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The Haunted Lake

P.J. Lynch P.J. Lynch

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English
Walker Books
07 October 2020
A ghostly love story set in a spooky, underwater world from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator P.J. Lynch. Jacob's father was a farmer, but after their river is dammed and their town is flooded, Jacob takes to fishing the new lake over the town. A village girl falls in love with him, and he with her, but he asks her to wait until she's sixteen before they marry. A year before they're to be married, Jacob disappears into the lake, lured underwater by the ghosts who inhabit the sunken village. For fifteen years, his fiancee fishes the lake and searches for her love while Jacob lives, unaging, with the ghosts. It's only when Lilith, leader of the ghosts, wants to marry Jacob, that he remembers his love for the girl above the lake and can break free to the surface, where his fiancee is able to rescue him – and, at last, to marry her love.

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Illustrated by:   P.J. Lynch
Imprint:   Walker Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 262mm,  Width: 287mm,  Spine: 11mm
Weight:   600g
ISBN:   9781406395563
ISBN 10:   1406395560
Pages:   48
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 6 to 9 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

P.J. Lynch, one of the most accomplished children's book creators working today, has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Christopher Medal three times. He is the author-illustrator of The Boy Who Fell Off the Mayflower, or John Howland's Good Fortune. His meticulous research brings impeccable detail to the twenty books he has illustrated, including The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski, When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Mysterious Traveller by Mal Peet and Elspeth Graham, and The Dog Who Lost His Bark by Eoin Colfer. P.J. Lynch lives in Dublin. Find him online at pjlynchgallery.com, on Twitter as @PJLynchArt and on Instagram as @pjlynchgallery.

Reviews for The Haunted Lake

Strikingly beautiful illustrations convey love, menace, endurance and tenderness with unmatched skill. * CBI *


  • Short-listed for The Irish Book Awards 2020 (Ireland)
  • Winner of KPMG Children's Books Ireland Award 2020 (UK)

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