Familiar and Haunting

by Pearce, Philippa

• ISBN13: 9780066239651
• ISBN10: 0066239656
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Greenwillow

Summary

A collection of thirty-seven stories previously published in magazines or books, including tales of animals, ghosts, and everyday life.

Table of Contents

Part I The Stories
The Rope	3	(11)
Early Transparent	14	(10)
The Fir Cone	24	(13)
Nutmeg	37	(11)
Bluebag	48	(5)
The Nest Egg	53	(13)
Inside Her Head	66	(8)
What the Neighbors Did	74	(10)
Black Eyes	84	(10)
In the Middle of the Night	94	(9)
The Tree in the Meadow	103	(10)
Fresh	113	(10)
Who's Afraid?	123	(5)
Still Jim and Silent Jim	128	(19)
The Great Blackberry Pick	147	(11)
Lucky Boy	158	(12)
Return to Air	170	(7)
Part II The Haunting Stories
The Shadow Cage	177	(16)
Miss Mountain	193	(18)
Guess	211	(7)
At the River Gates	218	(7)
Her Father's Attic	225	(7)
The Running Companion	232	(7)
Beckoned	239	(12)
The Dear Little Man with His Hands in His Pockets	251	(9)
The Dog Got Them	260	(9)
Mrs. Chamberlain's Reunion	269	(11)
The Strange Illness of Mr. Arthur Cook	280	(18)
A Christmas Pudding Improves with Keeping	298	(9)
Samantha and the Ghost	307	(10)
A Prince in Another Place	317	(11)
The Road It Went By	328	(11)
Auntie	339	(10)
His Loving Sister	349	(8)
Mr. Hurrel's Tallboy	357	(10)
The Hirn	367	(10)
The Yellow Ball	377