Into the Faerie Hill
By (Author) H.S. Norup
Pushkin Children's Books
Pushkin Children's Books
6th June 2023
2nd March 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Fairies, elves, etc
823.92
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
As soon as Alfred arrives at his granny'scottage, he feels like he's being watched.There are steep cliffs and dark forests allaround, teeming with unfamiliar life - evenodd little faerie creatures it seems likeonly Alfred can see. When free-spiritedSaga bursts into his life, he begins toappreciate the beauty of these places thathave always scared him.
But this special world is under threat:Alfred's dad is working on a project to dig agiant tunnel through the landscape for amotorway. As he joins Saga in thecommunity protests against the plan,Alfred draws ever closer to the strangeworld of the faerie creatures, following athread that seems to be leading him deepinto secrets from his family's past.
H. S. Norup is the award-winning author of The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi, which was a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. She grew up in Denmark, where she devoured fairy tales and escaped into books. After living in six different countries, she now resides in Switzerland and writes stories inspired by her travels, set in the borderlands between the real and imaginary worlds. When she's not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, swimming or taking photos.