Verdigris Deep

Author(s): Frances Hardinge

Middle Fiction

'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now.' Patrick Ness


Verdigris n. a blue-green rust that tarnishes ageing and forgotten copper coins, altering them entirely ...


One evening, Ryan and his friends steal some coins from a well. Soon after, strange things begin to happen. Peculiar marks burn on Ryan's knuckles and light bulbs mysteriously explode. Then the well witch appears, with her fountains for eyes and gargled demands. From now on the children must serve her - and the wishes rotting at the bottom of her well.


In the tradition of truly fantastic story-telling, Verdigris Deep is a darkly witty, utterly creepy and clever novel by Frances Hardinge, author of The Lie Tree.

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From the winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015, a wholly original modern classic in the making, with a great, new paperback look.

'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now.' -- Patrick Ness

Frances Hardinge spent her childhood in a huge old house that inspired her to write strange stories from an early age. She read English at Oxford University, then got a job at a software company. However, by this time a persistent friend had finally managed to bully Frances into sending a few chapters of FLY BY NIGHT, her first children's novel, to a publisher. Macmillan made her an immediate offer. The book went on to publish to huge critical acclaim and win the Branford Boase First Novel Award.

General Fields

  • : 9781509818747
  • : Pan Macmillan
  • : Macmillan
  • : 0.239
  • : February 2016
  • : 198mm X 130mm X 21mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Frances Hardinge
  • : Paperback
  • : New Edition
  • : English
  • : 823.92
  • : 336