ghost train takes Mr Vanderpuff! Someone or something is out to destroy Belle-on-Sea. But theyve forgotten one important detail This is Bridgets town. Bridget must save the missing people from their perilous prisons, rescue the parade, and come up with an idea for Mr Vanderpuffs Hungry Ghosts bake, before its too late.
Martin Stewart made his first book using Post-It notes aged eight. His work has been shortlisted for major awards and translated into multiple languages. A native of Glasgow and former secondary school English teacher, he now lives on the west coast with his wife, two children, and a very big dog.