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1981•160 pages•Published•UND•User Reviews

The scarecrows

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While visiting his mother and new stepfather whom he hates, an English teenager is terrorized by three scarecrows embodying people who met violent death and who silently threaten the entire family.

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StepfathersHorror storiesRemarriageFictionLarge type booksChildren's fictionScarecrows, fictionEngland, fictionAdolescence, fictionScarecrowsStepparents, fictionFarm life, fiction

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Book Details

First Published

1981

Pages

160 pages

Rating

5.0 / 5

Ratings

1

Editions

8

Publisher

Bodley Head

Language

UND, ENG

Status

Published

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