The Scream (HB) (Shock Shop S.)

by JoanAiken (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2002

  $6.39

  Spooky or funny, surprising or frightening, SHOCK SHOP is a collection of eight brand new novels by some of the greatest names in children's writing. THE SCREAM David's Gran has a mysterious liking for the famous painting 'The Scream'. She has strange powers, and sends bad luck to people she doesn't like. On her Scottish island home she was a 'Ridder' who could make troublesome rats run into the sea. Now she has moved to the city to look after her orphaned grandchildren, but her dark secrets have come with her...A tense, exciting and disturbing new story from Joan Aiken, whose magical, fantastic and supernatural books for children are among the best ever written.

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $3.74

  David's gran scares people.

  Her neighbours whisper that she possesses the power of the Evil Eye. She is strangely fascinated by The Scream - a painting of a person overcome by terror. When she moves to live with David and his sister, her presence seemst o spark a series of sinister and tragic events. And the evil forces that have been unleashed can only be stopped by a dangerous journey to the mysterious island where Gran was born.

  'As thrilling and unsettling as you'd exect from this author.' Observer

  'A tense, strangely disturbing story' The Parent's Guide