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The Dark Behind the Curtain - Gillian Cross

Description: ISBN 0192751492 / Genre: Crime / Thriller / Author: Gillian Cross / Edition: New Ed / Paperback / 160 Pages / Book is published ... more

The Dark Behind the Curtain - Gillian Cross ... 2001-09-06 by Oxford University Press

Newest Review: ... and reality and soon sufficiently blurred that not only Jackus but those around him have trouble realise when those on stage ... more

... are acting and when they are not. Things however get progressively worse and Jackus' fear builds and builds. To make matter so much worse a disaster seems to be looming over the whole production and no one else but Jackus seems to be able to see it. As fear grips him however will he be able to pluck up the courage to stop the incident occurring or is he too captured by his fear to act. He must either break his fear barriers and act or stand by and watch all the others act out the tragedy to the end. In my opinio...more

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The Dark Behind the Curtain - Gillian Cross: Fright, Camera, Action (605 words)
by - written on 15/07/08 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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The Dark Behind the Curtain is a fantastic book for 8 - 15 year olds written by Gillian Cross and published in 1982. I'm not on the whole a fan of horror / thriller style novels but got this book a few years ago in a Gillian Cross set and so never being the sort of person to simply ignore a book sat on my bookshelf I duly picked it up and delved in. The story itself is quite dark in places as the book tells the tale of Jackus who hates being in the school play. This hatred of the play however soon turns into fear, as once rehearsals begin Jackus is constantly plagued with fright as inexplicable things start to happen. Things that simply cannot be ... Read the complete review