The ghost of Thomas Kempe is about a boy called james Harrison. He has recently moved with his family to a cottage in Ledsham, Oxfordshire. James's problem began when a message was chalked onto the blackboard his father has put outside their cottage to advertise the sale of apples. It reads: Sorcerie, Astrologie, Geomancie, Alchemie, Recovery of Goodes Lost, Physicke. Soon pot's and vases are being smashed agains't the ground and doors shut by their self when no one is near them, but James is being blamed! Because a series of notes appear around the village of Ledsham with the signature Thos. Kempe Esquire. Sorceror, but at the end they trick the ghost to trap himself in a little box until someone open's it and lets him free once again.
The theme of this book is to never give up, because James is trying to unravel the …show more content…
And at the end he didn't stop trying to take down the ghost with the help of Bert (The local handyman who know a lot about almost everything ) . Another theme in this book is Interest in history since Thomas Kempe thinks and write's as he is in the 17th century but it's set in the 20th century, in the book they also mention history of the cottage (to who it belonged and who used to live in it) and the town (that the town exists since the bronze age) . The author also write's the history of some minor characters such as : Simon (James's best friend), Bert (who was born in Ireland), Mrs. Verity (Who Tomas accused of being a witch and that they have to punish her), Arnold (A boy who lived in the cottage before James, He experiences Thomas Kempe as well), The vicar (The author wrote about his personal life) , Mr Hollings (The author wrote about his personal
The theme of this book is to never give up, because James is trying to unravel the …show more content…
And at the end he didn't stop trying to take down the ghost with the help of Bert (The local handyman who know a lot about almost everything ) . Another theme in this book is Interest in history since Thomas Kempe thinks and write's as he is in the 17th century but it's set in the 20th century, in the book they also mention history of the cottage (to who it belonged and who used to live in it) and the town (that the town exists since the bronze age) . The author also write's the history of some minor characters such as : Simon (James's best friend), Bert (who was born in Ireland), Mrs. Verity (Who Tomas accused of being a witch and that they have to punish her), Arnold (A boy who lived in the cottage before James, He experiences Thomas Kempe as well), The vicar (The author wrote about his personal life) , Mr Hollings (The author wrote about his personal