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About the Author

LUCY STRANGE is the bestselling children's author of titles including The Secret of Nightingale Wood and Our Castle by the Sea, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and chosen as the first ever Independent Booksellers' Children's Book of the Month. Lucy lives in the Kent countryside with her family.

Reviews

"A slight but poignant novella … We need a follow-up" – The Times Children's Book of the Week

"Evocative and eerie … Another bite-size delight from Barrington Stoke" – Karen McCombie

"A gripping story of courage, kindness and friendship full of supernatural overtones and with a convincing Industrial Revolution setting" – Books for Keeps

"[An] evocative slice of historical drama … a book that transports us from our world to an almost timeless zone of wonder in amongst the darkness" – The Bookbag

"Top class storytelling in short form" – Ipswich Children's Book Group

"Lucy Strange has written a fantastic story that merges myth and Victorian history." — Books for Topics