The Haunting is a low fantasy novel for children written by Margaret Mahy of New Zealand and published in 1982, including a U.K. edition by J. M. Dent.

[1] Mahy won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.

[2] The Haunting of Barney Palmer, a New Zealand movie based on the book, was released in 1987.

He believes he is haunted by the ghost of an uncle he never met, and is oppressed by his fate.

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