Synopsis
When Jack saw the old wooden cradle in the antique shop window, he started with recognition, for the previous night he had a terrifying dream and the cradle was somehow part of it. But why would the cradle seem so important to him and what was the significance of the date, 1664, carved on its hood?
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Présentation de l'éditeur
'The little cradle creaked on curved rockers, creak, creak on the flagstone floor; a tiny cradle of dark brown wood, with carved acorns on each of the corners of the square wooden hood. Figures in long dresses and white bonnets surrounded it. One of them turned her face to Jack. 'Jack, please help us!'' The Naming of William Rutherford is a time slip story that links Jack in real time, to people living in Eyam, an isolated village in Derbyshire in the plague year of 1665. The novel was shortlisted for the Sheffield Children's Book Award and nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Biographie de l'auteur
Linda Kempton is the author of And God Gives Nuts to Those Who Have No Teeth; Who'll Catch The Nightmares (featured in the Young Book Trust's 100 Best Books of 1997), and The Tale of Jessica Sweetapple. The Federation of Children's Book Groups voted The Naming of William Rutherford one of the best 10 novels of the year. Linda was born and grew up in Derbyshire where she still lives.
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