By Joan Aiken
ISBN: 978-0-099-57287-9
223 pages
Publisher: worldofstories.co.uk (Random House)
Cover illustration by Rohan Eason
Illustrations by Pat Marriott
5/5 Stars
The start of the ‘wolves’ sequence of novels, that Joan Aiken would write until her death in 2004.
Wolves are at loose in Britain. They have come through via the great channel tunnel, all the way up to Yorkshire.
Sylvia and Bonnie are cousins, staying in Willoughby Hall, whilst Bonnie’s mother recuperates overseas.
But there is a new Governess at Willoughby Hall, a Miss Slighcarp, sly in dealings and most un-capricious in outlook. Miss Slighcarp begins to enact her evil plan, and the girls must fight, or flee.
Can they survive together? Will Bonnie’s parents ever return?
This is an adventure filled with twists and turns, filled with movie material, bed-time material, and enough material for (several) sequels!
Read and enjoy…
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