The Whisperling Twins
  • Published: 4 July 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241514535
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336

The Whisperling Twins

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15 Oct 2024
EBook
4 Jul 2024
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From the author of the Branford Boase longlisted The Whisperling, comes a new, thrilling historical adventure. A perfect next read for fans of Robin Stevens, Emma Carroll, and Katherine Rundell.

Gloucester, 1918.

Nin and Lemon Esmond share a special bond. They're sisters - twins - whisperlings. Which means they have the power to speak with ghosts.

Britain is at war, and Lemon - the more daring of the pair - is frustrated that they have to stay at home. Surely they can use their special gift to help in some way?

Nin doesn't share her sister's need for adventure, but when they see reports of missing whisperlings in the papers, the twins know they must work together to solve what's happening...before they're next.

Yet what awaits them on the dark streets of Gloucester isn't simply an adventure, but a battle of their very own...

Praise for The Whisperling:

'A thrilling Gothic page-tuner' - Jacqueline Wilson

'One of the best debuts I've read in years!' - Emma Carroll
  • Published: 4 July 2024
  • ISBN: 9780241514535
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 336
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About the author

Hayley Hoskins

Long-listed for the Bath Children's Novel award, Hayley writes in the space between family and work, with much support from her writing group.
Mum to a teenage boy, she spends a disproportionate amount of time hoping that her son's life is far less complicated than those of the characters in her books, and trying to ensure he becomes a 'good egg'.
Originally from the Forest of Dean, Hayley lives with her family and hairy breeze-block of a dog in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Also by Hayley Hoskins

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Praise for The Whisperling Twins

The book had me happy, sorrowful, weepy and then happy again, going through the wringer of all emotions! Loved it!

NetGalley review

Perfect for confident readers in Year 4 upwards, this is a great adventure story filled with mystery

NetGalley review

Brilliantly enchanting, eerie & enthralling!

Jo Clarke, author of the Travelling School Mysteries

Casually inclusive, fiercely feminist and very funny with lots of peril and spooky adventure thrown in. I couldn’t put it down.

NetGalley review

My ten year old loved this, she thought it was an exciting and had no idea where it was going. She really enjoyed all the twists and turns and how it was just on the right side of scary.

NetGalley review

An excellent second book in this outstanding series. At last a spooky book that does not feel too scary and does not keep my sensitive granddaughter nightmares. Hurrah.

NetGalley review

Brilliantly written, with the perfect amount of suspense, comedy and fantasy. This is a must read for anyone that enjoys a gothic style with a deep and heartfelt storyline. I cannot recommend this book enough!

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