The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Lucy Strange
The Secret of Nightingale Wood, Lucy Strange
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The Secret of Nightingale Wood

Author: Lucy Strange

Narrator: Lucy Strange

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/31/2017

Synopsis

A beautifully tangled story of friendship, fairy tales, and family secrets. For those who loved Pax and The War That Saved My Life.A Kirkus Best Middle Grade Book of 2017An Amazon Best Book of 2017A 2018 Bank Street College Best Book of the YearA Telegraph Top 50 Book of the YearEveryone is too busy to pay attention to Henrietta and the things she sees -- or thinks she sees -- in the shadows of their new home, Hope House. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is busy taking care of her younger sister.All alone, with only stories for company, Henry discovers that Hope House is full of strange secrets: a forgotten attic, ghostly figures, mysterious firelight that flickers in the trees beyond the garden.One night she ventures into the darkness of Nightingale Wood. What she finds there will change her whole world...

Reviews

Goodreads review by jv

While middle-grade The Secret of Nightingale Wood by Lucy Strange is a relatively recent release (2016 in the UK, 2017 in the US) the bittersweet story is set in 1919. The absolute resilience and fierce determination of 13-year-old Henrietta (Henry) exemplifies a young hero to applaud. The Abbott fam......more

Goodreads review by Hilary

I wasn't expecting this recently written book to have captured the feel of a childrens classic of the last century so well. This book is beautifully written, it reminded me of The Railway Children and some other classics. Henrietta is 12yrs old and the year is 1919. Her family has moved out of Londo......more

Goodreads review by Emma

Oh my goodness! What a tender, exquisite gem of a book. Such wonderful writing and characterisation, with deft, assured handling of complex emotional issues. This may well be my favourite MG book of 2016. Fabulous.......more

Goodreads review by Ayse_

This is the first audiobook I was able to finish reading/listening. The author does such a great job narrating it, her voice and accent and the way she makes her characters alive with these, is just marvellous. The story is about a little girl `Henry` whose family was torn apart by a tragedy. Althou......more

Quotes

Advance Praise for The Secret of Nightingale Wood:A Telegraph Top 50 Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the Month Pick"From the first page, I was entirely smitten and compelled to read on until I finished this mysterious and poignant story." -- Pam Munoz Ryan, author of Newbery Honor Book Echo and Esperanza Rising"Superbly balanced between readability and poetry... this is an assured debut." -- The Guardian (UK)"Rich with nods to classics...this outstanding debut explores family, grief and mental illness with great skill." -- The Bookseller (UK)"A gripping novel in Secret Garden mode... Bliss for passionate readers aged nine and older." -- The New Statesman (UK)"Strange's writing is luminous, and she has created a story about friendship, love and family that is wonderfully involving." -- Literary Review (UK)"Friendships, family, love and loss all come together in this beautiful debut." -- The Sunday Express (UK)"Tender, funny, devastating and just about word perfect, I loved every page of this extraordinary book." -- Natasha Farrant, author of The Secret Diary of Lydia Bennet"A beautifully told story about loss, grief and the restorative power of the imagination." -- M.G. Leonard, author of Beetle Boy

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