The Tale of Truthwater Lake

· Bolinda · Narrated by Eleanor Bennett
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It’s 2032 and Britain is facing yet another heatwave. Temperatures are breaking all records, and now government curfews are in place to ensure people stay indoors out of the sun. But it’s also the school holidays and Polly Carraway is fed up. When a late night beach swim goes horribly wrong she’s relieved to be sent away, with her troubled brother Joel, to stay with their aunt, whose house is on the banks of a reservoir. On arriving Polly’s shocked to see Truthwater Lake is drying up. As the water level drops, a lost village emerges. And even here, in the countryside, it’s still too hot to sleep. Swimming in the lake at midnight, Polly dives down and is suddenly able to breathe, to touch rooftops and see gravestones and hear bird song ... Has Polly found a gateway into the past?

About the author

Emma Carroll has worked as an English teacher, a news reporter, an avocado picker and the person who punches holes into filofax paper. She now writes full-time which is a lifelong dream come true. Emma’s books are usually historical, often mysterious and full of strong female characters. They include Frost Hollow Hall, The Girl Who Walked On Air, In Darkling Wood, Strange Star, and her most recent novel Letters from the Lighthouse. Sky Chasers is her first novel for Chicken House.

Eleanor Bennett grew up in Devon and later trained at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in London where she was the recipient of a full scholarship. Television credits include: Netflix teen drama The A List and DIXI for CBBC. Stage credits include: Before the Party at Salisbury Playhouse and Beauty and the Beast & Peter Pan for The Theatre Royal, Winchester. Audio credits include: The Separation for Penguin Random House, Garden of Ghosts for Games Workshop/Warhammer as well as English language audio-dubbing for Netflix.

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