Ghost Club 2 by Deborah Abela

Author:Deborah Abela [Abela, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Children's fiction, ages 8-11
ISBN: 9781742750842
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Published: 2012-07-08T16:00:00+00:00

The Depository was home to all the records and evidence of ghostly events as well as the museum of equipment used throughout the history of the Ghost Club. It was the investigative heart of the organisation and the home of Professor Endora Spright, who’d voluntarily cocooned herself in its dark, windowless surrounds for as long as Angeline and Edgar could remember.

Dylan followed Endora inside and his heart was calmed a little by the papery smell of books that lined the walls. He sidled up to Angeline. ‘Was there ever a human skeleton found at the bottom of the oubliette when the Ghost Club first took over this house?’

‘A skeleton?’ Angeline laughed. ‘There was a dead rat found once but nothing human. Why?’

‘Gloom told me there was.’

‘His stories keep getting better, don’t they?’

Dylan opened his mouth to object but was interrupted.

‘Here she is,’ Endora said, sitting in front of a large computer screen that displayed Edgar’s video of the young girl he had recorded the night before.

The jumpy footage began to play. The girl sat with her knees to her chest, weeping in the corner, while the background filled with the sounds of frightened children. The girl looked directly at the camera before standing and disappearing through the wall.

Endora shook her head. ‘Each time I watch this I can’t help wonder why she looks so very sad and haunted.’

‘She not only looks sad but when we were with her we felt an overwhelming sense of misery,’ Edgar explained. ‘Can we assume she is one of the girls from the boarding school?’

‘I believe we can.’ Endora scrolled the footage back to the beginning. She magnified the picture so that it zeroed in on the peter pan collar of the ghost’s nightie, where they could see a small insignia. ‘With the powerful magnification abilities of this computer, we can see the image in quite some detail. I have been doing some research and it’s a direct match with the Gravesend College emblem.’

Angeline frowned. ‘But that’s not our school’s emblem.’

‘Not now, but it used to be.’ Endora’s gloved hands clicked on the mouse to bring up a website. ‘Luckily for us, the Gravesend Historical Society has a very active membership that has kept records of all the town’s most important institutions and events. After a bit of research, I found this.’

She navigated her way through the website to a section on the schools in the area, including Gravesend College. Beside the name of the school was a shield crossed with two swords and a banner with the words ‘Honour and Loyalty’ flowing across the lower section. Endora’s voice was solemn. ‘It was changed after a very tragic incident.’

‘The murder,’ Angeline said.

‘There was a murder?’ Dylan asked.

‘Yes, of a young girl named Bridie Wallace.’

‘Is that why it’s called Bridie’s Forest?’ Angeline remembered.

‘Yes, they thought it would be a small tribute.’

‘But her death led to the boarding college being shut down,’ Angeline added.

‘It almost closed the entire school,’ Endora said. ‘The principal resigned, parents removed most of the children, and the student population dwindled to almost nothing.

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