Marianne Dreams

Author(s): Catherine Storr

8-12 (Older Readers)

This is a powerful and haunting classic about a girl haunted by her own dreams.


Ill and bored with having to stay in bed, Marianne picks up a pencil and starts doodling - a house, a garden, a boy at the window. That night she has an extraordinary dream. She is transported into her own picture, and as she explores further she soon realises she is not alone.


The boy at the window is called Mark, and his every movement is guarded by the menacing stone watchers that surround the solitary house. Together, in their dreams, Marianne and Mark must save themselves...


The perfect gift for girls aged 8+, this well-loved classic will delight a new generation of readers of the Faber Children's Classics list.


Product Information

I could get in,' Marianne thought, 'if there was a person inside the house. There has got to be a person. I can't get in unless there is somebody there.

Catherine Storr was born and lived most of her life in London. She practised medicine for fifteen years, but never forgot her ambition to be a writer. She wrote her first children's books for her three daughters and many went on to become classics. Marianne Dreams was made into a film, The Paper House, in 1990.

General Fields

  • : 9780571313273
  • : Faber
  • : Faber Children PB
  • : 0.294
  • : 01 August 2014
  • : 180mm X 135mm X 24mm
  • : 01 August 2014
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Catherine Storr
  • : Paperback
  • : 823.914
  • : Illustrations