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H. S. Norup is the award-winning author of The Changeling Child, Into The Faerie Hill, The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi - a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. She grew up in Denmark, where she devoured fairy tales and escaped into books. After living in six different countries, she now resides in Switzerland and writes stories inspired by her travels, set in the borderlands between the real and imaginary worlds. When she's not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, swimming or taking photos. ...more

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	The Hungry Ghost 4.21 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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INTO THE FAERIE HILL publishes in North America next week, so I decided to make an overview of some of the wonderful things authors, teachers, librarians, booksellers, book bloggers and other readers have said about this first adventure with fearsome faeries.

My heart is so full after reading through all the love for Alfred, Saga and Mr Tumbleweed I re-discovered. Even in tiny font, and including

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I thought I'd share some of the wonderful author quotes for the book (and I can't make changes to the book's description): "Fairy magic and family issues come together in this absorbing adventure.” — Kirkus Reviews "The Changeling Child is a great sequ ...more
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“Loss and grief is part of life,” she says quietly. “We cannot forget the dead.”
― H.S. Norup, The Hungry Ghost

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“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
― Albert Einstein

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“The most important thing in life is to stop saying 'I wish' and start saying 'I will.' Consider nothing impossible, then treat possiblities as probabilities.”
― Charles Dickens

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“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.”
― Albert Einstein

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