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Creatures
If You Go Down to the Woods...
The wicked stepmother in the schoool play is really evil - and Alex wants to give her a hateful costume. So she decides on fur. Feathers. Skins.
The costume is a great success. But then Alex starts noticing other things go wrong. Her little sister gets hurt - and won't say how. The panto scenery looks like it's been chewed. And then there's the footprints that aren't like any normal animal's.
The costume is a great success. But then Alex starts noticing other things go wrong. Her little sister gets hurt - and won't say how. The panto scenery looks like it's been chewed. And then there's the footprints that aren't like any normal animal's.
160 pages, Paperback
First published November 20, 1998
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About the author
Louise Cooper
153 books232 followersLouise Cooper was born in Hertfordshire in 1952. She began writing stories when she was at school to entertain her friends. She hated school so much, in fact—spending most lessons clandestinely writing stories—that she persuaded her parents to let her abandon her education at the age of fifteen and has never regretted it.
She continued to write and her first full-length novel was published when she was only twenty years old. She moved to London in 1975 and worked in publishing before becoming a full-time writer in 1977. Since then she has become a prolific writer of fantasy, renowned for her bestselling Time Master trilogy. She has published more than eighty fantasy and supernatural novels, both for adults and children. She also wrote occasional short stories for anthologies, and has co-written a comedy play that was produced for her local school.
Louise Cooper lived in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall, and their black cat, Simba. She gained a great deal of writing inspiration from the coast and scenery, and her other interests included music, folklore, cooking, gardening and "messing about on the beach." Just to make sure she keeps busy, she was also treasurer of her local Lifeboat station.
Louise passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. She was a wonderful and talented lady and will be greatly missed.
She continued to write and her first full-length novel was published when she was only twenty years old. She moved to London in 1975 and worked in publishing before becoming a full-time writer in 1977. Since then she has become a prolific writer of fantasy, renowned for her bestselling Time Master trilogy. She has published more than eighty fantasy and supernatural novels, both for adults and children. She also wrote occasional short stories for anthologies, and has co-written a comedy play that was produced for her local school.
Louise Cooper lived in Cornwall with her husband, Cas Sandall, and their black cat, Simba. She gained a great deal of writing inspiration from the coast and scenery, and her other interests included music, folklore, cooking, gardening and "messing about on the beach." Just to make sure she keeps busy, she was also treasurer of her local Lifeboat station.
Louise passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm on Tuesday, October 20, 2009. She was a wonderful and talented lady and will be greatly missed.
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May 2, 2018
I used this book for my GSCE exam, as it inspired me that much as an artist to illustrate. This book is every taxidermists nightmare - what if the pieces you bought for a show, even if you hate taxidermy, suddenly started to come to life? For revenge on the lives taken from them cruelly? How would you put them to rest, when they're tearing up your assembly hall, in search of something, anything to settle their rest...?
What if you'd bought a crocodile handbag
This book is suspenseful and very well written. Can't recommend enough
What if you'd bought a crocodile handbag
This book is suspenseful and very well written. Can't recommend enough
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