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A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

Ages 9–13 Reading age 11 Short chapters Set in the past spookymoving

A miser is visited on Christmas Eve by his dead partner and three spirits, who show him his own past, present and a headstone with his name on it.

A story about a grown-up villain and magical creatures, spooky and moving in tone. We would put it with children of 9–13, and at a reading age of about 11 for reading alone.

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