Tolly's great grandmother isn't a witch, but both she and her old house, Green Knowe, are full of a very special kind of magic. There are other children in the house - children who were happy there centuries before. Running around Green Knowe's moat, gardens and mysterious rooms, Tolly slowly discovers them, their toys and animals, and their wonderful stories...This work is a haunting, atmospheric classic from Carnegie Medal winner Lucy Boston.
This book features in the following series: Faber Children's Classics, Green Knowe, Green Knowe Chronicles, Lythway Books, Lythway Large Print .
There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published in 2006 by Faber & Faber .
LUCY MARIA BOSTON (1892-1990) purchased a ramshackle manor house near Cambridge, England, in 1935, which over a period of two years she lovingly restored. It is this house that inspired her, at the age of sixty-two, to take pen in hand and create the beloved Green Knowe series.
This book contains the following story:
The Children of Green Knowe
The story follows a young boy named Tolly, who goes to stay with his great-grandmother, Mrs. Oldknow, at Green Knowe, an ancient manor house. Tolly's great-grandmother is an old lady with a deep connection to the house, and she is accompanied by a host of mysterious characters—spirits of children from different time periods who once lived at Green Knowe. As Tolly settles into Green Knowe, he discovers that the house is not as empty as it seems. He encounters the spirits of three children: Toby, Alexander, and Linnet. These ghostly children lived at Green Knowe during different historical periods, and they share their past experiences with Tolly.
"'What if my great grandmother is a witch?' thought Tolly."
