Rating: 5/5
Though a very easy read, I found this book very witty, with a fantasy yet sensible plot and characters that seem to jump right out of the pages at you!
James Harrison has moved to the quiet, happy village of Ledsham, to a little house called East End Cottage. He lives there with his mother, father, taken-in dog Tim, and sister Helen—who we grow to like in some respects, but not in many others. But soon, ordinary, plain life takes a turn for itself, and James is whisked into a fantasy, funny, yet old-fashioned world of poltergeists and witches—who are actually just helpless old ladies who like a good bit of gossip.