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The Dead Fathers Club is a dark, atmospheric ghost story centered on an 11-year-old's grief and a supernatural demand for revenge. While marketed as young adult, the book deals with heavy emotional themes—death, manipulation, distrust—and contains scenes of potential harm that may be intense for younger readers. The story ultimately questions whether revenge is justified, offering some moral complexity, but the journey there is psychologically dark and requires maturity to process.
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A ghost story with a twist, from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library. "Ingenious." —USA Today Don’t miss Matt Haig’s new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024 Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mot... A ghost story with a twist, from Matt Haig, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Library. "Ingenious." —USA Today Don’t miss Matt Haig’s new novel The Life Impossible, coming September 2024 Philip Noble is an eleven-year-old in crisis. His pub landlord father has died in a road accident, and his mother is succumbing to the greasy charms of her dead husband's brother, Uncle Alan. The remaining certainties of Philip's life crumble away when his father's ghost appears in the pub and declares Uncle Alan murdered him. Arming himself with weapons from the school chemistry cupboard, Philip vows to carry out the ghost's relentless demands for revenge. But can the words of a ghost be trusted any more than the lies of the living?
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- Fiction
- Not Diverse Characters
- Weak Character Development
- Unloveable Characters
- emotional
- sad
- Classics
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- Suspense
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ISBN 9781101201992 · Penguin