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''The Ghost of Thomas Kempe'' is a low fantasy novel for children by Penelope Lively, first published by Heinemann in 1973 with illustrations by Anthony Maitland. Set in present-day Oxfordshire, it features a boy and his modern family who are new in their English village, and seem beset by a poltergeist. Soon the boy makes acquaintance with the eponymous Thomas Kempe, ghost of a 17th-century resident sorcerer who intends to stay. Lively won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.〔〔 Penelope Lively also won the 1987 Booker Prize, recognising ''Moon Tiger'' as the year's best novel. She is the only author to win both of the most prestigious British book awards, which have covered books for children from 1937 and novels for adults from 1968. Nationality conditions have varied.〕 ==Characters== ;Major characters *James, the main character *Mrs Harrison, James's mother *Mr Harrison, James's father *Helen, James's sister *Tim the dog *Thomas Kempe, the poltergeist who troubles James ;Minor characters *Simon, James's friend * Bert, the local handyman who tries to deal with the poltergeist *Mrs Verity, an old lady whom Thomas Kempe accuses of being a witch *Arnold, a Victorian boy who experienced the ghost before James *Aunt Fanny, Arnold's aunt *Mr Hollings, James's teacher *The vicar *Julia, Helen's friend 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Ghost of Thomas Kempe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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