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While visiting York, England, a young American, already troubled by family problems, is assailed by strange feelings of dread whenever he approaches some of the ancient landmarks of the city.Tags
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Different than her typical stuff, but I really enjoyed it. Interesting fantasy/historical fiction about Dan,a boy visiting York with his family, and the links to the past that kept emerging in the form of Roman soldiers. Naylor makes an interesting connection between that and the family's discovery that both Dan and his father have a strong likelihood of contracting Hodgkin's disease, a genetic disease that attacks the brain and nervous system and mimics madness. Is Hodkins disease causing Dan's visions? There's no way to tell, and no solution, no cure. Great moody atmosphere and open ending. First in a series.
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Phyllis Reynolds Naylor was born in Anderson, Indiana on January 4, 1933. She received a bachelor's degree from American University in 1963. Her first children's book, The Galloping Goat and Other Stories, was published in 1965. She has written more than 135 children and young adult books including Witch's Sister, The Witch Returns, The Bodies in show more the Bessledorf Hotel, A String of Chances, The Keeper, Walker's Crossing, Bernie Magruder and the Bats in the Belfry, Please Do Feed the Bears, and The Agony of Alice, which was the first book in the Alice series. She has received several awards including the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Night Cry and the Newberry Award for Shiloh. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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