The swallow: a ghost story
Award winning fiction, Canadian fiction, Canadian authors (Fiction), Ghost and horror stories
Human-transcribed braille
Summary
In 1960s Toronto, two girls retreat to their attics to escape the loneliness and isolation of their lives. Polly lives in a house bursting at the seams with people, while Rose is often left alone by her busy parents. Polly… is a down-to-earth dreamer with a wild imagination and an obsession with ghosts; Rose is a quiet, ethereal waif with a sharp tongue. Soon they discover they aren't alone--they're actually neighbours, sharing a wall. They develop an unlikely friendship, and Polly is ecstatic to learn that Rose can actually see and talk to ghosts. Maybe she will finally see one too! But is there more to Rose than it seems? Why does no one ever talk to her? And why does she look so… ghostly? Grades 5-8. Winner of the 2016 Silver Birch Fiction Honour Book Award. 2014.