- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books (21 Jun 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0333550757
- ISBN-13: 978-0333550755
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,865,534 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Yaxley's cottage looked like the perfect place for a holiday, until the cat, intent on revealing the terrible truth, arrived. The author twice won the Carnegie Medal for "The Machine-Gunners" and "The Scarecrows" and in 1989 "Blitzcat" won the 9-11 years category of the Smarties Prize.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
You could be forgiven for thinking Robert Westall's book was meant exclusively for children, but it reminded me (in tone) of Rosemary's Baby. A mother and her two children arrive in a small town on the Norfolk coast and so begins a series of tense stand-offs from the locals. Lot's of craggy-faces stare from the shadows of the village hedgerows, leaving the new arrivals worried for their lives. It's a terrific read for both young and old and well worth discovering.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Two children are on holiday with their mother in Norfolk, out exporing they come across an abandoned cottage and get permission to live in it. They are soon joined a cat that they find out belonged to the previous owner, Yaxley. As they find out more about the mysterious Mr Yaxley, his unexplained disappearance years earlier and as they meet the people of the local village horror and the terrible truth begin to be revealed.
Format:Hardcover
I was delighted to find this, given my name! I have had a copy for years but wanted to share with nephews and nieces. A good entertaining story for all, even without my surname!
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