Combining the best of fantasy and somber reflection, The Water Horse is a lovely ride.” -The Washington Post on the film adaptation “A rich, mostly tender fairy tale that combines elements of such children’s classics as The Secret of Roan Inish, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, and Born Free. Will Kirstie and her family be able to keep their new pet or will he have to make a splash in someone else’s home? Part horse, part toad, part turtle, and part crocodile? Only Kirstie’s grandfather knows what it is: a water horse! While it is certainly the oddest-looking creature Kirstie has ever seen, it is also the gentlest.

When eight-year-old Kirstie finds a strange egg near her home, she has no idea what will come out. (Dick King-Smith’s classic story about a very unusual pet-.)ĭick King-Smith’s classic story about a very unusual pet-a water horse!-returns with a charming new cover to win over a new generation of readers!

The four children lived such perfect lives in such a happy, golden family. The novel that launched Virginia Andrews'' superselling career: the tale of four children locked in an attic by their once-loving mother! It was a game of happy families. But the hidden secrets of the past rose up to trouble them. The family was now living as far as possible from the haunting scenes of their past, and, in the sunshine and joy of their new life, with the children and their shared love, they tried to forget the anguish of their loveless inheritance. Despite every endeavour, they find that they are prisoners of a past they cannot escape, and with a terrifying certainty, the past comes back to prey upon them once more!įrom the author of Flowers in the Attic comes Book Three of the internationally bestselling Dollanganger family saga. Cathy and Chris, haunted by the tragedies and sins of the past, return at last to Foxworth Hall where they were hidden so long ago. The final, heartbreaking story in the compelling saga that began with ''Flowers in the Attic'', repackaged for a new generation of fans.

Was it their fault? Was there something strange about them? Only The memory of it would not allow them to lead ordinary lives. But they found that the horror and pain of their captivity would not leave them. The children now growing to adulthood had survived their imprisonment in the dark attic and had broken free to the sunlit world outside. The bestselling phenomenon of the Dollanganger family saga continues, as the children who escaped the attic build new lives, haunted by their tragic past. The Sophie Stories Collection 6 Books Set Dick King-Smith RRP: £29.94 (Sophie's Lucky, Sophie is Seven, Sophie in the Saddle, Sophie Hits Six, Sophie''s Tom, Sophie''s Snail)

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