The Pure Heart

  A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley! '[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and a cracking mystery at it's core.' THE TIMES 'Oozing atmosphere, this reads like a teenage version of recent gothic fantasies like The Binding or The Familiars: deliciously chilling Elizabethan tale with an injection of horror.' THE OBSERVER '[An] atmospheric gothic chiller' THE INDEPENDENT When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter's companion, she's transported from her humble island home to a grand house in the Scottish borderlands. Why has she been summoned here? And will she ever make it back home? A stunningly atmospheric YA Elizabethan horror set in the Scottish borderlands, written with a unique and original voice. Jane Eyre meets Susan Hill with a YA twist and gently fantastical elements. Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2018; the first YA entry to win.

ISBN:	9781912626007
Publisher:	Scholastic
Imprint:	Chicken House
Published date:	06 Feb 2020
DEWEY:	823.92
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	271
Weight:	216g
Height:	130mm
Width:	197mm
Spine width:	19mm

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