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|summary=Classic fantasy at its finest. A massive recommendation for an outstanding debut. Sara Crowe popped into Bookbag Towers to [[The Interview: Bookbag Talks To Sara Crowe|chat to us]].
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15-year-old Ash has been waiting for his father to come back from the war. He's following in his dad's footsteps as the stag boy in the traditional Stag Chase, and he knows his dad will be proud of him. Running through the mountains whenever he can to train, he's not bothered by the taunts of the other boys who he beat to become the stag, and who will take their places as hounds - he knows their hostility is traditional. But something is stirring in the countryside, and he sees strange visions, while his old friend Mark is behaving seriously creepily. Is Mark just grieving for his father, or is there something more sinister at work?
I think fans of this one would be well advised to pick up a classic children's fantasy, [[The Dark is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper]]. For a more recent chiller in a rural setting, [[Hollow Pike by James Dawson]] is wonderful.
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