Emma and the Banderwigh - Softcover
Ten-year-old Emma doesn't believe in faerie tales or monsters that secret children away in the night-until she meets one. She lives in a quiet village at the edge of Widowswood with her parents, her Nan, and her little brother, Tam. Ready to abandon the whimsy of childhood, she finds the boredom of chores comforting and Nan's fanciful bedtime stories silly. One morning, a wan and weary older girl staggers out of the woods and sets the entire town aflutter with whispers of a child-stealing monster lurking in the forest. Nan tells her of the Banderwigh: a dark soul who feeds on sorrow and drains the life from children's tears. Darkness comes calling on Emma's happy home, threatening the reality to which she desperately clings. The impossible becomes more and more real, forcing Emma to reach inside herself for the ability to believe. Her family depends on it.
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Review:
"Summed up, this is a lovely fairy tale told in the same manner our grandparents heard them."
- Bookworm For Kids
"Five flashlights out of five flashlights for a solid story, genuinely creepy (giant green spiders anyone?), and wonderfully written characters throughout. Emma would make a wonderful heroine should Matthew Cox decide to continue her adventures."
- Protagonists Pub
All the characters are well portrayed and Emma's character is real, relatable, and memorable. By sketching a dark world, the author makes the story eerie and adventurous, one that will keep young readers glued till the very end. - Mamta Madhavan for Reader's Favorite
- Bookworm For Kids
"Five flashlights out of five flashlights for a solid story, genuinely creepy (giant green spiders anyone?), and wonderfully written characters throughout. Emma would make a wonderful heroine should Matthew Cox decide to continue her adventures."
- Protagonists Pub
All the characters are well portrayed and Emma's character is real, relatable, and memorable. By sketching a dark world, the author makes the story eerie and adventurous, one that will keep young readers glued till the very end. - Mamta Madhavan for Reader's Favorite
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- PublisherCuriosity Quills Press
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1620077752
- ISBN 13 9781620077757
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages218
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