Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse
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By Chris Riddell
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202 reviews
Full of adventure and humour, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse is the beautifully illustrated winner of the Costa Award – presented here in a gorgeous hardcover. From Chris Riddell, author of the Ottoline series, it is perfect for fans of Howl’s Moving Castle and Netflix’s Wednesday.
Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and, if she’s honest, she’s rather lonely.
Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching. Ada and her friends must work together to foil Maltravers before it’s too late!
Though they can be enjoyed in any order, continue this deliciously dark series with Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death and Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright.
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Clever use of language and character names (Mary Shellfish) absolutely enhanced by the illustrations
Although this book would be great for reading comprehension with primary pupils, I must admit I was partially disappointed with its overall execution.
While the descriptions of the environments and characters were beautifully crafted, I found that the author placed too much emphasis on this rather than the momentum and feel of the narrative.
Due to this, I didn’t find myself naturally drawn to the story and it took a while for my attention to be fully grasped.
This is unlike the experience I had when reading texts like Matilda, which also includes great descriptions of its characters but drops the reader straight into the story.
I could see myself using extracts from this book to further reading comprehension, as some of the descriptions are a bit complicated. However, I do not think I would study the entire book with a class.
I loved it but I don't like it when it doesn't say a lot about the ghost of a mouse.
Yes i absolutely love this book so funny and persuasive it tells you not to hurt animals wich is absolutely true
My favourite part is when Ada makes friends with Emily and Will
It is a bit strange but a good book
It was a enjoyable book . The book interested me because it was SPOOKY .I would recommend this book to someone else .
creepy
It was a fun and mysterious book
Animals can be very precious but sometimes people can harm them and kill them. But to the animal families can be very sad
I like Ada. It is a amazing book and I would reccomend it too girls 7 and a half-8.
It was quite spooky and I would recommend it to anyone else who, like me loves mystery and a slight pinch of horror
Very good book! I enjoyed reading this! I definitely recommend
It was quite odd but I still really liked it
I like that the author put real places into the book
It has a good structure and hooked me up when I was reading it
I really enjoyed this book because it’s magical and I enjoyed the characters. My favourite character is Maltravers.
This was really good, my mum enjoyed it too. I caught her trying to read it when I came home from school.
It was great
Love it so much it got drama and it got good adventure
nice and relaxing
I really enjoyed this book. I liked all the nice ghosts
I was really fun and interesting with great imagination and illustrations of monsters,ghosts and people
I really enjoyed reading Goth Girl and the ghost of a Mouse, it is the first goth girl i've read and i'm sure there is lots more to come!
It is about a girl called Ada Goth who lives in Ghastly - Gorm Hall with her Father and all the maids and butlers and so on. Her mother was a tightrope walker but died when Ada was little.
After a while she becomes friends with Emily and William who run the attic club ( A club including Emily, William ) which Ada soon becomes a part of.
But can they find out what Maltravers, the indoor gamekeeper is up to and put a stop to it!
A brilliant story but i gave it 4 stars because there was one part i didn't understand.
I like Lucy Borgia
It was spooky and I liked the mouse ghost. I would recommend this if you like Amelia Fang and Worst Witch books.
This is an easy and enjoyable read which introduces us to Ada Goth and her adventures at her home; Ghastly Ghorm-Hall. The story is packed full of clever literary references and beautiful and witty illustrations also by the author Chris Riddell.
My favourite character in this book was goth girl
I would definitely recommend this book to someone who has a interest in goth and likes adventure books with a little bit of drama
It a amazing you won't believe what your eyes are reading. What Are You Waiting For?! The book is waiting for eyes to read it so hurry up and read the book you won't even think your reading a real book this book has so much twisters. You will have a great time reading it you won't regret getting it from the library or just reading on this website.
Enjoy reading the book have a great time thank you for reading my review and bye.
I really liked this book because it shows Dr Seuss’s saying ‘A person is a person no matter how small.’
