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    The Storm and the Minotaur
    The Storm and the Minotaur
    The Storm and the Minotaur
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    The Storm and the Minotaur

    By Lucy Strange and Pam Smy

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    Lucy Strange interweaves the Industrial Revolution with gripping Greek mythology in this atmospheric tale, featuring artwork from acclaimed illustrator Pam Smy.

    Money is scarce in George’s family and so at the age of nine he has to join his father underground, hewing coal in the local mine. It’s far from the dreams George had of continuing his education, and it’s also a dangerous way to earn a living that has already claimed the life of his dad’s older brother.

    Not long after he starts work, a summer storm leads to flooding in the mine. Trapped down in the dark, George spots a shadowy figure that seems to be telling George to follow him.

    Can a ghost from the past lead him back to safety, or will George meet the same fate as his long-lost uncle?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateAug 3, 2023
    ISBN9781800903036
    The Storm and the Minotaur
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    Lucy Strange

    Lucy Strange is the best-selling children's author of titles including The Secret of Nightingale Wood, a Waterstones Children's Book of the Month, and Our Castle by the Sea, which was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize 2020, and was the first Independent Booksellers' Children's Book of the Month. 

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      Book preview

      The Storm and the Minotaur - Lucy Strange

      For Janet and Stuart – L.S.

      For Dad and Jan – P.S.

      Contents

      Title Page

      Dedication

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Historical Note

      Copyright

      Chapter 1

      The mouth of the coal mine is in front of me. It is just as black and just as terrifying as you might imagine. It is a square hole in the hillside – about as high as my chest and as wide as my arms can stretch. It is framed with thick wooden beams.

      There are different ways in and out of the mine. There are shafts that go straight up and down. Some have rusty old ladders to climb down. Some have winches to haul up coal, and to carry the workers too. You have to hold on tight to a rope to get lowered all the way down in the darkness, like a bucket being dropped into a well.

      Then there are drifts and slopes like the one I’m looking at – narrow tunnels that go into the hill sideways until they meet the shafts and passageways of the coal seam.

      Some of the tunnels have tracks for the hundreds of carts of coal that are dragged out of the mine every day. Some, like this one, are just for letting fresh air into the mine, but they can also be used as a passageway if you stoop down or crawl along on your hands and knees.

      The children who work in the mine call this drift the dayhole. They often use it when they are coming home. It’s a longer route, but you don’t have to wait for the winch to bring you up, or climb that awful ladder when your arms are already tired and aching.

      I gaze into the square black hole. A breath shudders in and out.

      This is my life now.

      Somewhere down there, far beneath my feet, there is a whole underground world …

      A hand claps hard on my back. Excited, lad? my dad asks.

      I try to smile. I want Dad to be proud. I’ve known all my life that I’d end up following him into the mine one day. But now that day is here at last, and I wish it wasn’t.

      Excited! I lie.

      Dad nods.

      We both look into the mouth of the mine. I chew on my lip.

      I want to tell Dad the truth – I’m frightened. I don’t want to work in the mine at all. But I know how much it means to Dad, and I know how much

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