Ghostlight

The story of the tragic death of sixteen-year-old Rebecca Strand and her lighthouse keeper father is just an elaborate tale Gabe tells tourists for his summer job on Toronto Island. Or so he thought.

When his ghost tours awaken Rebecca's spirit, Gabe is drawn into a world far darker than any ghost story he's ever heard. Rebecca reveals that she and her father were connected to the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from "the wakeful and wicked dead"malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But now the Order has disappeared and Viker is growing even stronger, and he'll stop at nothing to wreak chaos and destruction on the living.

Gabe and his friends both livinganddead must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls. (From Puffin Canada)

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KennethOppelis a bestselling author whose books include the Silverwing trilogy, which has sold over a million copies worldwide, andAirborn,which wonthe Governor General's Literary Award for children's literature text. His most recent books includeInkling,Every Hidden ThingandThe Nest.