Stella lives almost alone at the edge of Winterspell forest, since the death of her mother from a plague and her fathers devastating grief which turned him into an unrecognizable shadow. Raised by her grandmothers ghost and an imp called Peg, her loneliness leads her to go to school in the human world, desperate for …
Written way back in 1912 for children or young adults, by Jean Webster, a woman who believed in women's rights and other socially progressive issues, this book has been made into films and stage plays. And for some reason, I had never read it. Which is crazy, because as a kid I was a reader, …
A dark fairy tale for older children or young teens, this one will also appeal to some adults too. With beautiful, dark illustrations, the book follows the story of a boy called Connor whose mother is very, very sick and who is visited by a monster who says it will tell him three stories …
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