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The secret enemy is here. It hides in darkness, fools beware! The witch Sheba is tormented by strange visions and terrifying riddles. No one can help her except perhaps the boy Rowan, the 'skinny weakling' whose face appears mysteriously in her dreams. Life in the village of Rin goes on day by day, unchanging. And then, unexpectedly, the Travellers arrive. Like the other children, Rowan enjoys their visits. They bring games and music, toys and tricks. But not everyone trusts them. Why have they come again so soon to Rin? Are they the 'secret enemy' from Sheba's warning? Rowan is caught up in a web of intrigue and danger as he races against time to solve the witch's riddle.
The secret enemy is here. It hides in darkness, fools beware! The witch Sheba is tormented by strange visions and terrifying riddles. No one can help her except perhaps the boy Rowan, the 'skinny weakling' whose face appears mysteriously in her dreams. Life in the village of Rin goes on day by day, unchanging. And then, unexpectedly, the Travellers arrive. Like the other children, Rowan enjoys their visits. They bring games and music, toys and tricks. But not everyone trusts them. Why have they come again so soon to Rin? Are they the 'secret enemy' from Sheba's warning? Rowan is caught up in a web of intrigue and danger as he races against time to solve the witch's riddle.
The tormented witch Sheba has made a terrible prophecy of certain doom for the village of Rin. Skinny, timid Rowan must solve the riddle once again.
Emily Rodda is one of Australia's most successful, popular and
versatile writers, who has won the Children's Book Council of
Australia Book of the Year Award for a record five times.
A former editor of The Women's Weekly, Emily is also the
best-selling author of adult mysteries under her own name of
Jennifer Rowe. Her children's books, for a range of ages and
genres, exhibit a mastery of plot and character After studying at
NIDA, Rachael Blake worked on Australian television shows Home And
Away, Pacific Drive, and Heartbreak High. In 1997, she took the
role of Dr Maxine Summers in the ABC crime drama Wildside.
She starred in the film Lantana with Anthony LaPaglia, and
portrayed Hazel Hawke in the telemovie Hawke.
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