by Matt Haig (Author)
Samuel Blink is the hero of this story, but he doesn't know it yet. Right now, he and his sister Martha are in the back of his parents car. He has no idea a giant log is about to fall from the sky and change his life forever. He doesn't know that he and Martha will be forced to move to Norway and eat their Aunt Eda's smelly brown cheese. He hasn't the slightest clue Martha will disappear into Shadow Forest. It is a forest full of one-eyed trolls, the sinister huldre-folk, deadly Truth Pixies and a witch who steals shadows - a forest ruled by the evil Changemaker. It is a forest so dangerous that people who enter never return. No. Samuel Blink doesn't know any of this. So don't tell him. It might ruin the book ...
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Publisher: Bodley Head
Published: 03 May 2007
ISBN 10: 0370329368
ISBN 13: 9780370329369
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A dahl-esque fairy tale from a highly acclaimed adult author
Prizes: Winner of Nestle Children's Book Prize: Age 9-11 2007. Shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Award (Book I Couldn't Put Down Prize) 2008 and Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2008.