Black Cairn Point

Black Cairn Point

Claire McFall2015
Heather agrees to a group camping holiday with Dougie and his friends because she's desperate to get closer to him. But when the two of them disturb a pagan burial site above the beach, she becomes certain that they have woken a malevolent spirit. Something is alive out there in the pitch-black dark, and it is planning to wreak deadly revenge. One year later Heather knows that she was very lucky to escape Black Cairn Point but she is still waiting for Dougie to wake from his coma. If he doesn't, how will she prove her sanity, and her innocence? A chilling and atmospheric thriller from unflinching and award-winning writer Claire McFall. Creepy, tense, gripping. A haunting unputdownable YA thriller from an outstanding voice in the genre Claire has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal, won the Scottish Book Award for Older Readers (2013) and the Grampion Children's Book Award. She has also been long-listed for the Branford Boase Award and the UK Literary Association BookAwards. Claire's other YA novel BOMBMAKER was listed in the Telegraph's Best YA Books of2014. Extracts, interviews and much more available on Claire's website: http:IIwww.clairemcfall.co.uk
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2 stars
Feb 10, 2022