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Matt Lanchester has just moved into a new home, started a new school, and begun making new friends in the quiet town of Hay‑on‑Wye. But his adjustment is interrupted when he discovers a roadside memorial marked with a little wooden cross carved with the initials M.L. – his own. The discovery draws Matt into a deeper mystery as he begins to learn about the town’s history and an old secret everyone keeps hidden. Alongside the town’s residents—Robbo and Tig, the curious Old Wil Jones and his wife Gwynnie—Matt must unravel what the memorial means and why his name is carved on it.
First publish date: 2007
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Fantasy
Authors: Linda Newbery
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