AuthorEmma Carroll
NarratorVictoria Fox
Duration4h 51m
CategoriesChildren's Fiction
PublisherOakhill Publications
VersionUnabridged
February 1941. After months of bombing raids in London, 12-year-old Olive Bradshaw and her little brother, Cliff, are evacuated to the Devon coast. The only person with two spare beds is Mr Ephraim, the local lighthouse keeper. Desperate to be helpful, Olive becomes his post girl, carrying secret messages (as she likes to think of the letters) to the villagers. But Olive has a secret of her own. Her older sister, Sukie, went missing in an air raid, and she's desperate to discover what happened to her.
Author: Emma Carroll
Author Emma Carroll
Narrator Penny Rawlins
Duration 8h 13m
Will dares Tilly to come ice-skating up at Frost Hollow Hall. No one goes near the place these days. Ten years ago the young heir, Kit Barrington, drowned there in the lake. Rumour has it that the house is haunted ... But Tilly never turns down a dare. Then it goes horribly wrong. The ice breaks, Tilly falls through and almost drowns. At the point...
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Author: Emma Carroll
Author Emma Carroll
Narrator Victoria Fox
Duration 6h 2m
When Alice's brother gets a longed-for chance for a heart transplant, Alice is suddenly off to her estranged grandmother's house. There's nothing good about staying with Nell, except for beautiful Darkling Wood at the end of her garden-but Nell wants to have it cut down. Alice feels at home there, at peace, and even finds a friend, Flo. But Flo doe...
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Author: Emma Carroll
Author Emma Carroll
Narrator Victoria Fox
Duration 5h 43m
They were coming tonight to tell ghost stories. 'A tale to freeze the blood' was the only rule. Switzerland, 1816. On a stormy summer night, Lord Byron and his guests are gathered round the fire. Felix, their serving boy, can't wait to hear their creepy tales. Yet real life is about to take a chilling turn. Frantic pounding at the front door reveal...
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Author: Emma Carroll
Author Emma Carroll
Narrator Victoria Fox
Duration 6h 24m
Louie, who was abandoned at Chipchase's Travelling Circus as a baby, dreams of becoming a 'Showstopper', but Mr Chipchase keeps her hidden, tucked away in the ticket booth. No Death-Defying Stunts for her. But Louie has been secretly practising her act - tightrope-walking - and dreams of being the Girl Who Walked on Air . . . she just needs to be g...
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