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Thornhill Pam Smy

Thornhill By Pam Smy

Thornhill by Pam Smy


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Summary

A darkly gripping tale of two girls separated by thirty years but pulled together by a house.

Thornhill Summary

Thornhill by Pam Smy

As she unpacks in her new bedroom, Ella is irresistibly drawn to the big old house that she can see out of her window. Surrounded by overgrown gardens, barbed wire fences and 'keep out' signs, it looks derelict. But that night, a light goes on in one of the windows. And the next day she sees a girl in the grounds. Ella is hooked. The house has a story to tell. She is sure of it. Enter Thornhill, Institute for Children, and discover the dark secrets that lie within. But once inside, will you ever leave?

Thornhill Reviews

Pam Smy has created a wonderful piece of work in Thornhill. The drawings are full of atmosphere, the words are full of tension and emotion all the more powerful for being so sparingly revealed. This is in one sense a classic English lonely-child-and-garden story, in the tradition of Frances Hodgson Burnett and Philippa Pearce; in another it's a ghost story; in another it pays tribute to the dark-sinister-house genre most famously seen in Hitchcock's Psycho. But it's also a story of friendship and courage and of the power of black-and-white images. I think it's terrific * Philip Pullman *
A rule breaker . . . an unsettling, deeply memorable read * Guardian *
Astonishing . . . filmic, atmospheric and suspenseful * Sunday Times *

About Pam Smy

Pam Smy studied Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, going on to complete the MA Children's Book Illustration in 2004. She combines her role as lecturer in illustration with illustrating fiction. Pam lives in Cambridge.

Additional information

GOR008538901
9781910200612
1910200611
Thornhill by Pam Smy
Used - Like New
Hardback
David Fickling Books
20170824
544
Winner of British Book Design and Production Awards 2018 Commended for Oxfordshire Book Awards 2018 Short-listed for Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 Short-listed for Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2018 (UK) Short-listed for Leeds Book Awards 2018 Short-listed for British Book Design and Production Awards 2018 Long-listed for UKLA Book Awards 2019
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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