Owl Service
Author(s): Alan Garner
Something is scratching around in the attic above Alison's room. Yet the only thing up there is a stack of grimy old plates. Alison and her stepbrother, Roger, discover that the flowery patterns on the plates, when traced onto paper, can be fitted together to create owls--owls that disappear when no one is watching. With each vanished owl, strange events begin to happen around Alison, Roger, and the caretaker's son, Gwyn. As the kids uncover the mystery of the owl service, theybecome trapped within a local legend, playing out roles in a tragic love story that has repeated itself for generations . . . a love story that has always ended in disaster.
Product Information
Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books. His fourth book, 'The Owl Service' brought Alan Garner to everyone's attention. It won two important literary prizes - The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal - and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.
General Fields
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- : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- : Harper Element
- : 0.35
- : 01 May 2017
- : 222mm X 141mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2017
- : books
Special Fields
- : Alan Garner
- : Hardback
- : 50th Special and Anniversary ed
- : English
- : [Fic]
- : Children's - Grade 4-6, Age 9-11
- : 224
- : YFH