by Marcus Sedgwick · Orion Children's Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781858818832
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«Witch Hill» is Marcus Sedgwick's young adult horror novel, published by Orion Children's Books in paperback (176 pages, in English).
After surviving the fire that destroyed his home, twelve-year-old Jamie moves in with his aunt and uncle in the English village of Crownhill, where a terrifying old woman haunts his nightmares. Between the ancient hill carving and some local documents, Jamie finds clues to a seventeenth-century witchcraft trial and a girl who was a victim of that hunt.
The novel was nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award, was published in the UK on 15 March 2001, and features illustrations by Marcus Sedgwick himself.
Aimed at readers aged 9 to 11, especially fans of mystery, the supernatural and witch stories.
Marcus Sedgwick was a British writer and illustrator. He authored several young adult and children's books and picture books, a work of nonfiction and several novels for adults, and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults. According to School Library Journal his "most acclaimed titles" were those for young adults.
