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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Fiction
Gr 5-10–Children have gone missing for centuries in Byers Guerdon, and rumors of a dark curse and a ravenous evil haunt those who choose to remain there. When 12-year-old Cora and her little sister, Mimi, are sent to live with their elderly aunt in Guerdon Hall, their only wish is to go home and have nothing more to do with creepy old houses and secretive adults. Then, they meet two of the village bo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2012
The ballad "Long Lankin" provides the plot for this post-World War II horror fantasy set in a tidal marsh in eastern England. When Cora and her little sister Mimi are sent to stay with Aunt Ida in Guerdon Hall, the crumbling family manor, they find their aunt taciturn and overprotective. Then, through her friendship with Roger, a local village boy, Cora learns that the Guerdons have suffered a str...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
