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Shadow Bringer by David Calcutt (view source)
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''Shadow Bringer'' is a lovely, lovely book. Part psychological thriller, part supernatural dream, part coming-of-age story, I'd recommend it to any thoughtful reader of books aged about ten to fourteen or so. Their parents will love it too.
My thanks to the nice people at OUP for sending the book. We also have a review of [[The Map of Marvels by David Calcutt]].
The obvious further reading is [[Skellig by David Almond]] for the ultimate in magic realism, but they might also [[The Wind Tamer by P R Morrison]] or [[Cold Tom by Sally Prue]], both of which have supernatural elements. You might appreciate [[What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire]] - if they're not too old for the tooth fairy!