Synopsis
Catch the wind. Find your freedom.
Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underneath a half-bombed, blackened power station, 12-year-old Luke's life is miserable. Then, he discovers he can see things others can't. Ghostly things. Specifically, a ghost-girl named Alma. Alma, who can ride clouds through the night sky and bend their shape to her will, befriends Luke. And with Alma's help, Luke discovers he is in fact a rare being - half-human and half-something else...
Then Luke learns the terrible truth of why children are being kidnapped and forced to work in the power station, and he becomes even more desperate to escape. Can Luke find out who he really is... and find his freedom?
Publisher information
- Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
- ISBN: 9781444959307
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 32 mm
- Interest age: From 9 years
- Weight: 310g
- Languages: English
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A fabulously spooky mystery, with a first-rate baddie
A few weeks ago, on yet another visit to my local independent bookshop, one of the assistants – all of whom know me quite well now – told me that there was... READ MORE
Good Debut
Thank you to the publishers for this early review copy.
Firstly, I love the cover and this instantly pulled me into the book.
This is a very good debut whi... READ MORE
Supernatural, brave fun!
I’ve spent the past week slowly reading this because I’ve been really enjoying it! I’ve just finished it and it is BRILLIANT. It tells the story of Luke, a... READ MORE
Middle grade ghost fun
I really enjoyed the concept of this book! I loved the dystopian feel to it and found the characters likeable and fun! I loved the idea of Ghostclouds and ... READ MORE
A dark and twisty story with a richly imaginative ghost mythology
12-year-old Luke shovels coal deep below Battersea Power Station with all the other stolen children in an alternate version of London—suffocating in smog a... READ MORE
Nine-year-old could not put it down - her review? "Absolutely brilliant!"
My nine-year-old couldn't put GHOSTCLOUD down. As an avid reader, it takes a lot for a book to really grab her attention, and this one did. A beautifully i... READ MORE
Original and intruiging dystopian adventure
An absolute cracker of an MG mystery adventure, set in a stunningly well-realised alternate-future London, with a properly dastardly villain, an MC I was r... READ MORE
Stunning debut fantasy adventure for children
An absolutely stunning tale for younger readers encompassing the magic of clouds. Who hasn't spent their youth imagining shapes in the clouds? This fantast... READ MORE
A cloudy adventure in a dystopian London landscape
A fab little adventure set in a dystopian London landscape; a dark world hidden within Battersea Power Station, where kidnapped children are forced into ha... READ MORE
Ghosts and half ghosts, kidnapped children and an extremely super creepy villainess.
Ghosts and half ghosts, kidnapped children and an extremely super creepy villainess. Gripping and fast paced, a little darker than I was expecting at times... READ MORE
Magnificent achievement from an exciting new children's author
I have just finished Ghostcloud set it a smog-ridden, ghostly and terrifying London where children are kidnapped and enslaved to shovel coal and power the ... READ MORE
Absolutely PHENOMENAL!!!!
I absolutely loved this! It was so dark, & yet so heartwarming all at the same time! This is such a creative & unique take on a “ghost story”, & I loved & ... READ MORE
London drenched in fog with ghosts ghouls floating about and brave children fighting for freedom
Wonderfully written, this book evokes another manifestation of London, uncomfortably close to our own, but emerging from the fog comes a ghostcloud, Alma, ... READ MORE
Fantasy, ghostly adventure
A great fantasy adventure with a twist of ghost story thrown in!
Children are being kidnapped from a futuristic London: a London with an energy crisis, s... READ MORE
a little dark, very fun!
I rather enjoyed this story. It was very gripping and hard to put down at times. Definitely one of the more original books i've read recently, though not e... READ MORE