Thornhill

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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As she unpacks in her new bedroom, Ella is irresistibly drawn to the big old house that she can see out of her window. Surrounded by overgrown gardens, barbed wire fences and 'keep out' signs, it looks derelict.But that night, a light goes on in one of the windows. And the next day she sees a girl in the grounds.Ella is hooked. The house has a story to tell. She is sure of it.Enter Thornhill, Institute for Children, and discover the dark secrets that lie within. But once inside, will you ever leave?

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-08-24
Mått155 x 220 x 40 mm
Vikt1 030 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor544
FörlagDavid Fickling Books
ISBN9781910200612
UtmärkelserWinner of British Book Design and Production Awards 2018

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Pam Smy has created a wonderful piece of work in Thornhill. The drawings are full of atmosphere, the words are full of tension and emotion all the more powerful for being so sparingly revealed. This is in one sense a classic English lonely-child-and-garden story, in the tradition of Frances Hodgson Burnett and Philippa Pearce; in another it's a ghost story; in another it pays tribute to the dark-sinister-house genre most famously seen in Hitchcock's Psycho. But it's also a story of friendship and courage and of the power of black-and-white images. I think it's terrific