West, Jacqueline, Bernatene, Poly  | Puffin Books

8,000원  | 20120829  | 9780142418727

A two-time Pushcart nominee for poetry, Jacqueline West lives in Chilton, Wisconsin. This is her first novel. A two-time Pushcart nominee for poetry, Jacqueline West lives in Red Wing, Minnesota. Roald Dahl meets Neil Gaiman in this creepy but whimsical tale about an 11-year-old girl who moves into a Victorian mansion and discovers she can enter another world through the antique paintings left behind. Illustrations. When eleven-year-old Olive moves into a crumbling Victorian mansion with her parents, she knows there's something strange about the house - especially the odd antique paintings covering the walls. And when she puts on a pair of old spectacles, she discovers the strangest thing yet: She can travel inside the paintings, to a spooky world that's full of dark shadows. Add to that three talking cats, who live in the house and seem to be keeping secrets of their own, and Olive soon finds herself confronting a dark and dangerous power that wants to get rid of her by any means necessary. It's up to Olive to save the house from the dark shadows, before the lights go out for good. "A suspenseful plot and insight into childhood loneliness will have readers anxiously awaiting the new book." - Publishers Weekly, starred review "I would rate this book a 9.5 out of 10. This is a great summer read that will let your imagination run wild." - TIME for Kids