Whispers in the Graveyard

✍ Scribed by Breslin, Theresa

• Publisher: Egmont UK Limited
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 379 KB
• Series: Methuen Drama modern classics
• Category: Fiction
• City: London
• ISBN: 178031759X

✦ Synopsis

‘They want me to join them. All I have to do is to reach out to them . . .’

Solomon struggles in school. He is bullied by his teachers and let down by his parents. His only refuge is in the local kirkyard, among ancient graves that lie in the shadow of the rowan tree. But when workmen uproot the tree and a dark and terrifying power is unleashed. Will Solomon be able to save himself and the people he cares about from the terrible curse within?

Whispers in the Graveyard won the Carnegie Medal and has been adapted as a play. This edition features a new cover by illustrator Thomas Flintham.

‘One of those rare books that makes you want to put your life on hold for as long as it takes to finish it’ – Independent

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Review

“Totally convincing… Gripping to the last.” -- Michael Morpurgo

From the Publisher

Solomon is full of anger—with the teachers and his father who have failed him, with the mother who has left him, and also with himself. He can’t bear to be at school or at home. His refuge is one corner of the church graveyard, where nothing flourishes except a single rowan tree. Then one day, workmen uproot the tree and, as it dies, a terrible force comes to life. Can Solomon find the strength to fight the ancient and evil power that has been unleashed?

✦ Subjects

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