Fire and Hemlock
by Diana Wynne Jones
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- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0006755194
- ISBN 13
- 9780006755197
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About This Item
In the mind of a lonely, imaginative girl, who can tell where fiction ends and reality begins? An epic fantasy, spanning nine years…
The fire and hemlock photograph above Polly's bed sparks memories in her that don't seem to exist any more. Halloween; nine years ago; she gatecrashed a funeral party at the big house and met Thomas Lynn for the first time.
Despite the fact that he's an adult, they struck up an immediate friendship, and began making up stories together – stories in which Tom is a great hero, and Polly is his assistant. The trouble is, these scary adventures have a nasty habit of coming true…
But what has happened in the years between?
Why has Tom been erased from Polly's mind, and from the rest of the world as well? Gradually Polly uncovers the awful truth and, at Halloween nine years on, realises that Tom's soul is forfeit to demonic powers unless she can save him.
Synopsis
Fire and Hemlock is a modern fantasy by British author Diana Wynne Jones based largely on the Scottish ballads "Tam Lin" and "Thomas the Rhymer. " It was first published in 1985 in Great Britain by Methuen Children's Books and in the United States by Greenwillow Books. It has been republished several times since then in paperback, by various publishers. In-print versions are published by Collins in Britain and by HarperTeen in the United States, both divisions of HarperCollins.
Reviews
I know a lot of people like this book...but it just wasn't for me. I prefer FANTASY in my fantasy novels. Most of this book was about a little girl and a grown man making up stories.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Whiteshill Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000103
- Title
- Fire and Hemlock
- Author
- Diana Wynne Jones
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0006755194
- ISBN 13
- 9780006755197
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- Scarborough, On, Canada
- Date Published
- June 5, 2000