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Gr 5-8 An aptly named collection by one of England's most accomplished writers for young people. The stories will be familiar to some readers because many of them were published in the U.S. in What the Neighbors Did and Other Stories (1973; o.p.), The Shadow-Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural (1977, both Crowell), and Who's Afraid and Other Strange Stories (Greenwillow, 1987). But another kind of familiarity, that of emotion, pervades these tal...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Pearce readers, united in the conviction that the only thing wrong with her work is that there's not enough of it, will welcome this short-story omnibus. Bringing together stories from earlier collections and material not previously available in the U.S., Pearce demonstrates her masterful delineation of a territory she has made particularly her own. This child-centered territory is peopled by grandparents, widows and widowers, mysterious neighbors, houses soaked in story, loners and ghosts. The stories are atmospheric, literal...Log In or Sign Up to Read More