Follow Me Down

Come along down, sir. Step this way. Only a shilling, sir, to view the Changeling Child. Only a shilling to view the strangest work of nature that ever was. Come, sir. Follow me down.

Something strange is going on in the basement of an old house in East London. A gap is forming and Tom hears voices calling...

He takes a leap back in time - and meets the “monsters” on display at Bartholomew Fair. Doctors will pay a high price to experiment on their bodies, and they don’t care how they get them...

The Changeling Child, the Bendy Man, the Giant ... they all need
Tom’s help. But he’s got modern-day problems to sort out too.
In the present, as well as the past, Tom must learn to look beyond appearances

‘For once that old standby of press release epithets is justified. Julie Hearn really is "one of the most exciting new voices in children's literature.'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

‘The terms "gripping" and "atmospheric" could have been coined to describe this breathtakingly accomplished first novel.’
GLASGOW HERALD

‘A corker of a novel, original and rambunctious.’
OBSERVER

‘A beautifully crafted, spine-tingling story.'
DAILY TELEGRAPH

‘Hearn’s evocative names and authentic oaths will attract Harry Potter fans, as will the use of a strange and perilous world within arm's reach. But the only magic is man-made, and the outcome is all the more satisfying for being historically sound.’
TIME EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT

‘... here’s a new, wild, free voice.’
BOOKS FOR KEEPS

‘ What marks her out is her historical accuracy and emotional depth.’ DAILY MAIL

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