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ParaNorman

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

2012242 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2012
first published
  • 2012Hodder Children's · ENGISBN 9781444909883
  • 2012Findaway World, LLC · ENGISBN 9781619694507
  • 2012Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · ENGISBN 9781306764025
  • 2012Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · ENGISBN 9780316226516
  • 2012Hachette Childrens · 242 pages · ENGISBN 9780316209861
  • 2012HachetteISBN 9780316231855
  • 2012MondadoriISBN 9788804623465
  • 2013Little Brown & Company · ENGISBN 9781484400265

In a quaint New England town with a history of witches and pilgrims, misunderstood eleven-year-old Norman Babcock can see and talk to ghosts. No one believes him, of course-everyone just thinks he's weird (including his parents). But when a folktale of a witch who cursed her accusers turns out to be true, it's up to Norman to save the town from pilgrim zombies! He'll also have to take on a very angry witch, an annoying sidekick, his boy-crazy teenage sister, and dozens of moronic grown-ups who get in his way. This young ghoul whisperer finds his paranormal talents pushed to their otherworldly limits in this hilarious and spooky adventure!

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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