"A gripping story of courage, kindness and friendship full of supernatural overtones and with a convincing Industrial Revolution setting" - Books for Keeps Another bite-size delight from Barrington Stoke" - Karen McCombie We need a follow-up" - The Times Children's Book of the Week Ī short, dyslexia-friendly novel, illustrated by Pam Smy and published by Barrington Stoke. Bess is sure it’s all nonsense, until one night she sees something stir in the murky water. Meanwhile, rumours are spreading about a vicious creature that lurks in the millpond. The only way to survive is to escape, but the mill is like a prison with no way out. But life at the mill is hard and cruel - a far cry from the fresh start Bess hoped for. īess has left the London workhouse behind for a job at a rural cotton mill. Sometimes the only way to save yourself is to save someone else.
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