Rory Bean and the Reluctant Ghosts

Author(s): Trudie Thomas, Caryn Schafer (Illustrator)

Location(s): Pentrebach

Genre(s): Children

Era(s): Contemporary

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Rory’s parents own and run The Gruffydd Arms in a quiet village in South Wales. It is twelve-year-old Rory’s home, and he loves living in it. So, when a ‘for sale’ sign appears, Rory is devastated. Rory’s parents aren’t making enough money to keep the pub and then there’s the little matter of it being haunted.

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Rory Bean lives with his parents at the Gruffydd Arms in Pentrebach, South Wales. One day they let slip that they are thinking of moving to a flat in Dorset, because, despite offering mouth watering food, the pub is...

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