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The house in Norham GardensThe house in Norham Gardens

The house in Norham Gardens1974

Penelope Lively

About this book

A fourteen-year-old girl uses a painted shield from New Guinea to contact various native owners of the shield during different periods of time, and when their presences threaten to materialize in the present, she offers to return the shield to them and lay the ghosts to rest.

Details

First published
1974
OL Work ID
OL1983029W

Subjects

Children's storiesFictionSpace and timeJuvenile fictionMystery and detective storiesStone age

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