"Secrets and mysteries in a deliciously spooky tale"
October 2022 Debut of the Month
‘My name is Stina and I’m probably going to die soon.’ So opens Eva Frantz’s chilling gothic mystery. With her health deteriorating, little Stina is sent to the remote Raspberry Hill Sanatorium, a place that offers luxuries she’s never known, all welcome after the hardships at home. It’s lonely though, so Stina is pleased to meet Ruben another young patient, who shows her round the spooky old building at night. The more she finds out, the more Stina becomes aware that something’s not right at Raspberry Hill. As she recovers from her TB, is she facing another deadly threat?
Ghost story, thriller and mystery, and with an indomitable, straight-talking heroine, this is a satisfying and exciting read for wintery nights.
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The grown-ups all think she's going to die soon - she can see it in their eyes. Still, when poor twelve-year-old Stina is sent to remote Raspberry Hill Sanatorium she can't believe her luck. She gets to ride in a real motor car to the hospital, which looks like a magnificent castle hidden deep in the forest. But as Stina explores the long, echoey corridors of her eerie new home, she begins to suspect that the building is concealing a dark secret.
How did the old East Wing burn down? Why doesn't her mother reply to any of her letters? And what are the nurses all so afraid of? Stina is determined to solve the mystery of Raspberry Hill - but as she edges closer to the truth, she finds herself in terrible danger.
Translated by Annie Prime
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Mystery of Raspberry Hill and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
The Mystery of Raspberry Hill features in the following genres: Crime & Mystery, Adventure Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Debuts of the Month, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers, Thrillers, Featured Books for 11+ readers
The Mystery of Raspberry Hill is available in Paperback
The Mystery of Raspberry Hill was written by Eva Frantz and published by Pushkin Children's Books
The Mystery of Raspberry Hill has 156 pages
£7.19
