Jackie's Reviews > The Great Ghost Rescue

It is a sad day in the ghostly world, when all of the deliciouly scummy, maggotty, worm-infested haunts are being overrun by...urban sprawl? Humphrey, the Horrible, who really isn't too horrible, befriends a human boy, Rick Henderson. Rick learns about the terrible trouble infesting the ghostly world. Their favorite haunts are being turned into casinos, luxury hotels and (glup...) bed and breakfast inns, for goodness sake! Rick takes kindly to their woes and devises a plan to rescue his new other-world friends. Mabel and Hamish and their children George, Winnie and Humphrey need to find a new place to haunt, er...that is, live. They are graciously given a new place to live by a wealthy politician, Lord Bullhaven. So, off they travel to Insleyfarne, a castle completely left to rot. The spirits are overjoyed! Along the way they are joined by Aunt Horensia and her ghostly carriage, Sucking Susie and her vampire bat kiddies, the Mad Monk, Shuk; a one-eyed, three-tailed dog and many others who have lost their dwelling places to modern-day improvements. At first, all is well, but danger is once again lurking for these spirits in Insleyfarne. It's 'Rick Henderson to the Rescue' again! A very bewitching, surprise ending awaits all who dare to read The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson.