Bronach Gumbrell
ASIN: B00OG61X2I
Publisher: Bouncing Books
Pages: 48
In an old house, in an attic bedroom, Michael is hiding. He is hiding from people, from the fact that he has just moved house and left his friends behind and from everything about his new home in Cornwall. Then, tucked away in a dark corner, he makes a discovery - the one thing the previous owners have left behind - a blue, satin-covered box containing a bauble, a magnificent glass Christmas decoration. Alongside it are three small piles of sparkling shattered glass, the sad remains of three baubles now broken beyond repair. When their strange neighbour, Mrs Envelope, catches a glimpse of the blue box, she invites Michael, his brother and sister to tea. Over a splendid feast, she tells them mysterious stories about the family who used to live in the old house and how the baubles came to be broken. It seems that these were no ordinary baubles. No, no, no. Far from it. They had the power ...