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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2012 | Fiction
The ballad "Long Lankin" provides the plot for this post-World War II horror fantasy set in a tidal marsh in eastern England. When Cora and her little sister Mimi are sent to stay with Aunt Ida in Guerdon Hall, the crumbling family manor, they find their aunt taciturn and overprotective. Then, through her friendship with Roger, a local village boy, Cora learns that the Guerdons have suffered a strin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
Cora, sent with her little sister to crumbling Guerdon Hall, learns that the family has suffered a string of child deaths and a...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
