Shadows of the Silver Screen

Shadows of the Silver Screen

by Christopher Edge
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 10/01/2013

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Step into the past in this spine-tingling historical adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge. "A writer of genuine originality" - Guardian Penelope Tredwell is the feisty thirteen-year-old orphan heiress of the bestselling magazine, The Penny Dreadful. Her masterly tales of the macabre are gripping Victorian Britain, even if no one knows she's the author. One day a mysterious filmmaker approaches The Penny Dreadful with a proposal to turn their sinister stories into motion pictures. Filming begins but is plagued by a series of strange and frightening events. As Penelope is drawn into the mysteries surrounding the filming she soon finds herself trapped in a nightmare penned by her own hand... Can Penny uncover the filmmaker's dark secret before it's too late? A suspenseful historical adventure series with a supernatural twist! "The feisty and courageous Penelope makes the perfect heroine for an adventure packed with exciting twists and turns" - BookTrust Check out these other brilliant books from Christopher Edge: - Black Hole Cinema Club - Escape Room - Twelve Minutes to Midnight - The Jamie Drake Equation

ISBN:
9780857630537
9780857630537
Category:
Historical fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
10-01-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Nosy Crow Ltd
Christopher Edge

Christopher Edge is an award-winning children's author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Christopher grew up in Manchester where he spent most of his childhood in the local library, dreaming up stories.

After studying English at university, he worked in a record shop and as an English teacher before discovering a publishing job that allowed him to read lots of brilliant children's books. His novel The Many Worlds of Albie Bright won several children's book awards and was also nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, as was The Jamie Drake Equation, which was also selected as one of the best new children's books of 2017 for Independent Bookshop Week.

The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day was chosen by The Times as their Children's Book of the Week, whilst his other books include the critically-acclaimed Twelve Minutes to Midnight series. Christopher now lives in Gloucestershire with his wife and two children and still spends most of his time in the local library, dreaming up stories.

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