The Stolen
Alex Shearer
Hardcover
(Pan Macmillan, April 12, 2002)
A powerful, spooky and disturbing novel, full of dark twists and turns, from the author of The Great Blue Yonder. Eleven-year-old Carly is lonely. She`s short with red hair and freckles, and she`d love to be different - like Meredith, the new girl in her class. But although Meredith is tall and willowy, and quite clever and a talented actress, there`s something not quite right about her. Meredith is an orphan who lives with her elderly granny. But Meredith is clearly in charge. And when Carly finds herself chatting to Meredith`s wrinkly granny one afternoon, she hears a story that she cannot bring herself to believe. A story about an old witch and a willowy young girl - a young life stolen; an eleven-year-old trapped in an elderly body. `Meredith` is not Meredith at all. Meredith is stuck in Granny`s body - and needs Carly`s help to escape...