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Leander Deeny
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Publisher | Quercus | ||
ISBN | 9781847244239 | ||
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Vicky
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Synopsis
Hazel, the heroine, travels to her Aunt's country house for a holiday. Her Aunt is bitter, angry and rude, so Hazel expects her stay to be a nightmare - little does she expect, though, that there are actual nightmares living in the garden. These creatures - scary amalgams of different animals such as gorillas and leopards - haunt her Aunt every night in her dreams with horrific scenarios. Much to her surprise Hazel is drawn into their world of creating and rehearsing these nightmares. With her new social circle consisting of gorillas crossed with leopards, pythons crossed with porcupines, ducks who smoke cigarettes, wooden-headed dogs and murderers and lunatics Hazel finds herself exploring the scariest depths of the unknown and learns a useful lesson along the way about the nature of friendship. The lively, exciting and fast-paced narrative and quick humour makes this book an addictive read.
Leander Deeny 2008 by Victoria Warren
Review
What can one say about a book that is immensley enjoyable and very very gothic. I just loved it because you never really knew what you were going to come up against on the next page, which by the way was a page turner in itself. It was by turns funny and horribly macabre but as it turns out, Hazel does make friends and comes to understand her aunt and cousin and actually is quite sorry to leave.
I was also sorry to see the story come to an end on this newcomer's first outing into the children's genre. But here's his interview .
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