The Giants Necklace by Michael Morpurgo
This entrancing Michael Morpurgo story will grip you and relieve you of your ability to put a book down.
Cherry and her family go away to the Eagle's Nest in Cornwall every year. On one particular occasion, she decides to make a necklace out of cowrie shells and a fishing line for a giant. When her family go down to the beach on the penultimate day of their holiday, Cherry uses this as an opportunity to collect shells to complete her necklace. She gets engrossed looking for the shells, but forgets her parents' warnings to be home by dark and finds herself in danger when a violent storm surges in.
When she finally realises, it is too late; this storm transports her to a different world. As she attempts to find her way home, she stumbles across a familiar mine shaft and discovers two miners hard at work who reveal mesmerising tales of this mine's past.
I won't spoil it for any of you who have not read this story, but needless to say the ending will send a shiver down your spine and place a tear in your eye as the irony of the ending dawns on you.
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