a Juvenile Novel, The First Of A 4-book Series, Where The Terrifying Stories Of What Waits If You Leave The Road Turn Out To Be True -- Shadow-town. The Cousins Must Work Together To Save One For Them From The Whisperers.
school Library Journal
gr 6-9
Things Are Not As They Should Be For The People Of Sandy Hills. Rumors Of The Frightening Whisperers, Who Are Supposed To Surface Only At Night And Stay Confined To Shadow-town, Are On The Rise. The Peace Defined By The Accommodation Is At Risk And The Threat Of A Terrible Sleeping Sickness Has Led Cousins Jack And Rose To Be Sent From Their Grandmother's Home To The Other Side Of The Valley. She Warns Them To Abide By The Terms Of The Accommodation-to Stay On The Well-worn Path, And Not To Venture Near Shadow-town. But Jack Loves To Intimidate And Terrify Rose, And His Bullying Intensifies When His Friend Tamlin Joins Them. Before Long They Are On Their Way To Shadow-town. The Whisperers Attack Them, Trying To Lull Them Into Sleep To Become Their Prisoners And Slaves. Tam Goes Missing While Rose And Jack Narrowly Escape But Are Then Separated. Both Fear That Poor Tam Is Under The Control Of The Whisperers And Befriend An Unlikely Lot In Order To Outwit Those Who Look To Destroy All That They Hold Dear. Thornton's Story Has Vivid Imagery, Elaborate Descriptions, And Some Very Intense Characters. The Strong Writing Drives The Well-developed Plot But For Some Readers The Prose May Be Difficult Or Confusing. Some Of The Characters Are Rather Stereotypical Or One-dimensional But Act As Catalysts In Rose's And Jack's Growth. This Is A Book For Libraries With A Large Following Of Dark Fantasy And The Supernatural.-donna Rosenblum, Floral Park Memorial High School, Ny
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
- Family Life
- Multigenerational
- Fiction
- Multigenerational
- Family Life
- Growing Up & Facts of Life
Publisher : Annick Press
Author : Thornton, Duncan
Language : English
Published :2008-09-12
Number Of Pages : 196
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1554511631
ISBN-13 : 9781554511631
Item weight : 0.95 lb
Dimensions : 1.1 in x 5.7 in x 8.4 in
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