This is the story of Nell who lives with her grandmother, the local cunning woman and healer, in a west country village in the seventeenth century. When one of the minister's daughters falls pregnant, she and her sister attempt to conceal it by accusing Nell of putting a curse on them. The witchfinder general, Matthew Hopkins, is called in and in an atmosphere of fear, the local villagers turn nasty and Nell's grandmother falls victim to their hatred. Nell is all alone, and in great danger.
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Other titles: Follow Me Down, The Merrybegot, Ivy, Hazel
Follow Me Down was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award
The Merrybegot was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
Julie Hearn has been writing all her life. After training as a journalist, she went to Australia, where she work
