Unrest

Seventeen-year-old Elliott hasn't slept properly for six months. Not since the accident that nearly killed him. Now he is afraid to go to sleep. Sometimes he wakes to find himself paralysed, unable to move a muscle, while shadowy figures move around him. Other times he is the one moving around, while his body lies asleep on the bed. According to his doctor, sleep paralysis and out of body experiences are harmless - but to Elliot they're terrifying. Convinced that his brush with death has opened up connections with the spirit world, Elliott secures a live-in job at one of England's most haunted locations, determined to find out the truth. There he finds Sebastian, the ghost of a long-dead servant boy hanged for stealing bread. He also meets the living, breathing Ophelia, a girl with secrets of her own. She and Elliott grow closer, but things take a terrifying turn when Elliott discovers Sebastian is occupying his body when he leaves it. And the more time Sebastian spends inhabiting a living body, the more resistant he becomes to giving it back. Worse, he seems to have an unhealthy interest in Ophelia. Unless Elliott can lay Sebastian's spirit to rest, he risks being possessed by him for ever, and losing the girl of his dreams� About the Author Michelle Harrison is 29 years old and an editorial assistant in children's publishing. She is a former bookseller at Ottakars/Waterstones in Stafford. Originally from Grays in Essex, she is a keen illustrator as well as writer and now lives in Oxfordshire with her partner. Her debut novel THE THIRTEEN TREASURES won the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize in 2009, it's sequel THIRTEEN CURSES publishes in 2010. 'SPOOKY. GRIPPING AND INTRIGUING.' Sophie McKenzie, author of Girl, Missing Seventeen-year-old Elliott hasn't slept properly for six months. Ever since the accident that nearly killed him, a shadowy figure has made its presence felt - a figure only he can see. Elliott is convinced his near-death experience has enabled him to contact the dead. But are his ghostly visions real, or the effects of a damaged mind? When Elliott gets a job at a supposedly haunted museum it seems like the perfect chance to discover what's really going on. But his arrival doesn't just cause a stir amongst the living. Unwittingly, Elliott uncovers the museum's terrible secret ... and a spirit hell-bent on using him for revenge. The brilliant, spine-tingling YA novel by award-winning author M. Harrison . 'Chilling' The Bookseller 'I devoured Unrest.Or rather, I felt it devoured me. Clever, unexpected and satisfying.' Kate Cann 'a beautifully written, gripping, thoroughly spooky young adult novel... Unsettling, eerie, with intriguing characters and a compelling, satisfying plot full of twists and turns... I loved it.' Sarah Singleton 'It takes great skill to create an atmosphere that creeps off the page into your veins. Harrison's subtlety and eye for detail lift this above any other spookfest.' The Independent Sytten år gamle Elliot har ikke sovet ordentlig på seks måneder. Ikke siden ulykken som nesten drepte ham. Han er redd for å sove. Noen ganger våkner han lammet, ute av stand til å bevege en finger, mens skyggaktige figurer beveger seg rundt i rommet. Andre ganger er det han selv som beveger seg rundt mens kroppen hans ligger i sovende i sengen. I følge legen hans er det søvnparalyse, helt ufarlig selv om det er skremmende. Men Elliot selv er overbevist om at hans nærdøden opplevelse har åpnet en port til åndeverdenen. For å finne ut av dette får han seg jobb på en av Englands mest hjemsøkte steder. Der treffer han Sebastian, en gutt som ble hengt for å stjele brød. Men han treffer også den høyst levende Ophelia, en jente med sine egne hemmeligheter. Men som de to nærmer seg hverandre, tar ting en skremmende vending. Elliot finner ut at Sebastian bruker kroppen hans mens han selv sover. Og at han også er i ferd med å få følelser for Ophelia. Dersom Elliot ikke klarer å legge Sebastians ånd til hvile, risikerer han å bli besatt for alltid, og å miste drømmejenta When the dead don't sleep, the living are afraid to... the exciting new stand-alone novel from Waterstones prize-winner, Michelle Harrison.