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The Serpent House

The Serpent House

Author(s): Bea Davenport

Location(s): Berwick upon Tweed

Genre(s): Children

Era(s): Victorian and medieval

Set in 1899, the story is about Annie and her older brother, who go to work in the eerie Hexer Hall. Soon we find that Annie can travel in time – and she ends up in the frightening medieval leper hospital that was once on the site of the hall. Why does Lady Hexer want to get her hands on the medieval doctor’s book of cures? How can Annie get the book when it’s guarded by the things she fears the most? And what will Annie do when she realises the book is very, very dangerous…

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