Award-winning former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine is a brilliant teller of stories of any mood. Prepare to be terrified in this chilling story of a stalking evil and the devastation it causes. Shut away from the world during his childhood by his quiet and subdued mother, Daniel is released by kindly neighbours with nothing left from his former life but a doll’s house. Playing with the house and the dolls left in it Daniel frees a character capable of causing untold harm. How Daniel unravels the mystery behind this character and the truth about his past is utterly compelling.
An engaging classroom playscript. Daniel has never known the outside world. Raised in a dark, secluded room by his reclusive mother, his only comfort is a beautiful doll's house, a replica of his mother's childhood home. However, the unexpected arrival of a local doctor changes everything and Daniel begins to realize just how many secrets his mother has sheltered him from. His discovery of a sinister doll hidden within the doll's house, and the sudden appearance of his mysterious uncle, Captain Severn, reveals a chilling family secret that Daniel must confront.