Synopses & Reviews
A beautiful, haunting ghost story from a Carnegie award-winning writer of young adult fiction
It was a seascape, moody with rocks and cliffs and wild showers of spray. Ellies own reflection was drawn into it, like a ghost image among the lights and shadows. "Thats our island," Morag said. "It looks mysterious." "It is. Thats where were going tomorrow."
Ellie is excited to be going with Morags family to their beautiful island, but when she finds herself abandoned there, things begin to change. Footsteps, shadows, strange lights, a haunting song; more and more she becomes aware that she is not really on her own.
Review
"Doherty's superb control of her material and her beautiful use of language have never more perfectly combined than in this genuinely chilling ghost story. . . . Eerily atmospheric, emotionally authentic, this is a powerful and touching coming-of-age adventure with romance at its heart." —Daily Mail
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"Haunting in every sense of the word, and full of unforgettable images." —Books for Keeps, Best Books of the Year
Synopsis
A beautiful, haunting ghost story from a Carnegie award-winning writer of young adult fiction
It was a seascape, moody with rocks and cliffs and wild showers of spray. Ellie's own reflection was drawn into it, like a ghost image among the lights and shadows. "That's our island," Morag said. "It looks mysterious." "It is. That's where we're going tomorrow."
Ellie is excited to be going with Morag's family to their beautiful island, but when she finds herself abandoned there, things begin to change. Footsteps, shadows, strange lights, a haunting song; more and more she becomes aware that she is not really on her own.
Synopsis
A beautiful, haunting ghost story from the award-winning Berlie Doherty. Morag's family have an island -- Wild Island -- remote and uninhabited. They holiday there each year and Ellie is excited to be going too. But when Morag falls ill and Ellie finds herself alone on the island, day after day, she begins to sense another presence. Ellie notices small changes to her paintings... and when she's lost a fire lights her way home -- is it just her fevered imagination? Or is there someone in the lighthouse? Is Ellie not alone on the island?
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About the Author
BERLIE DOHERTY began writing for children in 1983, after teaching and working in radio. She has written more than 35 books for children, as well as for the theatre, radio and television. Berlie has won the Carnegie Medal twice: in 1987 for Granny was a Buffer Girl and in 1992 for Dear Nobody. She has also won the Writer's Guild Children's Fiction Award for Daughter of the Sea. Her work is published all over the world, and many of her books have been televised.