By Kevin Crossley-Holland (author) Part of the Reading Ladder. Level 3 series
"A thrilling Carnegie medal winning story that can be read by newly independent readers. A masterclass in simple, poetic prose and superlative storytelling"
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Winner of the Carnegie Award in 1985.
A wonderful story of drama and adventure that is beautifully unraveled by award-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland. The characters are superbly drawn and the narrative is simply but lyrically told. And there’s a surprise at the end. (7+) To find out more about this book CLICK HERE to visit the Carnegie Greenaway site
Annie lives with her elderly parents in a remote cottage. She is used to being alone. Every day she walks by the lonely marsh to school.
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Only in winter, when the wind howls in the trees, is Annie ever afraid. Her sister Willa is pregnant and Annie is overjoyed when she comes home to have her baby. Annie tells Willa the names of local plants and Willa tells Annie about the ghost, murdered by highwaymen, who is said to haunt the old forge nearby. Then, on a terrible night, with the phone lines down, Willa goes into labour. Annie is terrified of the ghost, but knows she must brave the storm to fetch help.
As she ventures into the night, a horseman swings into view. He offers to take Annie to town. Before she can protest, Annie finds herself lifted on to his saddle and off they set on an intense, dream-like journey. Only once he has deposited her safely on the doctor's doorstep, does the horseman reveal that he is the ghost she fears.
Kevin Crossley-Holland was born in 1941 in Mursley, North Buckinghamshire, and grew up in Whiteleaf, a village in the Chiltern hills of western England. He attended Oxford University, where after failing his first exams, he developed his passion for Anglo-Saxon literature. After graduating, he was the Gregory Fellow in Poetry at the University of Leeds, and from 1972–1977, he lectured in Anglo-Saxon for the Tufts University of London program. He worked as a children's book editor while beginning to write his own poems and reinterpretations of medieval legends. He has also taught for extended periods in America. He now lives in Norfolk, England.
Kevin Crossley-Holland has published six volumes of adult poetry and several libretti for opera. In the world of children's books, he is best known for his numerous retellings and anthologies, and in particular his version of Beowulf. " Storm ," his novella, won the Carnegie Medal in 1985.
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Annie lives with her elderly parents in a remote cottage. She is used to being alone.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Storm and determined it is suitable for children aged 7-8 years old
Storm features in the following genres: Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Horror & Ghost Stories, Featured Books for 7+ readers, Recommendations
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Storm was written by Kevin Crossley-Holland and published by Egmont Childrens Books
Yes it is part of Reading Ladder. Level 3 series
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