The Phantom Isles

Stephen Alter

apr, 2011 · Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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When three sixth-graders break into the town library to read aloud from a book of sorcery, little do they know they are about to raise the dead. The spirits they conjure are trapped within the pages of library books, and must now rely on the children and their determined librarian to set them free.

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Stephen Alter was raised in India. The author of seven books for adults, he is the former Writer-in-Residence in Writing and Humanistic Studies at MIT, and a recipient of a Fulbright grant. Island of the Phantoms is his first book for children. He currently lives in India with his wife, where he is researching his newest book for adults - a behind the scenes look at the world of Bollywood.