The Secret World of Polly FlintPolly Flint, a girl who sees things other people can't, finds herself involved with the "time gypsies" of Grimstone, inhabitants of a lost village who have become trapped in a time not their own. |
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User Review - atreic - LibraryThingI have taken so many snippets from this book deep into my mind... every spring I hear Polly saying 'it's not spring until you can put your foot on 12 daisies', and often when I look across a misty ... Read full review
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ain't Alice told angel Aunt Em's Babby Porter baby Baggins began believe bells birds bluebells boat bonnet breath called catch Catcher clock coal miner cried Polly d'you daisy chain dance Davey Cole door dreams ducks echoes eyes face feet fiddle gazed giggled girl gone grandfather clock Granny Porter green Grimstone Gypsies gypsy king hand hear heard kingdom knew lake laughed listen magic maypole mean never night Old Mazy Polly Flint Polly looked Polly nodded Polly thought Polly told Polly turned Polly's pram pushed queen Rags and bones rain rhyme round Rufford secret seemed seen shook her head silver birches slowly stared stood stop straight striding tell There's thing thought Polly tick trees tunnel twizzling umbrella village voice walk Wellow What's whisper wondered woods
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Secret World of Polly Flint |
| Author | Helen Cresswell |
| Illustrated by | Shirley Felts |
| Edition | reprint, illustrated |
| Publisher | Aladdin Books, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0689715323, 9780689715327 |
| Length | 176 pages |
| Subjects | › Juvenile Fiction / Fantasy & Magic |
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