Beschreibung:
Bevor sich Berlie Doherty als Autorin niederließ, arbeitete sie zunächst als Lehrerin für den Schulfunk und in der Erwachsenenbildung. Neben ihren Romanen für Kinder und Jugendliche schreibt sie auch für Erwachsene.
Verschiedene Bühnenstücke sowie Arbeiten für Rundfunk und Fernsehen runden ihre schriftstellerische Tätigkeit ab. Für 'Dear Nobody' erhielt Berlie Doherty 1991 die Carnegie Medal, die höchste britische Auszeichnung.
Great-grandpa Toby is making so much NOISE! And if Tam can hear the clamour coming from his humming machine, the fairies will too. And soon enough, on the night of a blue moon, Great-grandpa Toby vanishes without a trace. While battling nightmarish fairies and decoding the words of the Flame-Reader, Tam eventually discovers his Great-grandpa has been captured by the beautiful Damson Hag, and turned into a nine-year-old boy! Bewitched, fed only with rose petals, and mournfully playing the humming machine to himself, Great-grandpa Toby is tempted to stay in Faery Land and be young for ever... Unless Tam has anything to do with it.
Great-grandpa Toby is making so much NOISE! And if Tam can hear the clamour coming from his humming machine, the fairies will too. And soon enough, on the night of a blue moon, Great-grandpa Toby vanishes without a trace. While battling nightmarish fairies and decoding the words of the Flame-Reader, Tam eventually discovers his Great-grandpa has been captured by the beautiful Damson Hag, and turned into a nine-year-old boy! Bewitched, fed only with rose petals, and mournfully playing the humming machine to himself, Great-grandpa Toby is tempted to stay in Faery Land and be young for ever... Unless Tam has anything to do with it.