Lob - Softcover

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As a child Linda Newbery was a secret writer, filling exercise books with stories which she hid in her wardrobe. Now she is a published author of over forty books, mainly children's and teenage fiction. She has been shortlisted for many prestigious literary prizes and has won the Costa children's book award. Linda lives in an Oxfordshire village and enjoys yoga, gardening, walking and the cinema.

Pam Smy lives in Cambridge with her partner, Dave, her daughter, Mila, a cat, and an excitable dog called Wilma. She has illustrated books by Julia Donaldson and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, among others, and is a Lecturer in Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University.

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He's older than anyone can tell. Older than the trees. Older than anybody.

For as long as she can remember, Lucy has wanted to catch a glimpse of the mysterious green man who lives in Grandpa Will's garden: Lob.

You have to be very special to see him; that's what Grandpa says. Lucy's parents think Lob's just imaginary, but Lucy knows he exists. And she can't believe it when she finally spots Lob in the gooseberry bushes.

But Lucy's world is about to be shattered by a terrible event. What will happen to Lob now - and will she ever see him again?

'A magical story of believing in the unknown' Guardian

'An exquisite novel' Sunday Telegraph