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The Tale of Truthwater Lake

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The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll is a captivating children's story that intertwines past and present. Set in a mystical location, it follows characters venturing around Truthwater Lake, where they uncover secrets and encounter surprising connections between the centuries. The narrative beautifully weaves elements of mystery and history, offering young readers an engaging and thought-provoking adventure without revealing any twists.
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On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house... It's beautiful here, and eerie, a lost kingdom, a ghost village...

It's the near-future and Britain is having yet another heatwave. Of course, the government have put in the normal curfews for this kind of weather, and shops are forced to shut again. For Polly, it's the sort of heat that makes her do wild, out-of-character things just to cool down. Like face her fear of deep water. Essential when she and her brother have been sent to their aunt's eco lake-side house for the summer.

But Truthwater Lake is beginning to dry up. As the water level diminishes, a lost village emerges. Swimming over the rooftops at midnight, Polly dives down and is suddenly able to breathe, to hear church bells and bird song... Polly has discovered an underwater gateway to the past!

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571332861

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 April 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 276g

Pages: 304

About the Author

Emma Carroll taught English for twenty years until a life-changing cancer diagnosis meant that she felt brave enough to give her dream of being an author a try. Nowadays she's a bestselling author and has been nominated for and won numerous awards - including Books Are My Bag Readers' Award, Branford Boase, CILIP Carnegie Medal, Young Quills, Teach Primary and the Waterstones Book Prize. Emma lives in the Somerset Hills with her husband and their two terriers.

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