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|title=Long Lankin

|author=Lindsey Barraclough

|buy=Yes

|borrow=Yes

|pages=448

|publisher=Bodley Head

|date=April 2011

|isbn=0370331966

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''Let the doors all be bolted and the windows all pinned,

Long Lankin is a folk ballad about a bogeyman that lives on the edge of society in wild, desolate places and preys upon children. In this story, he lives out in East Anglia in the marshes outside the village of Bryers Guerdon. It's post-war Britain and when Cora's mother suffers a breakdown, she and her younger sister Mimi are sent to stay with their Auntie Ida in the manor house there. They don't know it - Auntie Ida does, though - but Long Lankin is attracted to young children.

If high quality creepiness is their thing, then we also recommend [[Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick|Revolver]] and [[My Swordhand is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick|My Swordhand is Singing]], both by the redoubtable [[:Category:Marcus Sedgwick|Marcus Sedgwick]]. They could also look at [[Verdigris Deep by Frances Hardinge]] and [[Ghost Chamber by Celia Rees]]. I also think [[Bog Child by Siobhan Dowd]] would appeal, as would [[Buried Thunder by Tim Bowler]].

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