STAGS 2 - Dogs

After the dramatic events of the last few weeks, Greer Macdonald is trying to concentrate on her A levels. Stuck for a play to direct for her drama exam, she gets help from an unexpected quarter . . .

A priceless lost play, buried by time, is pushed under her door. It is Ben Jonson's The Isle of Dogs, a play considered so dangerous in Elizabethan times that every copy was burned . . . except one. As the students begin to rehearse, events become increasingly dark and strange, and they lead Greer back to where she never thought she would return - Longcross Hall.

There she discovers that not only is the Order of the Stag alive and well, but that a ghost from the past might be too . . .

About the author

M. A. Bennett is half Venetian and was born in Manchester and raised in the Yorkshire Dales. She is a history graduate of Oxford University and the University of Venice, where she studied Shakespeare's plays as a historical source. She also studied art and has since worked as an illustrator, an actress and a film reviewer. She also designed tour visuals for rock bands, including U2 and the Rolling Stones. Her first YA novel, S.T.A.G.S., was published in 2017 and was shortlisted for the YA BOOK PRIZE 2018, won the Warwickshire Secondary Book Award 2019 and Gold in the Sussex Coast Schools Amazing Book Award 2019, both voted by students, and won the Great Reads 'Most Read' 2018 Senior Award. Follow her at @MABennettAuthor on Twitter and at @mabennettauthor on Instagram.

Summary

As the students begin to rehearse, events become increasingly dark and strange, and they lead Greer back to where she never thought she would return - Longcross Hall. There she discovers that not only is the Order of the Stag alive and well, but that a ghost from the past might be too .

Foreword

When something is dead, it's supposed to stay dead, right?

Report

A very readable story in the hands of an experienced writer. Recommended Thornton Rigg

Product details

• Authors: M A Bennett, M. A. Bennett, M.A. Bennett
• Publisher: Hot Key Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 14 to 19
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781471407994
• ISBN: 978-1-4714-0799-4
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: STAGS; STAGS
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Literary, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Freemasonry & Secret Societies, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Lifestyles / Country Life, Freemasonry & secret societies, Secret societies, Interest age: from c 14 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense