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Price: $10.95

Format:
Paperback 320 pp.
129 mm x 198 mm

ISBN-10:
0192728822

ISBN-13:
9780192728821

Publication date:
February 2011

Imprint: OUP UK

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Sigrun's Secret

Marie-Louise Jensen

'Their garments are black as night. They carry torches in their hands, darkness and anger in their hearts. They are coming.'

When a dark family secret is exposed, Sigrun's peaceful life is shattered. Forced to pay for her parents' misdeeds, she finds herself exiled from all she knows - and from the boy she loves - for three long years.

Yet more secrets lie ahead; not least the power Sigrun finds awakening in herself, seemingly passed to her from a mysterious amulet. Can she use her new-found gift to save herself and those around her from the dangers they face? And will true love wait until her return?

Readership : Girls of 10+. Fans of Eva Ibbotson, Julie Hearn, and Marie-Louise Jensen's other novels.

Reviews

  • Praise for Between Two Seas: "a riveting read . . . I was left with a real sense of having been there myself, and can offer no higher praise than that"

    --Philip Ardagh, Guardian
  • "A moving love story set against an interesting historical background."

    --Julia Eccleshare, Lovereading4kids
  • "a wonderful first novel"

    --Waterstone's Bookseller
  • "A really fascinating book"

    --Adèle Geras
  • Praise for The Lady in the Tower: "Any girl in her early teens is going to love this"

    --The Bookbag
  • "I loved this so much . . . utterly wonderful"

    --Waterstone's bookseller
  • "a riveting and fascinating read"

    --Carousel
  • Praise for Daughter of Fire and Ice: "shows [Jensen's] talent for suspenseful historical fiction"

    --Amanda Craig, The Times
  • "a compelling read"

    --Amazon reviewer
  • "illuminating . . . a transportation to another time and age"

    --Waterstone's bookseller

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Marie-Louise Jensen was born in Henley-on-Thames to an English father and Danish mother. She studied Scandinavian and German with literature at the UEA and has lived in both Denmark and Germany. After teaching English at a German university for four years, Marie-Louise returned to England to care for her children full time. She completed an MA in Writing for Young People at the Bath Spa University in 2005. Marie-Louise now lives in Bath, reads, reviews and writes books for young people, and home educates her two sons. Her debut novel, Between Two Seas, was published to huge acclaim.

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Special Features

  • Marie-Louise Jensen's first novel, Between Two Seas, received brilliant reviews and found many fans, as well as being shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award.
  • The Lady in the Tower was shortlisted for the 2009 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize, and has achieved even higher sales than Between Two Seas.
  • Can be read as a stand alone novel, but fans of Marie-Louise's previous novel, Daughter of Fire and Ice, will relish the family link between the characters - Sigrun is the next generation.
  • Meticulously researched and rich in historical detail.
  • A key strength of this author is her ability to evoke a wonderful sense of place.
  • With over 30,000 books sold, Marie-Louise is fast becoming one of the most notable names in teen historical fiction.