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Jack is not a normal boy. He can talk to ghosts. In his new home, an aging farmhouse, he meets the Ghost Mother, a grief-stricken spirit who becomes very attached to him...too attached. He learns that the Ghost Mother is preying in the cruelest imaginable way on four child ghosts who are... read more
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In the book Breathe A boy named Jack has super-natural powers to be able to see and talk to ghosts. In the book Jack moves into a new house and there is a ghost in there named the 'Ghost Mother' she takes souls from 4 other ghosts that are in there. All of those ghosts are moved to the Night... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Characters/People edit
- Oliver: the second oldest of the four ghost children trapped in the house. the most agile and the most recent captive.
- Ghost Mother: The "evil" spirit of the house, drains power from the ghost children to keep herself alive.
- Jack: The human boy in the house that can see and communicate with the ghosts
- Gwenyth: the youngest of the four ghost children trapped in the house
- Ann: the oldest of the ghost children trapped in the house. the leader of the quartet having been there the longest.
- Isabella: daughter of the ghost mother. not one of the ghost children trapped in the house. she has gone to the other side.
- Sarah: Jack's mother
- Charlie: one of the ghost children trapped in the house. the youngest boy
- Daniel: the first child whose soul was trapped by the ghost mother
- Mary Eloise Rosewood: The identity of the ghost mother when she was living
- Sam: Isabella's pet dog
First Sentence edit
Lonely, invisible, and still the wearing the clothes they had died in: the ghosts of four children were in this house.
Table of Contents edit
1: The Ghost Children--- 2: The Drop of Blood--- 3: The Allure of the Dead--- 4: Attack--- 5: The Ghost Mother--- 6: The Death Room--- 7: Flight--- 8: The Rocking Chair--- 9: Isabella--- 10: Bargaining for Souls--- 11: Between the Lips--- 12: A New, Fast Body--- 13: A Proper Little Man--- 14: Ringlety-Jing--- 15: I'm a Good Mother, Aren't I?--- 16: A Mother Who Is Not a Mother--- 17: The Nightmare Passage--- 18: Bruised--- 19: Snow--- 20: The Knife--- 21: The Wardrobe--- 22: Only Darkness--- 23: The Everlasting Darkness--- 24: The Pillow--- 25: The Loved Ones
Authors & Contributors edit
- Cliff McNish (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Orion
Country: England
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1842551108
Page Count: 240
Publisher: Orion
Country: England
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 1842551108
Page Count: 240
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