title: Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the Grotto
author:  Angie Sage 
description: "Fun escapism for readers who like their spooky without the scary." (School Library Journal)
zlib_text: Araminta Spookie 2: The Sword in the
  Grotto
   
  As told to
  Angie Sage
   
  Illustrated by
  Jimmy Pickering
   
  
  For
  Araminta Clibborn,
  with love
  
  Contents
   
  1
  Shirley
   
  2
  Thud
   
  3
  The Broom Closet
   
  4
  The Mushroom Farm
   
  5
  Old Morris
   
  6
  String
   
  
  7
  The Secret Tunnel
   
  8
  The Portcullis
   
  9
  The Grotto
   
  10
  Rinse Cycle
   
  11
  Deep Water
   
  12
  Edmund
   
  13
  Happy Birthday
   
  About the Author
  About the Illustrator
  Other Books by Angie Sage
  Credits
  
  Copyright
  About the Publisher
  
  SHIRLEY
   
  Spookie House, which is where I live with my aunt Tabitha and my
  uncle Drac, has recently gotten pretty crowded. First of all I found
  two ghosts living here, and then the Wizzards turned up and decided
  to live here too. So now that makes eight of us, as there are three
  Wizzards—Wanda and her mom and dad, Brenda and Barry.
  Our two ghosts are Sir Horace and Edmund. Most people think
  that Sir Horace is just a boring old suit of armor—which is what I
  thought for ages—but he is our biggest ghost. Then there is his
  faithful 