Sisters of the Lost Marsh

By: Lucy Strange

Narrated by: Lucy Strange

A 2024 Odyssey Honor Audiobook!

From award winning author Lucy Strange comes a thrilling story of six sisters who must fight against circumstance and fate, gorgeously told and steeped in history and legend.

On a poor farm surrounded by marshlands, six sisters -- Grace, Willa, Freya, and triplets Deedee, Darcy, and Dolly -- live in fear of their father and the superstition that haunts him: The Curse of the Six Daughters. Their beloved grandmother tries to protect them, but the future seems bleak.

When the Full Moon Fayre makes a rare visit to Hollow-in-the-Marsh, the girls slip out to see the famous Shadow Man, an enigmatic puppeteer. Afterwards, oldest sister Grace is missing.

Following the Full Moor Fayre into the Lost Marsh, Willa will have to battle her inner doubts and the legends that have haunted her family. Can she save her sister from one fate, and outrun her own?

The thrilling new novel from acclaimed author Lucy Strange, author of The Secret of Nightingale Wood, The Ghost of Midnight Lake and the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted Our Castle by the Sea.

©2023 Lucy Strange (P)2023 Scholastic Inc

Critic reviews

"One of my very favorite children's writers...Lucy Strange gets better and better. I read this in a single sitting: luminous, atmospheric storytelling." - The Bookseller

"A richly characterized fantasy with the intensity of realism, Strange's well-crafted story is an adventure told with feeling." -- Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week (also chosen as one of the best children's books of 2021)

"A gripping gothic novel ... Eerie and atmospheric, this is perfect wintry reading." -- The Guardian

Perfect for Fall!

I adored this book. I’d been in a reading slump, but I was drawn into this story so quickly. I’ll definitely listen to it again in the future!