The Curse of the Ravens
Category: Children
UK Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
UK Publication Date: 21/06/07
The fantastic sequel to THE CURSE OF THE TOADS
It is the late 17th century. A time when medicine is barely understood and superstitions and the fear of curses and witchcraft run rife.
Reuben's own herbalist grandmother has been hung on suspicion of witchcraft, but he hopes to use all that she has taught him and become a physician himself. Luckily he has escaped the clutches of the evil charlatan Flyte and is living with his kindly cousin, Doctor Brittlebank, and with his delightfully bouncy and loyal spaniel Glory Be.
Reuben's peaceful new life is shattered when he and the Doctor have to visit the eccentric Lord Marley and his spookily withdrawn wife Lady Marley. Reuben and Glory stumble across a dark secret: something is hidden in the ruined chapel. Something so shocking it threatens to shame the Marley Estate. Why is there always a raven crowing close by? And could Flyte possibly be involved?
THE CURSE OF THE RAVENS is a thrilling and moving tale with wonderfully convincing period detail.
Praise for THE CURSE OF THE TOADS:
'a marriage of science and the supernatural... an exciting, suspenseful story' - Armadillo Magazine
'An unflinching portrait of 17th-century life' - Books for Keeps
'Be prepared to squirm with squeamishness... hold your breath in suspense'
- Hackwriters.com
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