A Ghost in My Suitcase

November23

This is the cover for my next book, A Ghost in My Suitcase. It’s a story about a girl called Celeste who inherits a very powerful gift – the gift of ghost-hunting. If you’ve read The Pearl of Tiger Bay, Por Por, the ghost-hunting grandma also stars in this new book.

The girl on the cover is my cousin Belinda. She is a very smiley person, so during the photo shoot, it was hard to capture her not smiling. I love her expression in this photo – so sad and wistful.

The story takes place in an ancient water town in China which is a perfect setting for a ghost story.

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6 Comments to

“A Ghost in My Suitcase”

On March 24th, 2010 at 8:40 am kathryn koloke Says:
i read your book and it was awesome

but i can’t read the other set of books because they aren’t in my library
On March 24th, 2010 at 8:33 pm Gabrielle Wang Says:
He Kathryn,
You can request the library to order the other books in for you. Libraries are always happy to do that.
On August 16th, 2010 at 12:09 am tamryn Says:
hi
i am doing an assignment on your book a ghost in my suitcase and i was wondering what influenced you to write this book and why on this particular topic. i was also wondering what your religouse views are and wether you believe in god.

thank you so much
xx
On August 16th, 2010 at 12:48 am Gabrielle Wang Says:
Hi Tamryn,

I will email you soon a response to your questions.

Gabrielle
On October 20th, 2010 at 1:35 am Christy, Ingrid, Nat, Sherin and Emily. Says:
Hi…
We are reading this book for English and we are very inspired. We are duing a tralier and we would love if you could give us some advice and views of how we could make our tralier stand out and so people would want to read this book.
We liked this book.
Thank-you for your time ….

Christy, Ingrid, Nat, Sherin and Emily.
On October 20th, 2010 at 2:20 am Gabrielle Wang Says:
Hi Christy, Ingrid, Nat, Sherin and Emily,
Thank you for your kind comments about A Ghost in My Suitcase. I gather you have already seen the book trailer that I made with my son.
First of all, what’s the mood the book invokes? I chose spooky because there are creepy bits in the book and spooky is always good to hook people in.
Secondly, you need to write a script but don’t use too many words. The pictures and the text have to be intriguing.
Perhaps one of you could narrate the text instead of using words on the screen. It could be written as if Celeste is speaking to the audience. I think this would work really well.
I hope these few suggestions help
BTW I would love to see your trailer when you have finished it.
If you have any more questions, please ask
All the best
Gabrielle