Eleanor Nilsson
The House Guest
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(Ligature Pty Limited June 4, 2019)
‘The pick of the bunch is Eleanor Nilsson’s evocative, spine-tingling novel about loyalty, friendship and communication across the barriers of death...’
—The Sun-Herald
When Gunno breaks into the quiet house with the big garden, he has no idea how it will change his life. Something about the place keeps drawing him back: its daytime silence, its solitude, and the mysterious upstairs bedroom that belongs—or belonged—to a boy very much like Gunno.
As he unravels the mysteries of the house and the family that seems to half-live there, Gunno becomes less certain of his own place in the world—until his destiny is revealed in a chilling and transcendent conclusion.
This award-winning, genre-defying ghost story is a classic of Australian young adult literature.
Children’s Book Council Book of the Year · Older Readers
Victorian Premier’s Literary Award · Children’s Books
SA Festival Award for Literature · Children’s Books
—The Sun-Herald
When Gunno breaks into the quiet house with the big garden, he has no idea how it will change his life. Something about the place keeps drawing him back: its daytime silence, its solitude, and the mysterious upstairs bedroom that belongs—or belonged—to a boy very much like Gunno.
As he unravels the mysteries of the house and the family that seems to half-live there, Gunno becomes less certain of his own place in the world—until his destiny is revealed in a chilling and transcendent conclusion.
This award-winning, genre-defying ghost story is a classic of Australian young adult literature.
Children’s Book Council Book of the Year · Older Readers
Victorian Premier’s Literary Award · Children’s Books
SA Festival Award for Literature · Children’s Books
- Pages
- 124
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