<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Entertaining readers for half a century, now the children of Green Knowe--both alive and ghosly--are back in an appealing new edition.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>L. M. Boston's thrilling and chilling tales of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside, have been entertaining readers for half a century. Now the children of Green Knowe--both alive and ghostly--are back in appealing new editions. <br> The spooky original illustrations have been retained, but dramatic new cover art by Brett Helquist (illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events) gives the books a fresh, timeless appeal for today's readers.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>The everyday becomes magical and the magical becomes believable.--<i>Chicago Tribune</i><br>Fantasy and reality in exotic blend.--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br>Outstanding and imaginative.--<i>School Library Journal</i><br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>LUCY MARIA BOSTON</b> (1892-1990) purchased a ramshackle manor house near Cambridge, England, in 1935, which over a period of two years she lovingly restored. It is this house that inspired her, at the age of sixty-two, to take pen in hand and create the beloved Green Knowe series. <br>