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From the queen of historical fiction, In Darkling Wood by Emma Carroll is a spine-tingling novel with a forthright, modern heroine - and more than a hint of mystery and magic.

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´You´re telling me there are fairies in this wood?´

When Alice´s brother gets a longed-for chance for a heart transplant, Alice is suddenly bundled off to her estranged grandmother´s house. There´s nothing good about staying with Nell, except for the beautiful Darkling Wood at the end of her garden - but Nell wants to have it cut down. Alice feels at home there, at peace, and even finds a friend, Flo. But Flo doesn´t seem to go to the local school and no one in town has heard of a girl with that name. When Flo shows Alice the surprising secrets of Darkling Wood, Alice starts to wonder, what is real? And can she find out in time to save the wood from destruction?

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Absorbing, sensitive and genuinely magical in feel Independent

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Carroll, Emma
Emma Carroll was a secondary school English teacher for many years. Secrets of a Sun King is Emma´s eighth novel; she has also written the highly-acclaimed Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked on Air, In Darkling Wood, The Snow Sister, Strange Star and Letters from the Lighthouse. She lives in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers.

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