by Gillian Cross · OUP Oxford · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780192751508
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«Roscoe's Leap» is Gillian Cross's young adult novel, published by OUP Oxford in paperback (192 pages, in English).
Hannah and Stephen live with their eccentric relatives in an old house. Finding a room full of mechanical toys, Hannah restores a toy guillotine and unleashes an evil linked to the French Terror. Stephen, marked by an event he cannot remember, watches as history student Nick Honeyball awakens the terror within.
The novel, published in September 2001 in paperback and in English, was recognized as an ALA Notable Book.
For young readers aged 12 and up; combines mystery, suspense, and a historical backdrop.
Gillian Claire Cross is a British author of children's books. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for Wolf and the 1992 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Great Elephant Chase. She also wrote The Demon Headmaster book series, which was later turned into a television series by the BBC in January 1996; a sequel series was produced in 2019.
