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Shadows of the silver screen

Part of the Twelve Minutes to Midnight Trilogy series
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Step into the past in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge. Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful.

Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author. One day a mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn their sinister stories into motion pictures.

Filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events.

As Penelope is drawn into the mysteries surrounding the filming she soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand... Can Penny uncover the filmmaker's dark secret before it's too late?Spine-tingling historical adventure series with a supernatural twist!

From the acclaimed author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright and The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day. Related discussion notes and activity ideas available on the Nosy Crow website.

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Nosy Crow Ltd
0857630520 / 9780857630520
Paperback / softback
823.92
10/01/2013
United Kingdom
English
250 pages
20 cm
Quiz No: 229075, Points 9.00, Book Level 7.40,
Middle Years - Key Stage 2 Learn More
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