The Watch House
1977
First Published
3.64
Average Rating
228
Number of Pages
The dust flew in clouds, making her cough. Anne looked inside the last glass case. More writing. It was moving! Balls of fluff being pushed around like tiny mice. More letters appeared as she watched. AnHelpAnHelpAnHelp Anne Help Who is writing the messages in the dust? What is the story behind the huge skull in the old Watch House? Alone and unhappy in Garmouth, Anne knows the shadows are following her. Spirits of long-dead sailors who won`t rest. And from behind its empty windows, the Watch House is watching her...
Avg Rating
3.64
Number of Ratings
211
5 STARS
20%
4 STARS
38%
3 STARS
31%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
3%
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Author
Robert Westall
Author · 42 books
Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database. Robert Westall was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England in 1929. His first published book The Machine Gunners (1975) which won him the Carnegie Medal is set in World War Two when a group of children living on Tyneside retrieve a machine-gun from a crashed German aircraft. He won the Carnegie Medal again in 1981 for The Scarecrows, the first writer to win it twice. He won the Smarties Prize in 1989 for Blitzcat and the Guardian Award in 1990 for The Kingdom by the Sea. Robert Westall's books have been published in 21 different countries and in 18 different languages, including Braille. From: http://www.robertwestall.com/
