Witch Child

This is a powerful, absorbing and unusual novel' The Bookseller 'The sort of historial novel eleven and twelve year olds will gobble up at a sitting' Nina Bawden When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hung for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety by an unknown woman. The woman gives her tools to keep the record of her days - paper and ink. Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she, like her grandmother, is the victim of ignorance and stupidity and once more she finds herself having to make important choices to ensure her survival. With a vividly evoked environment and characters skilfully and patiently drawn this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees, that is utterly engrossing from start to finish.

Commentaire

'I've saved the best for last. The prolific, erudite and consistently brilliant Celia Rees is justly renowned for her dizzyingly inventive plots, redolent of everyone from Angela Carter to Shakespeare. Sovay and Witch Child are two of her best-known books in the younger market, but she has written countless more, all equally breathtaking' Guardian

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Celia Rees
• Edition: Bloomsbury
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: à partir de 12 ans
• Format d'édition: Poche format B
• Sortie: 04.06.2000
• EAN: 9780747550099
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-5009-9
• Pages: 234
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 16 mm
• Thèmes: Witch Child; Hexenkind; Witch Child; Hexenkind
• Catégorie: Livres pour enfants et adolescents > Livres pour enfants jusqu'à 11 ans