Record Added: 8/9/2012 Series Green Knowe Series Setting  England Topic Mystery Publisher Harcourt, Brace, and Comp Year 1955 Age 9-12 Pages 157 Description Light green printed dustja
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This is the magical, mysterious tale of young Master Toseland (Tolly), who goes to spend the Christmas holiday with his great-grandmother Mrs. Oldknow at the family estate of Green Noah. Arriving by train, he finds the grounds flooded and the groundskeeper, Mr. Boggis, must pick him up in a rowboat to carry him to the house.
It gradually becomes apparent that the house is temporally as well as physically isolated. First through overheard giggles and then by shadowy glimpses, it is revealed to Tolly that the house is inhabited by the spirits of children from generations long passed. In particular, Toby, Linnet and Alexander, three siblings felled by the plague hundreds of years earlier, romp about the building and grounds. Mrs Oldknow, who is well aware of the phenomena, tells Tolly stories about the children and the history of the manor, including a gypsy curse that was placed on a creepy topiary of Noah, which is how the place (originally Green Knowe) got its name. |
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1. The Children of Green Knowe
2. The Treasure of Green Knowe (UK: The Chimneys of Green Knowe)
3. The River at Green Knowe
4. A Stranger at Green Knowe
5. An Enemy at Green Knowe
6. The Stones of Green Knowe
The 2009 film "From Time to Time" made from "The Treasure of Green Knowe". |
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