The Fighting Spirit by Rob KeeleySynopsis: ““Would you like to adopt a ghost? Young spirit, born 1887, seeks kind home to haunt. Gentleman by birth. Good company. Gets on well with other children. Jokes and shocks a speciality.If interested, place outside your home three twigs, in the shape of an arrow, pointing to your front door…”  Ruby and Jayden get more than they bargained for, when they adopt the ghost of Edward Fitzberranger. He’s a boy from Victorian times, has left his haunted house without permission and is living in Ruby’s wardrobe. When they find out he can time-travel, they find themselves in the Second World War, with bombs falling and a royal kidnapping plot. Simon Fitzberranger and his Anti-War Party offer a solution – but is he all he seems?

My Review

This was another fab book from Rob Keeley, and the first book in a new series!

As soon as I saw that Edward Fitzberranger, from the other Spirits series by Rob Keeley, featured in this story, I knew there was going to fun, and trouble! He’s a ghost from Victorian times, and he’s a real prankster! 

Ruby and Jayden don’t know what they were letting themselves in for, when they respond to the advert mentioned in the above synopsis. Ruby really isn’t sure about Edward, but Jayden thinks he’s great, as he also likes to play practical jokes. 

When Edward tells them he can time travel, they decide that they want to travel back to London in the Swinging Sixties, and so get dressed up to fit in. Unfortunately as this is Edward Fitzberranger they’re travelling with, they end up in 1940s London during a Nazi bombing raid. Obviously they don’t want to be there, but it’s not as easy as they thought it would be to get home!

While they wait for Edward to be able to get them home, they discover there’s a something very strange going on in London. Fortunately Edward has an idea what it could be, but not before everything starts to go wrong.

I really enjoyed getting to know Ruby and Jayden and being reacquainted with Edward. It was a fun story and I’m already looking forward to more adventures for Ruby, Jayden and Edward!

Definitely recommended if enjoy fun ghost stories for middle grade readers.

Thanks so much to Rob Keeley and Troubadour Publishing for my lovely paperback copy.