The owl service

By Alan Garner

Subjects: Fiction, general, Wales, fiction, Children's stories, Fiction, fantasy, general, Eternal triangle, Fiction, Children's fiction, repetition, Juvenile fiction, Legends, Space and time, Space and time, fiction, Adult fiction, Whales, fiction

Description: Brilliant. Not at all clear that it's a children's book. An extraordinary re-creation of a myth in a way that explains how myths are created, and why they aren't just myths. During a summer vacation in a secluded Welsh valley, three young people find themselves driven by the spirits of three mythical lovers to reenact an ancient tragedy.