The giant's necklace / Michael Morpurgo ; illustrated by Briony May Smith.
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TextPublisher: London : Walker Books, 2016Copyright date: ©1982Description: 78 pages : colour illustrations ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781406357127; 9781406376265Subject(s): Shells -- Juvenile fiction | Tin mines and mining -- England -- Cornwall (County) -- Juvenile fiction | Cornwall (England : County) -- Juvenile fictionGenre/Form: Paranormal fiction. DDC classification: 823.914 Summary: A tense and thrilling ghost story from the internationally acclaimed author of War Horse. It all began with a necklace, made of glistening pink cowrie shells. A long, long necklace that had taken Cherry days - weeks - of careful, painstaking work. It was nearly complete, and Cherry was determined it would be the longest necklace she had ever made; that it would be fit for a giant! But the end of the holidays had arrived. "You've only got today, Cherry," said her mother. "Just today, that's all." Cherry didn't mind, a day would be enough - she only needed a few more shells. So, amidst the taunts of her older brothers, she set out to search for them. Then the clouds grew dark and the waves grew large, and as the storm blew in, Cherry realized, to her horror, that she was cut off from the shore. From then on, events began to take a decidedly dark turn. One from which there was no turning back...
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First published in 1982 in "The white horse of Zennor and other stories".
Primary school age.
A tense and thrilling ghost story from the internationally acclaimed author of War Horse. It all began with a necklace, made of glistening pink cowrie shells. A long, long necklace that had taken Cherry days - weeks - of careful, painstaking work. It was nearly complete, and Cherry was determined it would be the longest necklace she had ever made; that it would be fit for a giant! But the end of the holidays had arrived. "You've only got today, Cherry," said her mother. "Just today, that's all." Cherry didn't mind, a day would be enough - she only needed a few more shells. So, amidst the taunts of her older brothers, she set out to search for them. Then the clouds grew dark and the waves grew large, and as the storm blew in, Cherry realized, to her horror, that she was cut off from the shore. From then on, events began to take a decidedly dark turn. One from which there was no turning back...
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