![]() ![]() When young Will Paynel follows the sounds and climbs over an icy tree trunk he sees a pair of "large green eyes, flecked through with splinters of gold. The Crowfield Curse begins in the winter of 1347 in Foxwist Wood with someone - or something - whimpering in pain. However, I would have liked to live in this world and become familiar with it for a few chapters before the action kicks off on page one with a snap and a howl in the frozen woods behind the Crowfield Abbey. Walsh does a fine job describing the life of deprivation, poverty and worship that the monks lead at the monastery (including a glossary and a timetable of life at the abbey) and explaining how main character Will came to be there. The premise of a medieval abbey with something ominous buried just beyond the church graveyard and the fantastic cover art by David Frankland - don't miss the creatures in the trees. I have to start this review by saying that, while I am frequently opining that very few kids books need to be 400 pages long (or more) I think that Pat Walsh could have easily added another 75+ pages a the start of her book and I would have been quite happy. When it came out in paperback this year I decided to buy it and add it to my huge pile of books to read. I have wanted to read The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walshsince it was first released in 2010. ![]()
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