Season of Secrets

By Sally Nicholls

On a wild and stormy night Molly runs away from her grandparents' house. Her dad has sent her to live there until he Sorts Things Out at home now her mother has passed away. In the howling darkness, Molly sees a desperate figure running for his life from a terrifying midnight hunt. But who is he? Why has he come? And can he heal her heartbreak?
A haunting tale of myth, magic and healing after grief.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Andersen Digital
• Release date: Jan 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781787612242

Sally Nicholls

Sally Nicholls was born in Stockton-on-Tees, just after midnight, in a thunderstorm. She spent most of her childhood trying to make real life as much like a book as possible. Her first book, Ways to Live Forever, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize in 2008 and in 2015 her book An Island of Our Own was shortlisted for the Costa children's prize. Sally lives in Liverpool with her husband and two sons, writing stories and trying to believe her luck.

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