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Heartsease

Peter Dickinson

1969189 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1969
first published
  • 1969PuffinISBN 9780140304985
  • 1969Gollancz · 189 pages · ENGISBN 9780575002234
  • 1969Little, Brown · 223 pages · ENG
  • 1972Childrens Book Club · ENG
  • 1986Delacorte Press · 235 pages · ENGISBN 9780385294515

At a future time in England when anyone knowledgeable about machines is severely punished as a witch, four children dare to aid in the escape of a "witch" left for dead.

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