Spellhorn (Essential Modern Classics) - Softcover

Doherty, Berlie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007331991 ISBN 13: 9780007331994

Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks, 2010

Synopsis

A blind girl and a unicorn in a world where magic and reality merge together. Can Laura save the Wild Ones and take them to the safety of the Bright Wilderness?

Laura is blind, but though she cannot see, she is an acutely perceptive child. As soon as she climbs onto the unicorn’s back she is hurled into a wild and magical world. Though a contemporary child, living in a contemporary setting, Spellhorn and the Wild Ones see Laura as their leader and they know that only through Laura can they reach the safety of the Bright Wilderness. But can the unicorns lead Laura back home to her own world?

Powerful and moving, a delicious blend of fantasy and reality.

About this title

Review:

· Brought into the Essential Modern Classic branding, with ‘More than a Story’ section featuring background information and facts

· Promoted to schools via teacher mailings and on www.collinseducation.com

· Berlie Doherty is the best-selling and award-winning author of Dear Nobody and Granny was a Buffer Girl , both of which won the Carnegie Medal.

· Other Essential Modern Classic available: Elidor (978-0-00-727478-9), The Giver (978-0-00-726351-6) and Journery to Jo’Burg (978-0-00-726350-9)

From the Back Cover:

“I trust you to take me through the poison water, Spellhorn,” Laura said. “I’ll come in with you.”

As soon as Laura climbs onto the unicorn’s back she is hurled into a wild and magical world. There she meets the Old Woman and the Wild Ones; Sloe, Fastfoot, Woodfetch, Flight and Sideman. Only with Laura as their leader can Spellhorn and the Wild Ones reach the safety of the Bright Wilderness. But can Laura forget her friends and family completely, and will she ever return to the world she once knew?

“A lovely, powerful and moving novel. Berlie Doherty has magic in her.”
'Junior Bookshelf'

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollinsChildren’sBooks
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0007331991
• ISBN 13: 9780007331994
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208