After his father goes missing in the Great War, Owen is abandoned to live with his cruel aunt, and wishes he could escape his life of drudgery in her small seaside guesthouse. There he meets a mysterious guest, who appears to make his ventriloquist’s dummy speak, even in his sleep.
Soon Owen realises that the dummy, Mr Sparks, can really talk – and he’s looking for a newer, younger puppetmaster. But Mr Sparks has a dark past . . .
- ISBN10 1448188083
- ISBN13 9781448188086
- Publish Date 1 October 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Andersen Press Ltd
- Imprint Andersen Digital
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 352
- Language English