The House Guest

‘The pick of the bunch is Eleanor Nilsson’s evocative, spine-tingling novel about loyalty, friendship and communication across the barriers of death…’
–The Sun-Herald

When Gunno breaks into the quiet house with the big garden, he has no idea how it will change his life. Something about the place keeps drawing him back: its daytime silence, its solitude, and the mysterious upstairs bedroom that belongs–or belonged–to a boy very much like Gunno.

As he unravels the mysteries of the house and the family that seems to half-live there, Gunno becomes less certain of his own place in the world–until his destiny is revealed in a chilling and transcendent conclusion.

This award-winning, genre-defying ghost story is a classic of Australian young adult literature.

Children’s Book Council Book of the Year - Older Readers
Victorian Premier’s Literary Award - Children’s Books
SA Festival Award for Literature - Children’s Books