The Tale of Truthwater Lake: 'Absolutely gorgeous' - Hilary McKay
Oct 2022 · Faber & Faber
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'Exhilarating.' FT
'Absolutely gorgeous.' Hilary McKay
'Gripping.' Guardian
'Lovely and satisfying read.' The Week Junior
'Gorgeously told.' LoveReading
On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie, a lost kingdom, a ghost village . . .
It's the near-future and Britain is having yet another heatwave. Of course, the government have put in the normal curfews for this kind of weather, and shops are forced to shut again. For Polly, it's the sort of heat that makes her do wild, out-of-character things just to cool down.
Like face her fear of deepwater. Essential when she and her brother have been sent to their aunt's eco lake-side house for the summer.
But Truthwater Lake is beginning to dry up. As the water level diminishes, a lost village emerges. Swimming over the rooftops at midnight, Polly dives down and is suddenly able to breathe, to hear church bells and bird song . . . Polly has discovered an underwater gateway . . . to the past!
'Absolutely gorgeous.' Hilary McKay
'Gripping.' Guardian
'Lovely and satisfying read.' The Week Junior
'Gorgeously told.' LoveReading
On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie, a lost kingdom, a ghost village . . .
It's the near-future and Britain is having yet another heatwave. Of course, the government have put in the normal curfews for this kind of weather, and shops are forced to shut again. For Polly, it's the sort of heat that makes her do wild, out-of-character things just to cool down.
Like face her fear of deepwater. Essential when she and her brother have been sent to their aunt's eco lake-side house for the summer.
But Truthwater Lake is beginning to dry up. As the water level diminishes, a lost village emerges. Swimming over the rooftops at midnight, Polly dives down and is suddenly able to breathe, to hear church bells and bird song . . . Polly has discovered an underwater gateway . . . to the past!
'Exhilarating.' FT
'Absolutely gorgeous.' Hilary McKay
'Gripping.' Guardian
'Lovely and satisfying read.' The Week Junior
'Gorgeously told.' LoveReading
On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie, a lost kingdom, a ghost village . . ....
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About the author
Emma Carroll is the bestselling author of the Dracula & Daughters series, Letters from the Lighthouse and Secrets of a Sun King. She has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Carnegie and the Waterstones Book Prize. Formerly an English teacher, Emma is now a full time writer. Many of her novels are grounded in the curriculum, enabling children to travel through time, from ancient Egypt to Victorian England! Emma now lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.
Emma Carroll is the bestselling author of the Dracula & Daughters series, Letters from the Lighthouse and Secrets of a Sun King. She has won and been nominated for numerous awards, including the Carnegie and the Waterstones Book Prize. Formerly an English teacher, Emma is now a full time writer. ...
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