Book description
'I love this book. Put your life on hold while you finish it' Maggie O'Farrell
A suspenseful and chilling novel of haunted landscapes and a teenage girl in danger.
Seventeen-year-old Silvie is camping in rural Northumberland with her father and a group of archaeologists, who are attempting to uncover evidence…
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1 author picked Ghost Wall as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Fierce, direct, unashamedly intense, Ghost Wall hits the reader hard and fast and doesn’t let up and I am very much there for that.
For me, the great achievement here is Sylvie’s voice and how Moss keeps a dark undercurrent of fury running through the book. The theme of adult authority, and Silvie’s struggle against it, is central, and I found it extraordinary the way Moss brings us deep into the head of a girl who is always vigilant, always aware, always watching for danger.
It’s also a book which says something insidious about how violence can start to feel…
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