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My Swordhand is Singing

By Marcus Sedgwick

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| eBook | 9781444002034

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Book Description

In the bitter cold of an unrelenting winter Tomas and his son, Peter, arrive in Chust and despite the inhospitability of the villagers settle there as woodcutters. Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn't understand whyContinue

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MY SWORDHAND IS SINGING

The immediacy of TV and movies have trained our brains to fear quick pans of the camera, the pulse-pounding screech of violins and enough buckets of blood to sate Dracula for life. But take away the visual cues, remove the unsettling soundtrack and w ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

MY SWORDHAND IS SINGING

The immediacy of TV and movies have trained our brains to fear quick pans of the camera, the pulse-pounding screech of violins and enough buckets of blood to sate Dracula for life. But take away the visual cues, remove the unsettling soundtrack and w ... (read full critics)

teenreads published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

Read it tonight while resting. I enjoyed this fairly scary book. How nice to read a scary book that is not filled with boy-girl relationship drama. The lack of foul language grants the story a clarity that I find refreshing. Great book!

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Jerry said on May 10, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | 1 feedback

At just over 200 pages, this is a quick and entertaining read. Set in rural Eastern Europe in the 1700s, our protagonist is a woodcutter's son who discovers that his father's denial of the village folklore does not prevent it from being true. However, his father has more secrets in regard to the vil ... (continue)

At just over 200 pages, this is a quick and entertaining read. Set in rural Eastern Europe in the 1700s, our protagonist is a woodcutter's son who discovers that his father's denial of the village folklore does not prevent it from being true. However, his father has more secrets in regard to the villagers' fears than he had previously expected.
A great take on the historical ideas about vampires, which apparently were a little more like zombies with bloodlust, Marcus Sedgwick really brings you into the mind of Peter, the woodcutter's son.

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oleander said on Jan 28, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback