Cornelia Funke Ghostbusters, Volume 1 » Ghosthunters on Icy Trails « 8+, June 2009 128 pages, 12.5 x 19.0 cm ISBN 978-3-7855-6826-2 paperback 5,95 € (D) Rights sold: (series) American English, British English, Catalan, Czech, Dutch, Russian, (series) American English, British English, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese (for Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

Eight year old Tom happens to come across a slimy ghost, sitting in the basement of their house. But nobody wants to believe him! Especially his older sister Lola thinks he is a lunatic. Fortunately, Grandma knows what to do: Her friend Hetty Hyssop is a ghosthunter! Together, Tom and Hedwig find out that Hugo, the ghost in the basement, is not very dangerous at all. He is only very sad because he has been driven from his home, by a particularly terrible and frightening ghost. Tom and Hedwig decide to help Hugo...The first of four exciting adventures of Hyssop & Co., a successful trio of ghosthunters.

Cornelia Funke was born 1958 in Dorsten, Westphalia. Following university, she worked for three year...