Ghost horse vs The Shadow Guests: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Ghost horse Ghost horse George Edward Stanley · 1999 ★★★★☆ 4.3 69 pages · ≈ 1 h 17 m · Moderate
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Emily Clark has just moved. She doesn't LIKE her new house, and shedoesn't LIKE her new town. But one night she wakes up to find a horse in herbackyard--a ghost horse! WHERE did he come from? And why is he…

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Cover of The Shadow Guests The Shadow Guests Joan Aiken · 1980 ★★★★☆ 3.7 169 pages · ≈ 3 h 08 m · Moderate
“Nobody was at the airport to meet him.”
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A young boy arrives at his cousin's home in England unprepared for the supernatural furor his presence unleashes.

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The verdict

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Scores by source

Ghost horseThe Shadow Guests
Goodreads 4.4 (85) —
Hardcover — 3.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.5 (31) —
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Reception

Ghost horseThe Shadow Guests
Ratings 85 2
Editions 7 13
Citations — 2
Pages 69 169
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Questions readers ask

Which is rated higher: Ghost horse or The Shadow Guests?

Ghost horse has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Ghost horse 4.3/5, The Shadow Guests 3.7/5).

Which is shorter to read: Ghost horse or The Shadow Guests?

Ghost horse is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: Ghost horse (69 pages, ≈ 1 h 17 m); The Shadow Guests (169 pages, ≈ 3 h 08 m).

Which is harder to read: Ghost horse or The Shadow Guests?

Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — Ghost horse: Moderate; The Shadow Guests: Moderate.

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