Cover of Boy with Two Shadows

Boy with Two Shadows

by Unknown Author

32 pages1996Penguin Books, LimitedISBN 9780140557206

About this book

When a witch decides to go on holiday she looks for someone to look after her shadow. But having two shadows to look after, especially when one belongs to a witch, is a big job, as a little boy is about to find out."

Publication Details

Publisher
Penguin Books, Limited
Published
1996
Pages
32
ISBN
9780140557206

About Unknown Author

Margaret Mahy (born in Whakatane, New Zealand) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While the plots of many of her books have strong supernatural elements, her writing concentrates on the themes of human relationships and growing up. Her books "The Haunting" and "The Changeover" both received the Carnegie Medal of the British Library Association. She has written a little less than 50 novels, including the recent "Alchemy" in 2002. Among her children's books, "A Lion in the Meadow", "The Seven Chinese Brothers", and "The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate" are considered national classics.

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