First time in a digital format for this long sold-out limited edition novella! Andy Sayer knows what it's like to feel like a freak. Ever since he was badly burned in a fire started by his drunken mother, the horrible scars on his face have set him apart from others, isolated him. Now, the patriar
The Crow Folk
โ Scribed by Stay, Mark;Stray, Mark
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster UK
- Year
- 2021
- Tongue
- EN-GB
- Weight
- 146 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- England.
- ISBN
- 1398501697
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
For fans of Lev Grossman andTerry Pratchettc** omes this delightful novel of war, mystery and a little bit of magic...**
As Spitfires roar overhead and a dark figure stalks the village of Woodville, a young woman will discover her destiny...
Faye Bright always felt a little bit different. And today she's found out why. She's just stumbled across her late mother's diary which includes not only a spiffing recipe for jam roly-poly, but spells, incantations, runes and recitations... a witch's notebook.
And Faye has inherited her mother's abilities.
Just in time, too. The Crow Folk are coming. Led by the charismatic Pumpkinhead, their strange magic threatens Faye and the villagers. Armed with little more than her mum's words, her trusty bicycle, the grudging help of two bickering old ladies, and some aggressive church bellringing, Faye will find herself on the front lines of a war nobody expected.
**Fall in love with the extraordinary...
โฆ Subjects
England
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