- Hardcover: 221 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd (14 May 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0224032968
- ISBN-13: 978-0224032964
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,455,617 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Continues the story of the Twites. On a November evening, 100 years ago, wolves chase a man to a cottage on Blackheath Edge. Penny and Isabett, Is for short, take the fatally wounded man in. The man has been searching for his lost son Arun, but it is discovered that he is the girls' uncle.
About the Author
Joan Aiken was born in Sussex in 1924. She was the daughter of the American poet, Conrad Aiken; her sister, Jane Aiken Hodge, is also a novelist. Before joining the 'family business' herself, Joan had a variety of jobs, including working for the BBC, the United Nations Information Centre and then as features editor for a short story magazine. Her first children's novel, The Kingdom of the Cave, was published in 1960. Joan Aiken wrote over a hundred books for young readers and adults and is recognized as one of the classic authors of the twentieth century. Amanda Craig, writing in The Times, said, 'She was a consummate story-teller, one that each generation discovers anew.' Her best-known books are those in the James III saga, of which The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was the first title, published in l962 and awarded the Lewis Carroll prize. Both that and Black Hearts in Battersea have been filmed. Her books are internationally acclaimed and she received the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the United States as well as the Guardian Award for Fiction in this country for The Whispering Mountain. Joan Aiken was decorated with an MBE for her services to children's books. She died in 2004.
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This is a great introduction to Is and a number of other friends, including a hundred-year old man, and a boy who believes he is a cat!All the way through this is a very gripping book, mixing fantasy with fact, as this is set during the children coal miners.I would recomend this to anyone who likes to get lost in a book, and loves getting lost in another world.
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