It’s six months later, and the children who featured in the author's debut, Paradise Barn, find themselves in the midst of another intriguing set of events. After
a train is blown up, the people in the village of Great Deeping become
aware that there’s a spy in their midst, which threatens to spoil
Molly’s plans for a carefree Easter holidays. However, the children soon
become distracted by looking for buried treasure. And as their search
continues they find more than they bargained for. Deeping Secrets is well imagined and cleverly plotted with its backdrop a brilliant recreation of wartime in rural Norfolk with vividly wrought characters about whom you care deeply.
Victor Watson is a leading expert on children’s literature, editor of The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books, Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge and a Trustee of the Centre for the Children’s Book. He lives in Saffron Walden.
