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This house is haunted / John Boyne.

Boyne, John, 1971- (Author).

Summary:

1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. When she finally arrives, shaken, at the hall she is greeted by the two children in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There are no parents, no adults at all, and no one to represent her mysterious employer. The children offer no explanation. Later that night in her room, a second terrifying experience further reinforces the sense that something is very wrong. From the moment she rises the following morning, her every step seems dogged by a malign presence which lives within Gaudlin's walls. Eliza realizes that if she and the children are to survive its violent attentions, she must first uncover the hall's long-buried secrets and confront the demons of its past.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1590516796
  • ISBN: 9781590516799
  • Physical Description: 291 pages ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Other Press, 2013.
Subject:
Family secrets > Fiction.
Ghost stories, English > 19th century > Fiction.
Governesses > Fiction.
Haunted houses > England > East Anglia > Fiction.
East Anglia (England) > Fiction.
Genre:
Ghost stories.
Historical fiction.
Horror fiction.

Available copies

  • 20 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Iredell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Statesville Main Library F BOYNE (Text) 33114017656000 Adult Fiction Available -
Statesville Main Library F BOYNE (Text) 33114018104935 Adult Fiction Available -
Albemarle Main Library FIC Boyne (Text) 31010000459885 Adult Fiction Available -
Bladen Main Branch FIC BLUE (Text) 30441100704113 Adult Fiction Paperback Available -
Clemmons Branch FIC Boyne, John (Text) 0112519699907 Adult Fiction Available -
Cumberland Headquarters F BOYNE (Text) 31781062197387 Adult Fiction Available -
Enka-Candler Library F BOY (Text) 0020510022138 Adult Fiction Available -
Etowah Branch BOY (Text) 33258007693331 Adult Fiction Available -
Fines Creek Library F Boyne (Text) 33115007367904 Adult Fiction Available -
Haywood County Main Library F Boyne (Text) 33115007357400 Adult Fiction Available -

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Summary: 1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. When she finally arrives, shaken, at the hall she is greeted by the two children in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There are no parents, no adults at all, and no one to represent her mysterious employer. The children offer no explanation. Later that night in her room, a second terrifying experience further reinforces the sense that something is very wrong. From the moment she rises the following morning, her every step seems dogged by a malign presence which lives within Gaudlin's walls. Eliza realizes that if she and the children are to survive its violent attentions, she must first uncover the hall's long-buried secrets and confront the demons of its past.

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