Mr Majeika and the Ghost Train

Humphrey Carpenter

feb 2004 · Mr Majeika Libro 5 · Penguin UK

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Mr Majeika is the most magical teacher around!

'Do be careful, Mr Majeika, there might be real ghosts in there.'

When Class Three and Mr Majeika get on board a ghost train, they are in for a surprise. Real ghosts appear and the wicked Wilhemina Worlock isn't far away. But Jody comes to the rescue - with a dragon to help her!

Look out for more Mr Majeika adventures including:
Mr Majeika and the School Trip
Mr Majeika and the School Play
Mr Majeika and the Lost Spell Book
Mr Majeika and the Music Teacher
Mr Majeika and the School Caretaker

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Humphrey Carpenter worked at the BBC before becaming a full-time writer in 1975. He was the author of 14 of the well-loved Mr Majeika titles as well as two Shakespeare Without the Boring Bits titles for children. He was also the co-author, with his wife Mari Prichard, of The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature. He was an eminent figure in the world of adult literature and published award-winning biographies including, among others, those of J. R. R Tolkein, C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten and Spike Milligan. From 1994-1996 he directed the Cheltenham Festival of Literature and for many years he ran a young people's drama group, the Mushy Pea Theatre Company. He wrote plays for radio and theatre and was a regular contributor to the Guardian. Humphrey died in January 2005.