Merrow by Louise Cooper
Kiran, Jay and Robyn have been best mates for years, hanging out together in their idyllic hometown on the Cornish coast. Now that they've turned sixteen, they have one last summer before they have to get serious about the rest of their lives. But thier lives change for ever when Kiran attempts to save a stranger from drowning and fails. From that moment on he is obsessed with the girl whose body is never found. Imagining that he can see her everywhere, shunning the company of Robyn, his devoted girlfriend, and testing his friendship with Jay, whose loyalty is shadowed by his growing feelings for the vulnerable Robyn. Robyn is blindly determined to help Kiran over his apparent 'breakdown', but soon both she and Jay are having their doubts as to whether the ghost girl, the Merrow, as they call her, exists after all, and all three are drawn into a sinister and nightmarish search for the truth...
Strong, lively writing combined with a page turning plot line to make a compelling teenage read-- The Bookseller 20050218
Louise Cooper is a highly respected author of both adult and children's books. Her passion is for fantasy, of the most compelling and adventurous kind. Since moving to Cornwall in the late 1990s, Louise's zest for the mythical traditions and incredible landscape of that area has inspired her to include more reality-based, contemporary fantasy - straight fiction with a distinctive sinister twist! Louise lives in St Agnes on the west coast of Cornwall, with her husband Caz and her cat, and enjoys not only writing but singing and playing in her band...
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780340881453 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340881453 |
| Title | Merrow |
| Author | Louise Cooper |
| Series | Bite |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hachette Children's Group |
| Year published | 2005-06-16 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |