Author: Strange, Lucy Interest age: from c 9 yearsPublished on 4 November 2021 by Chicken House Ltd in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 288 pages131 x 198 x 24 | 220g From the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author of OurCastle by the Sea comes a gorgeously gothic story, perfectfor fans of Emma Carroll and Frances Hardinge ...'My book of the year. This is storytelling so secure and shiningthat you can almost feel the glow.' HILARY MCKAY,COSTA BOOK AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE SKYLARK'S WAR'I absolutely love this book ... Lucy Strange is a wonderful,accomplished writer whose books stay with you long after youhave finished reading.' NATASHA FARRANT, COSTA BOOKAWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF VOYAGE OF THE SPARROWHAWK'One of my favourite children's books of all time.' MICHELLEHARRISON, AUTHOR OF A PINCH OF MAGICLife is hard for Willa, Grace and Freya, and their three youngersisters. Six motherless girls working a farm, living in fear oftheir cruel father and the superstition that obsesses him - TheCurse of Six Daughters. With the arrival of the mysteriousFull Moon Fayre, there's a chance for the eldest girls tosteal a moment's fun, but the day the fayre moves on, Grace vanishes.Willa goes after her, following a trail that leadsinto the dangerous Lost Marsh, where it is said a will-o'-the-wisplures lost souls into the dark waters of the mire. If Willais to survive and reunite her family, she will need to unravel thesecrets her father has kept hidden, and face her own deepest fears...The spellbinding new novel from Lucy Strange, authorof The Secret of Nightingale Wood, The Ghost of Gosswaterand the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted Our Castle bythe SeaPerfect for fans of Emma Carroll, Frances Hardinge andSophie AndersonCombines dreamy magical realism with a thrilling mystery MORE PRAISE FOR SISTERS OF THE LOST MARSH: 'The makings of a middle-grade Gothic classic' THESUNDAY TIMES'Spellbinding and utterly atmospheric' THEI'Not only is the writing beautiful, but the book is a workof art' IRISH EXAMINER'Beautifully written, mysterious and atmospheric ... perfectautumn reading' KATHERINE WOODFINE
