by Marcus Sedgwick · Orion Children's Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781444001495
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«White Crow» is the gothic mystery and horror novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published by Orion Children's Books in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Rebecca spends the summer in Winterfold, an unsettling coastal town. Ferelith, a local who knows its hidden corners, becomes her friend. Together they unearth secrets the town preferred to forget, while the experiments of the rector and Doctor Barrieux in the 17th century on life after death, among angels and demons, are interwoven.
Novel shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2011 and nominated for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2010. Recommended reading age from 12 years.
Aimed at young readers from 12 years old seeking a gothic atmosphere, mystery and suspense.
Marcus Sedgwick was a British writer and illustrator. He authored several young adult and children's books and picture books, a work of nonfiction and several novels for adults, and illustrated a collection of myths and a book of folk tales for adults. According to School Library Journal his "most acclaimed titles" were those for young adults.
