The Haunting of Fortune Farm

Author: Sophie Kirtley

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A brand-new middle-grade novel and ghost story from much-loved author Sophie Kirtley, exploring family, grief, memories and forgotten histories. Perfect for fans of Sophie Anderson's The House with Chicken Legs, Amy Wilson's A Girl Called Owl and Aisha Bushby's A Pocketful of Stars

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Sometimes, secrets don’t stay buried forever. Sometimes, they need to be set free…

Twelve-year-old Edie and her younger brother Pip are spending half term at Fortune Farm, high in the Irish mountains, with their grandmother Lolly. They haven’t visited Fortune Farm for YEARS and Edie has been dreading it for MONTHS. They spent all their holidays there when Dad was alive. And Edie doesn't like thinking about Dad – even the happy memories haunt her too much.

When Edie uncovers a clue that could lead her to long-lost Viking treasure, it's just the adventure she needs to take her mind off Dad. But the adventure soon takes an unnerving and dangerous turn, and Edie discovers that Fortune Farm has more secrets, mysteries and ghosts than she had ever dared to dream.

A spine-tingling adventure about the power of memories and the restless spirits that whisper on the wind…

An emotional and spine-tingling adventure perfect for fans of The House with Chicken Legs, A Girl Called Owl and A Pocketful of Stars.

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Ghostly and atmospheric and would have you glued to the pages until its satisfying end,' Nizrana Farook, author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant

Critic Reviews

Such an adventure! Gorgeous use of setting, relatable characters, oodles of atmosphere & a mighty fine story which keeps you gripped right to the very end Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear
Sophie's third book lives up to all the expectations I had after reading the gorgeous The Wild Way Home and Way to Impossible Island. Here again are characters to love and a hauntingly beautiful setting of a remote farmhouse in the Irish wilderness. This is a ghost story, a mystery, and a book about love, belonging and grief. It's ghostly and atmospheric and would have you glued to the pages till its satisfying end Nizrana Farook, author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
Packed full of mystery, ghosts and family secrets, this chilling chapter book also sensitively explores feelings of grief and guilt. Guaranteed to send shivers down your spine, it’s the perfect tale to read on dark, stormy nights… if you’re brave enough BookTrust

I absolutely loved The Haunting of Fortune Farm – it’s a ghost story with a thrillingly, dark Viking ‘roar’ to it, but threaded through with such beauty and heart. The setting is superbly drawn and Edie’s courageous journey ‘into’ the mountain will have you racing through the pages, but it’s also a story that carries huge emotional heft as it’s about memory and loss and learning to let go.
Once again Sophie Kirtley has bought history to life in the most vivid and imaginative way possible. She’s a terrific storyteller. And everyone needs a younger brother like Pip!
In the spirit of the kennings in the story I wrote these two about The Haunting of Fortune Farm;
Page Turner
Heart Mover
Goosebump Maker
Story Wonder

Emotion Jangler
Thought Puzzler
Spine Tingler
Story Sparkler

Kate Wilkinson, author of Edie and the Box of Flits
Returning to Sophie's rich, atmospheric writing was a treat. This time, with spookiness, family bonds & mystery all wrapped up in a beautiful Irish setting. I do love an eerie story... Lesley Parr
It perfectly encapsulates all that middle-grade books should represent - thrills, escapism, wonder, phenomenal storytelling Eve McDonnell
A ghost story about love and loss and Vikings and the creepiest house ever. I loved it and couldn't put it down. Sophie writes so well with the most wonderful characterisations Fleur Hitchcock
Really engrossing and beautifully written Ewa Jozefkowicz
Highly atmospheric, Kirtley’s slow build of tension creates a spooky dynamic in this layered text about coming to terms with loss -- Ruth Concannon Irish Examiner
Sophie Kirtley’s new novel is a hauntingly beautiful tale is guaranteed to send shivers down readers’ spines ... with buried secrets waiting to be uncovered, and an ancient mystery to solve, this is a Halloween adventure with a big, big heart! -- Pam Norfolk Lancashire Evening Post
The Wild Way Home echoes Skellig and Stig of the Dump, with a bold, readable charm entirely its own … Full of peril, sadness and wild joy, it’s a timeslip adventure with a difference Guardian on THE WILD WAY HOME
So good I read it twice Hilary McKay on THE WILD WAY HOME
I loved this unique, quirky story full of heart Jasbinder Bilan on THE WILD WAY HOME
A fast-paced adventure full of heart Hannah Gold on THE WAY TO IMPOSSIBLE ISLAND
Dazzling storytelling Hilary McKay on THE WAY TO IMPOSSIBLE ISLAND
Amazing and brilliant and stupendous and all the exclamations Nizrana Farook on THE WAY TO IMPOSSIBLE ISLAND

About the Author

Sophie Kirtley grew up in Northern Ireland, where she spent her childhood climbing on hay bales, rolling down sand dunes and leaping the raw Atlantic waves. Nowadays she lives in Wiltshire with her husband, three children and their mini-menagerie of pets and wild things. Sophie has always loved stories; she has taught English and has worked in a theatre, a bookshop and a tiny pub where folk tell fairytales by candlelight. Sophie is also a prize-winning published poet and the author of middle-grade novels The Wild Way Home and The Way to Impossible Island.