Long Lankin

by Lindsey Barraclough

Book Overview

In an exquisitely chilling debut novel, four children unravel the mystery of a family curse -- and a ghostly creature known in folklore as Long Lankin. When Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, are sent to stay with their elderly aunt in the isolated village of Byers Guerdon, they receive a less-than-warm welcome. Auntie Ida is eccentric and rigid, and the girls are desperate to go back to London. But what they don't know is that their aunt's life was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763658081
• ISBN13: 9780763658083
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.9" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher