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The Owl ServiceAlan Garner
The Owl Service
by Alan Garner
In a Welsh valley three teenagers find a dinner service patterned with owls, and an old story begins working itself out through them again.
A story about children, epic and spooky in tone. We would put it with children of 11–13, and at a reading age of about 12 for reading alone.
Worth knowing before you buy
- Frightening scenes
None of this makes it a bad book — often the opposite. It is here so you can decide whether it is right for your child now or in a year or two.
If they like this, try these
Chosen by matching age, reading age, tone and subject — not by what is selling.
The Weirdstone of BrisingamenAlan Garner
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A Wizard of EarthseaUrsula K. Le Guin
Asha and the Spirit BirdJasbinder Bilan
Or let them write their own.
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