Shadows of the Silver Screen
Published on 10. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-85763-052-0 (ISBN)
Description
Step into the past in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge.
"A writer of genuine originality" - Guardian
Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author.
One day a mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn their sinister stories into motion pictures. Filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events. As Penelope is drawn into the mysteries surrounding the filming she soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand...
Can Penny uncover the filmmaker's dark secret before it's too late?
A suspenseful historical adventure series with a supernatural twist!
"The feisty and courageous Penelope makes the perfect heroine for an adventure packed with exciting twists and turns" - BookTrust
Check out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge:
Black Hole Cinema Club
Escape Room
Twelve Minutes to Midnight
The Jamie Drake Equation
"A writer of genuine originality" - Guardian
Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author.
One day a mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn their sinister stories into motion pictures. Filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events. As Penelope is drawn into the mysteries surrounding the filming she soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand...
Can Penny uncover the filmmaker's dark secret before it's too late?
A suspenseful historical adventure series with a supernatural twist!
"The feisty and courageous Penelope makes the perfect heroine for an adventure packed with exciting twists and turns" - BookTrust
Check out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge:
Black Hole Cinema Club
Escape Room
Twelve Minutes to Midnight
The Jamie Drake Equation
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
243 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85763-052-0 (9780857630520)
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Christopher Edge
Shadows of the Silver Screen
E-Book
01/2013
Nosy Crow Ltd
€9.59
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Person
Christopher Edge is an award-winning children's author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages. His novel The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day won the STEAM Children's Book Prize and his last four novels were all nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal. Before becoming a writer, he worked as an English teacher, editor and publisher - any job that let him keep a book close to hand - and he now lives in Gloucestershire with his wife and family, close to his local library.
Find out more about Christopher at christopheredge.co.uk and find him on Twitter @edgechristopher
Find out more about Christopher at christopheredge.co.uk and find him on Twitter @edgechristopher