Upon arriving in Whitby by train, they meet Alice Boston their new caretaker, and are surprised to find that she's an eccentric old lady.kind of the town busybody. It seems that Jennet and Ben are orphans who have been moving from foster home to foster home (four so far) because Ben is different.he can see ghosts, this has cost them four new homes and Jennet is determined that he won't mess things up for them in Whitby with Alice.
Read moreĪs we join the story, we find Jennet (12) and her brother, Ben (8) on the train to meet their new guardian, Alice Boston (92). He lives in Greenwich, London, and still makes model monsters, mostly on the computer. One of his trilogies, Tales from the Wyrd Museum, was on a list of books recommended by then–British Prime Minister Tony Blair for dads to read with their sons. Jarvis has been shortlisted for numerous awards, and won the Lancashire Libraries Children’s Book of the Year Award. He suddenly thought that perhaps only one of them was a real squirrel and the other an imposter, and so the werling creatures were born. Jarvis came up with the story for Thorn Ogres of Hagwood while on a forest hike, when he heard a racket up in the trees and saw two squirrels chasing each other.
His first book, The Depford Mice (1989), established Jarvis as a bestselling children’s author. One evening, while doodling, he began inventing names and stories for his drawings, and thus began his writing career. After a degree course in graphic design, he worked in television, making models and puppets. 1963) spent most of his school years in art rooms. You can find out more at or follow him on Twitter Read more The Whitby Witches is the book that inspired his latest series, which begins with The Power of Dark. Robin Jarvis started writing in 1988 and quickly became a bestselling author with his Deptford Mice and Whitby Witches series. Could it be a ghost from the Abbey? Or a beast from hell? Unless the truth is uncovered, the town and all its inhabitants is doomed. He soon encounters the mysterious fisher folk who live under the cliffs and discovers that Alice and her friends are not quite what they seem.īut a darkness is stalking the streets of Whitby, bringing with it fear and death.
A lively 92-year-old, Miss Boston is unlike any other foster mother they’ve known.īen is gifted with ‘the sight’, which gives him the power to see things invisible to other mortals. When orphans Ben and Jennet arrive in the seaside town of Whitby to stay with Alice Boston, they have no idea what to expect. Contains bonus material specially produced for this Egmont Modern Classics title. A glorious new edition of Robin Jarvis’s classic and the inspiration for The Power of Dark and its sequels.
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