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The Pure Heart

by Trudi Tweedie
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A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley!

'[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and a cracking mystery at it's core.' THE TIMES

'Oozing atmosphere, this reads like a teenage version of recent gothic fantasies like The Binding or The Familiars: deliciously chilling Elizabethan tale with an injection of horror.' THE OBSERVER

'[An] atmospheric gothic chiller' THE INDEPENDENT

When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter's companion, she's transported from her humble island home to a grand house in the Scottish borderlands.

Why has she been summoned here? And will she ever make it back home?

  • A stunningly atmospheric YA Elizabethan horror set in the Scottish borderlands, written with a unique and original voice.
  • Jane Eyre meets Susan Hill with a YA twist and gently fantastical elements.
  • Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2018; the first YA entry to win.
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    Publisher: Scholastic

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    • ISBN: 9781912626731
    • Release date: February 6, 2020

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    • ISBN: 9781912626731
    • File size: 5670 KB
    • Release date: February 6, 2020

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    subjects

    Fantasy Horror Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction

    Languages

    English

    Levels

    Lexile® Measure:860
    Text Difficulty:4-5

     

    A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley!

    '[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and a cracking mystery at it's core.' THE TIMES

    'Oozing atmosphere, this reads like a teenage version of recent gothic fantasies like The Binding or The Familiars: deliciously chilling Elizabethan tale with an injection of horror.' THE OBSERVER

    '[An] atmospheric gothic chiller' THE INDEPENDENT

    When Iseabail is employed by a wealthy merchant to be his daughter's companion, she's transported from her humble island home to a grand house in the Scottish borderlands.

    Why has she been summoned here? And will she ever make it back home?

  • A stunningly atmospheric YA Elizabethan horror set in the Scottish borderlands, written with a unique and original voice.
  • Jane Eyre meets Susan Hill with a YA twist and gently fantastical elements.
  • Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2018; the first YA entry to win.
    • Expand title description text
    Fantasy Horror Historical Fiction Young Adult Fiction