Jonathan's Ghost

Jonathan moves house, house is haunted, Jonathan meets ghost. Fairly standard stuff, but wait ... Dave, the ghost, is utterly 'real' ... you can shake hands with this ghost. Dave, a Second World War doodlebug victim, gets bored in heaven and comes back to Earth for some fun. He helps his new friend show talent at art, arithmetic, football and fighting and Jonathan becomes a hero. Teachers are a suspicious lot, though, and so many strange happenings start them questioning. A splendid introduction to ghost stories and a good read in its own right.