Book description
'The devil walks . . . But the devil can make no headway if he has
no help. We must invite him in . . .'
Raised in secrecy by a mother everyone thinks has gone mad, Daniel's
only link to his past is the intricately built model of the family
home - High Gates. The dolls' house is perfect in every detail.
As Daniel is reunited with the last remaining member of his family -
his 'uncle' Severin, who bears an uncanny resemblance to a sinister
wooden doll he has found hidden in the house, he begins to suspect
that this vicious, haunted puppet of a figure has a chilling
influence, bringing cruelty and spite in its wake.
Now Daniel's very life is at risk as his uncle is determined to get
his hands on the figure . . .
The menace builds throughout in this deliciously creepy Gothic tale.
Anne Fine has been an acknowledged top author in the children's
book world since her first book was published in the mid 1970s, and
has now written more than forty books and won virtually every major
award going, including the Carnegie Medal (more than once), the
Whitbread Children's Award, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the
Smarties Prize and others. Anne was appointed the Children's Laureate
from 2001-2003.
She lives in the North-East.
