{"product_id":"down-came-a-blackbird-hardcover","title":"Down Came a Blackbird - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNicholas Wilde\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated for the Carnegie Medal. Nicholas Wilde's third novel, \u003cstrong\u003eDown Came a Blackbird\u003c\/strong\u003e, probes deeply into the mind of an unloved boy, whose nightmares fuse with the lost dreams of those who lived in an old dark house long before he was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJames woke up in pitch darkness. He'd been dreaming. He'd been on his own in a silent black room and a noise had come, scratching its way towards him. He shrank back in his pillow. The noise in his dream was still out there now, outside the window.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe blackbird.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNightmares. He'd always had them but they were worse here, more real than ever, in this place he'd been sent to - his great-uncle's house, deep in the country. But one place was the same as any other for thirteen-year-old rejects like him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now he'd been pushed around for long enough; he was going to get equal. If life could hurt him, he could hurt it back.He'd show every living thing in this house and garden what hurting was really about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe his nightmares would stop then. And maybe the blackbird, that came seeking him out in the darkness, would at last go away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis award-winning, deeply moving and quielty chilling novel was filmed as \u003cstrong\u003eThe Ghost of Greville Lodge\u003c\/strong\u003e, starring George Cole and Prunella Scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 186\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718479974463,"sku":"9781916884649","price":45.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/69d4b41ac12939ef8c630238ff56169c.webp?v=1765082101","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/down-came-a-blackbird-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}