The Whisperling Twins Hayley Hoskins 9780241514528

From the author of the Branford Boase long-listed debut The Whisperling, comes the next twist in the legacy.

Gloucestershire, 1918.

We whisperlings are the living voice for the dead. It's always been so. But not everyone likes it...

Whisperling twin sisters Violet and Clemency run regular 'Messaging' sessions at their mam's canal-side pub. People come from far and wide to hear from their fathers, brothers, sons, all now ghosts of the men who died in the 'great' war. The sisters are happy to do their bit, and the service they provide is welcomed by all.

That is until whisperlings begin to go missing.

Girls with the special ability to speak with the dead, are disappearing without a trace. And perhaps what had been a prized gift is once again becoming a reason for whisperling persecution.

The girls are afraid but have each other...until Clemency becomes one of the missing. The only option Violet has is to follow her sister's trail by entering a murky underworld beneath the cobbled streets of Gloucester to find her twin, and perhaps more than they've ever bargained for.

Praise for The Whisperling:

'One of the best debuts I've read in YEARS!' - Emma Carroll

'A thrilling Gothic page-turner' - Jacqueline Wilson

'A captivating and spine-tingling read...paints a vivid picture of the Victorian era' - BookTrust

'Sends multiple shivers down the spine and delivers thrilling twists along the way' - LoveReading4Kids

Long-listed for the Bath Children's Novel award, Hayley Hoskins writes in the space between family and work, with much support from her writing group.
Mum to a teenage boy, she spends a disproportionate amount of time hoping that her son's life is far less complicated than those of the characters in her books, and trying to ensure he becomes a 'good egg'.
Originally from the Forest of Dean, Hayley lives with her family and hairy breeze-block of a dog in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The Whisperling is her debut novel and was long-listed for the Branford Boase Award.