Our Den

Our Den is a charming late-Victorian adventure that centers on Edric, a boy who walks with difficulty but dreams as boldly as any child. When his energetic cousins arrive at the family farm for a visit, Edric's quiet world cracks open into one of hide-and-seek, midnight investigations, and dangerous excitements. A ghost in a white mackintosh haunts the grounds, or so the children believe, and the mystery of those strange footmarks in the mud becomes their urgent quest. Waterworth writes with tender respect for her protagonist, letting Edric's disability shape rather than define him, and showing how companionship can unlock courage a child didn't know he possessed. The book endures because it captures something universal: the way a summer visit from cousins can transform a lonely boy into the hero of his own adventure.