In Darkling Wood

Emma Carroll Is A Secondary School English Teacher. She Has Also Worked As A News Reporter, An Avocado Picker And The Person Who Punches Holes Into Filofax Paper. She Recently Graduated With Distinction From Bath Spa University's Ma In Writing For Young People. In Darkling Wood Is Emma's Third Novel. She Lives In The Somerset Hills With Her Husband And Two Terriers.The End Of The War . . .
Two Hopeful Sisters . . .
A Magical Wood . . .

'you're Telling Me There Are Fairies In This Wood?'

When Alice's Brother Gets A Longed-For Chance For A Heart Transplant, Alice Is Suddenly Bundled Off To Her Estranged Grandmother's House. There's Nothing Good About Staying With Nell, Except For The Beautiful Darkling Wood At The End Of Her Garden - But Nell Wants To Have It Cut Down. Alice Feels At Home There, At Peace, And Even Finds A Friend, Flo. But Flo Doesn't Seem To Go To The Local School And No One In Town Has Heard Of A Girl With That Name. When Flo Shows Alice The Surprising Secrets Of Darkling Wood, Alice Starts To Wonder, What Is Real? And Can She Find Out In Time To Save The Wood From Destruction?

'absorbing, Sensitive And Genuinely Magical.'independentfrom The Queen Of Historical Fiction, In Darkling Wood By Emma Carroll Is A Spine-Tingling Novel With A Forthright, Modern Heroine - And More Than A Hint Of Mystery And Magic.Absorbing, Sensitive And Genuinely Magical In Feelthis Book Confirms Her Position As A Leading Children's Authora Tender Tale Of Family Ghosts And Secretsdestined To Be A Modern Classic In Its Own Right.