The Candle House

by Pauline Fisk

When Vee and her father cross the river Caus into the Valley for the first time, they feel as if they have entered another world. This novel describes the magic which Vee comes to live with in this strange community, including Maggot, the girl of the night, and Clem, a boy with his own secrets.

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Died January 25, 2015.

Pauline Fisk is the author of eleven novels for young people of all ages. More can be found about her by going to her website.

Reviews

[Charlotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

rather a strange take on the standard spirits of British antiquity walking among the living to fend off unwanted modernity; the addition of a 16th century highway man/boy who has appeared in the present on a motorcycle in quite corporeal form, for instance, was a first for me. Didn't blow me away with numinous-ness, but a good read.