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Season of Secrets
Sally Nicholls
(Andersen Press)
£7.99
Molly and Hannah are living with their grandparents above their Northumberland village shop. It seems their father is at a loss and unable to care for the girls following their mother’s sudden death. However, the girls are spinning. While Hannah is furious an out of control, Molly is lost, contemplative and struggling to find her feet.
She takes comfort from the Green Man who discovers her on the night she and Hannah run home. Yet there is no sign of him when she retraces her steps. Who is he and who is chasing him? It seems that from the stories Miss Shelley tells, that it’s the Holly King, with his hounds. What does it all mean?
As Molly struggles to make sense of her life, of Dad’s absence, of Hannah’s rage and her new circumstances, she reflects on her mother, too. Meanwhile, the year shuts down and the Green Man struggles. Could the bluebell he gifts her be a sign?
Season of Secrets is a glorious novel of grief, loss, death, rebirth and hope. It is recommended highly for emotionally mature middle grade readers.
Season of Secrets
Sally Nicholls
(Andersen Press)
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