The Wickerlight
1st Edition
Published on 30. May 2019
432 pages
978-1-4088-8492-8 (ISBN)
Description
An eerie, magical thriller from the author of The Wren Hunt, perfect for fans of Frances Hardinge and Emily Bain Murphy's The Disappearances
Zara's family moved to Kilshamble for a new beginning. But everything changed the night her sister was found dead on the village green.
Two months later, Laila's death is a riddle that nobody wants solved. Where were her injuries? Why was she so obsessed with local folklore? And what does all this have to do with David, the boy who lives at the big house?
As Zara delves deeper into her sister's secret life, she becomes entangled in an ancient magical feud. All too unwittingly she is treading the same dangerous path that led Laila to the village green ...
Zara's family moved to Kilshamble for a new beginning. But everything changed the night her sister was found dead on the village green.
Two months later, Laila's death is a riddle that nobody wants solved. Where were her injuries? Why was she so obsessed with local folklore? And what does all this have to do with David, the boy who lives at the big house?
As Zara delves deeper into her sister's secret life, she becomes entangled in an ancient magical feud. All too unwittingly she is treading the same dangerous path that led Laila to the village green ...
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Young adult
US School Grade: Ninth Grade and over, Reading Age: From 14 years
ISBN-13
978-1-4088-8492-8 (9781408884928)
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Mary Watson
The Wickerlight
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05/2019
Bloomsbury YA
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Mary Watson is from Cape Town and now lives on the West Coast of Ireland with her husband and three children. Highlights of her adult writing career include being awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in Oxford in 2006, and being included on the Hay Festival's 2014 Africa39 list of influential writers from sub-Saharan Africa. The Wickerlight is her second book for young adults, following The Wren Hunt.
Content
- Intro
- Half-Title Page
- Praise
- Dedication
- Title Page
- Contents
- Before the Beginning: An apostrophe
- One: For Laila
- Two: The spying
- Three: Stabbed
- Four: Its name is Promise
- Five: You need to be a little Horrible
- Six: I can keep a secret
- Seven: Fix that too
- Eight: Each time he is destroyed
- Nine: You'll just have to suffer
- Ten: I never understand
- Eleven: Get out of here
- Twelve: Beloved
- Thirteen: The school road
- Fourteen: A little different
- Fifteen: Death wish
- Sixteen: A variation
- Seventeen: Welcome
- Eighteen: Fixing things
- Nineteen: The ugliest thing I'd ever seen
- Twenty: Full of surprises
- Twenty-One: Wishmaker
- Twenty-Two: Sorry
- Twenty-Three: Love to have you
- Twenty-Four: The wounded soldier
- Twenty-Five: Keeping tabs
- Twenty-Six: You will be held
- Twenty-Seven: Not going to make it
- Twenty-Eight: Answer her
- Twenty-Nine: Infestation
- Thirty: Made you Horrible
- Thirty-One: Nothing to do with curses and magic
- Thirty-Two: Tell me their names
- Thirty-Three: So much I'm not telling you
- Thirty-Four: Use them wisely
- Thirty-Five: Patrick's cousin
- Thirty-Six: Make this right
- Thirty-Seven: The woven room
- Thirty-Eight: Keep
- Thirty-Nine: Never choose you
- Forty: The only beneficiary
- Forty-One: Like attracts like
- Forty-Two: First duty
- Forty-Three: No
- Forty-Four: On the birch
- Forty-Five: Thief and spy
- Forty-Six: Warning signs
- Forty-Seven: Follow or you'll be left behind
- Forty-Eight: Invisible battles
- Forty-Nine: The back room
- Fifty: Son of the rook
- Fifty-One: Where Laila was
- After the End
- Glossary
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
