A review by anatl
The Great Ghost Rescue by Eva Ibbotson

4.0

This was an adventure story with ghosts who need saving and a little boy who rises to the occasion. Rick meets Humphrey the Horrible one day at school and they strike a friendship. Humphrey and his family were ousted from their home by renovations and land development. However, the the real themes of the book was about taking care of our planet, the power of social activism, accepting the other, and helping immigrants and refugees. The ghosts are quite harmless and charming, while the villain of the piece says things like "Britain for the british" and is "the sort of person who couldn't bear anything to be even the least bit unusual or out of the ordinary". Despite all these weighty themes, the book itself is airy, charming, funny and very pleasant to read.