Shadow Castle
by Marian Cockrell
I didn't write this one, my mother did. But I'm extremely proud of it.
In the middle of a deep forest is an enchanted valley and a castle where only shadows live, shadows of kings and queens who have waited for hundreds of years for the spell cast upon them to be broken. One day, a girl named Lucy follows a little dog through a tunnel into the valley and meets the mysterious red-haired Michael, who takes her into the shadow world to meet Prince Mika and his mortal wife Gloria, their children and their children’s children, and learn the magic that will lift the spell.
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This was your favorite children's book. You scoured secondhand bookstores looking for it. Now you've found it. This new edition, with a replica of the original 1945 dust jacket, contains two whole new stories, chapters that were cut from the original publication for length, and the original interior illustrations by Olive Bailey.
Marian Cockrell, 1909-1999, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and lived most of her life in Ojai, California. She married a writer, Francis M. Cockrell, and quickly took up what became the family profession. She published short stories, novels and screenplays. Her television work included episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the 1960s series Batman, often collaborating with her husband. Shadow Castle was her only children's book. She was a lover of animals and her house was always full of family pets and rescued creatures. She is survived by her daughter, novelist Amanda Cockrell, who edited this edition.