Shock forest and other stories - Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy was renowned for creating vivid fantasy landscapes, and this collection presents five classic Mahy fantasy stories in an accessible form. Guided reading notes are also available to help schools get the most out of this title.

In each of these five stories fantasy is at work in unusual and powerful ways. There's also a common theme of the pull that buildings have over people, whether they become houses in which characters find safety and comfort or prisons that can trap and oppress. These enchanting stories - by turns hilariously funny and unsettlingly spooky - have been taken from some of Margaret Mahy's best collections.