The Beggar's Curse [electronic resource]
Pilling, Ann2014
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Ann Pilling manages to combine fascinating historical detail with mysterious and compelling ghost stories, and THE BEGGAR'S CURSE is no exception. Published as an ebook for the first time, it will attract a whole new wave of fans. Ever since Ann Pilling's debut novel, BLACK HARVEST, now a Collins Modern Classic, she has built her reputation into one of our best-loved and most talented contemporary writers for children. She won the Guardian Fiction Award for HENRY'S LEG. THE BEGGAR'S CURSE follows the same children who appear in BLACK HARVEST – Colin, Prill and Oliver. In THE BEGGAR'S CURSE, Colin, Prill and Oliver arrive to stay in the village of Stang, where they soon realise that there's something terribly wrong. Prill feels something sinister in the ancient rituals of the village play... Colin knows the 'accidents' that keep happening are something much more gruesome... But only Oliver seems to know the truth. He understands the dark secret the village is hiding and senses that it comes from the black waters of Blake's Pit. He can even feel the terrible power of the beggar's curse... Ann Pilling has managed, yet again, to create a mysterious, compelling and gripping tale.
Main title:
The Beggar's Curse [electronic resource] / Ann Pilling
Author:
Pilling, Ann, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins Publishers, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Ann Pilling was brought up in Warrington, Cheshire and many of her books are set in the industrial North West. After reading English at London University, she taught in Buckinghamshire, then spent time in America before returning to England and settling eventually in Oxford. She is married with two sons. Ann has been writing books for children since 1983. Whenever possible, Ann retreats to the Yorkshire Dales which she calls 'the country of my heart'.
ISBN:
9780007560448
Language:
English
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BRN:
2796950
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