A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley! '[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and a cracking mystery at it's core.' THE TIMES 'Oozing atmosphere, this reads like a teenage version of recent gothic fantasies like The Binding or The Familiars: deliciously chilling Elizabethan tale with an injection of horror.' THE OBSERVER '[An] atmospheric gothic chiller' THE INDEPENDENT When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter's companion, she's transported from her humble island home to a grand house in the Scottish borderlands. Why has she been summoned here? And will she ever make it back home? A stunningly atmospheric YA Elizabethan horror set in the Scottish borderlands, written with a unique and original voice. Jane Eyre meets Susan Hill with a YA twist and gently fantastical elements. Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2018; the first YA entry to win.
ISBN: | 9781912626007 |
Publication date: | 6th February 2020 |
Author: | Trudi Tweedie |
Publisher: | Chicken House Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 288 pages |
Genres: |
Horror & Ghost Stories Historical Fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy romance Children’s / Teenage general interest: Supernatural and mythological creatures PSHE: Bereavement and Grief |