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Suitable for: Age 11+ fans of Gillian Cross in general and the trilogy in particular, as well as readers of Anthony Horowitz, Eoin Colfer, Tim Bowler and Geraldine McCaughrean
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The stunning climax to the Dark Ground trilogy Hope has gone. Warren saw her being taken from her prison under their father's house but was too scared to intervene. Now he wishes he'd been brave enough to stop Rob, Emma and Tom kidnapping her. His father is furious, but it's the behaviour of Warren's normally-cowed mother that's most frightening. For years she has known her daughter was safe in the hole under the conservatory. But now Hope is out in the world, and anything could happen to her. Mum has to get her back. She's going to start by doing something terrible to Hope's kidnappers, and Warren must help.
Rob, Tom and Emma have other things on their mind. When they took
Hope, it was to save her. But now Hope has disappeared. Could she somehow have escaped to the world of miniature people where Rob's friend Lorn is fighting for survival?
Just when the three friends need to be closest, Emma disappears and Tom starts acting really weirdly. Rob is sure the man with blue eyes has something to do with it. He's seen him in town again. If he dares to confront him, will he be able to save his pals? And if he's wrong, what price will they all end up paying?Features- At last, the gripping questions raised throughout the trilogy are answered.
- A fast-paced psychological thriller.
- The compelling mind games in the plotting are echoed in the
anagrams cleverly used in the text.
- Gillian Cross is one of the UK's top children's authors, and has won a host of major prizes, including the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the Smarties Prize.
- A new, up-to-the-minute, eye-catching package.
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"[The Dark Ground]:
'Sinister but 100% compulsive" - Mizz magazine
". . . terrific . . ." - The Telegraph
". . . a wonderfully plotted thriller . . ." - The Observer
"[The Black Room]:
'I recommend it to anyone around my age because it's probably the best book I've read in ages" - Coventry Evening Telegraph, twelve-year-old reviewer.
"This is an exciting and fast paced novel which will appeal to boys and girls of 11 upwards" - School Librarian
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