People who look down their noses at others. I like to think I'd demand to know his identity, but in all honesty I'd probably run.Ī. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?Ī.
Beatrice Lacey in Wideacre by Philippa Gregory.
Who is your favourite fictional villain?Ī. I sometimes think I'd like to be a cat, just for the sheer amount of sleeping they do.
If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?Ī. Optimism, or at least I like to think it is! If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?Ī. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?Ī. She suspects one of them is a mischief, but hasn't caught her drinking tea. Michelle has a son called Jack and two black cats. (She didn't find anything.) Since becoming a published author she still does strange things like asking people to shut her in the boots of their cars – all in the name of research, of course – like Alice. Michelle's path to becoming a writer was inspired by stories told by her sisters as she was growing up, one of which was so vivid it prompted her to dig in the garden looking for evidence of a dead fairy. Michelle has since written Unrest, a ghost story for older readers and One Wish, a prequel to the Thirteen Treasures books. It was followed by The Thirteen Curses and The Thirteen Secrets. Her first novel, The Thirteen Treasures, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and is published in sixteen countries including the UK.
#STORM IN THE NIGHT BOOK FULL#
Michelle Harrison is a full time author who lives in Essex. Simon & Schuster Childrens Books an imprint of Simon & Schuster Ltd As an icy storm rages, the race to save her begins - can they reach the treasure before the highwayman claims another soul? About This Edition ISBN: But the legends are true and seeing a ghostly figure one night, the girls realise that Granny is in terrible danger. The town of Little Nipping has plenty to explore with its frozen lake and winter market, as well as being haunted by a doomed highwayman, searching for lost treasure. When the Widdershins sisters and Granny are called away in deepest winter to look after cousin Clarissa, it doesn't take long for adventure - or trouble - to find them. bring the magic home in the frosty fourth instalment of the bestselling Pinch of Magic Adventures, from the award-winning Michelle Harrison. There are secrets hidden beneath the ice. However dark things get, the sisters face the challenges together, and for all the shivers it sends down the spine, this story is as warming as a mug of hot chocolate, and just as delicious.īooks in A Pinch of Magic Adventure Series: There’s icy danger for the girls, as well as some ghostly new friends. Certainly some of their fellow guests believe the treasure is real, and they’re out to find it, whatever it takes. But maybe they’re more than just stories. Staying in creaky Echo Hall hotel, they are intrigued by old tales of the ghostly highwayman, said to appear at night looking for lost treasure, and of the tragic story of the girl who loved him. The girls have accompanied their granny to care for cousin Clarissa in Wilderness, one of the coldest places in the country. It’s always exciting to step out on an adventure with the Widdershins sisters, Fliss, Betty and Charlie, and this one, full of mystery, old myths and more than a pinch of magic, is particularly spellbinding.
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