The Tale of Truthwater Lake

'Absolutely gorgeous.' Hilary McKay

Emma Carroll

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English

Faber & Faber
30 May 2023

Fantasy & magical realism (Children's&YA); Historical fiction (Children's&YA)

On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house... It's beautiful here, and eerie, a lost kingdom, a ghost village...

It's the near-future and Britain is having yet another heatwave. Of course, the government have put in the normal curfews for this kind of weather, and shops are forced to shut again. For Polly, it's the sort of heat that makes her do wild, out-of-character things just to cool down. Like face her fear of deepwater. Essential when she and her brother have been sent to their aunt's eco lake-side house for the summer.

But Truthwater Lake is beginning to dry up. As the water level diminishes, a lost village emerges. Swimming over the rooftops at midnight, Polly dives down and is suddenly able to breathe, to hear church bells and bird song... Polly has discovered an underwater gateway . to the past!

By: Emma Carroll
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 404g
ISBN: 9780571364428
ISBN 10: 057136442X
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 30 May 2023
Recommended Age: From 9 to 11 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emma Carroll taught English for twenty years until a life-changing cancer diagnosis meant that she felt brave enoughto give her dream of being an author a try. Nowadays she's abestselling author and has been nominated for and won numerous awards - including Books Are My Bag Readers'Award, Branford Boase, CILIP Carnegie Medal, YoungQuills, Teach Primary and the Waterstones Book Prize.Emma lives in the Somerset Hills with her husband andtheir two terriers.