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They were coming tonight to tell ghost stories. 'A tale to freeze the blood,' was the only rule.Switzerland, 1816. On a stormy summer night, Lord Byron and his guests are gathered round the fire., Felix, their serving boy, can't wait to hear their creepy tales. Yet real life is about to take a chilling turn- more chilling than any tale. Frantic pounding at the front door reveals a stranger, a girl covered in the most unusual scars., She claims to be looking for her sister, supposedly snatched from England by a woman called Mary Shelley. Someone else has followed her here too, she says. And the girl is terrified.This breathtaking new book from Emma Carroll, the critically-acclaimed author of Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked On Air, In Darkling Wood and The Snow Sister, is a deliciously creepy story inspired by the creation of Frankenstein, and is brought to life by a leading talent in children's literature.
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''a deliciously gothic thriller....Carroll's story is skillfully weaved, atmospheric, cinematic and best read late at night in one sitting. I think it's her best yet.' (Fiona Noble The Bookseller)
Carroll has tremendous fun with it all, while paying respectful tribute to Mary Shelley's Classic. (The Financial Times)
Always original, Emma Carroll's latest, Strange Star... is a wonderful gothic thriller. (Sunday Express)
Emma Carroll has rapidly become my go to author for historical fiction for young readers.... Her wonderful writing evokes a sense of time and place in a way that makes the reader feel part of the world she has created. (The Bookbag)
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Carroll has tremendous fun with it all, while paying respectful tribute to Mary Shelley's Classic. (The Financial Times)
Always original, Emma Carroll's latest, Strange Star... is a wonderful gothic thriller. (Sunday Express)
Emma Carroll has rapidly become my go to author for historical fiction for young readers.... Her wonderful writing evokes a sense of time and place in a way that makes the reader feel part of the world she has created. (The Bookbag)
Emma Carroll was a secondary school English teacher. Strange Star is Emma's fifth novel, she has also written Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked on Air, In Darkling Wood and The Snow Sister. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.
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