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The Ghost Who Lived in the Cupboard

A touching story about Daniel, a boy who moves with his parents into a rambling and old country house. Aged ten, Daniel meets and becomes friends with Conrad, the resident thirteenth-century ghost, who lives in the walk-in wardrobe in Daniel's bedroom. As time passes, Daniel grows up but Conrad ages no further… Can their friendship survive the passage of time?

Rita M. Hopkins

Rita is married with adult sons, grand-children, a dog called Talia and a bearded dragon lizard known as Ig. As well as being a writer, she is an avid reader too. Further interests include gardening, nature, crafts and sewing. She would love to learn brickwork and is fascinated by mini-diggers! Having initially been involved with primary education when her own sons were at school, she went on to work as a dinner-lady, managing out-of-hours clubs and working as a classroom assistant, predominantly supporting ethnic minority children with literacy and numeracy. At the tender age of 75 years, she is now fully retired and concentrating on writing for children.