The Book of the Banshee Read online

  GENIE, GENIE, GENIE

  HOW TO WRITE REALLY BADLY

  LOUDMOUTH LOUIS

  A PACK OF LIARS

  For young people:

  FLOUR BABIES

  GOGGLE-EYES

  MADAME DOUBTFIRE

  STEP BY WICKED STEP

  THE STONE MENAGERIE

  THE TULIP TOUCH

  VERY DIFFERENT

  For adult readers:

  ALL BONES AND LIES

  THE KILLJOY

  RAKING THE ASHES

  TAKING THE DEVIL’S ADVICE

  TELLING LIDDY

  www.annefine.co.uk

  THE BOOK OF THE BANSHEE

  AN RHCP DIGITAL EBOOK 978 1 409 04746 9

  Published in Great Britain by RHCP Digital,

  an imprint of Random House Children’s Publishers

  A Random House Group Company

  This ebook edition published 2012

  Copyright © Anne Fine, 1991

  First Published in Great Britain

  Corgi Childrens 1991

  The right of Anne Fine to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

  This ebook is copyright material and must not be copied, reproduced, transferred, distributed, leased, licensed or publicly performed or used in any way except as specifically permitted in writing by the publishers, as allowed under the terms and conditions under which it was purchased or as strictly permitted by applicable copyright law. Any unauthorized distribution or use of this text may be a direct infringement of the author’s and publisher’s rights and those responsible may be liable in law accordingly.

  RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN’S PUBLISHERS UK

  61–63 Uxbridge Road, London W5 5SA

  www.randomhousechildrens.co.uk

  www.totallyrandombooks.co.uk

  www.randomhouse.co.uk

  Addresses for companies within The Random House Group Limited can be found at:

  www.randomhouse.co.uk/offices.htm

  THE RANDOM HOUSE GROUP Limited Reg. No. 954009

  A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.