The Green Hawk

Mark is a keen athlete in his last year at primary school, aiming to win his races on Sports Day. By training hard he hopes to achieve this ideal, and is aided in this by Cellus, a ghost who appears after Mark has found an old brooch. The friendship with Cellus does not develop as Mark expects, however, and leads him to question the nature of his relationship with the ghost. Interspersed with realistic details of home and school life, as well as with interesting historical detail, this book should make for a good read. Unfortunately it is spoilt by a text that sometimes appears disjointed, and is not always well or accurately explained.