In the basement of his grandmother’s home in London where his mother is recuperating from cancer, twelve-year-old Tom discovers a path to the past where, in the year 1717, a ‘fairy child’ and her friends desperately need his help.
Related: England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)
- ISBN: 9780689857348
- Author: Hearn, Julie
- Published: 2003
- Themes: Mental illness, Poverty, World War I
- Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14)