Jenny McLachlan

The Land of Roar

  • yeibook17has quoted4 years ago
    “That’s normal. I remember your mum and Jack fighting like mad when they were little. They used to draw blood.”

    “Jack was a cat, Grandad.”

    “I know, but the point is they’d be cuddling on the sofa by bedtime.”
  • yeibook17has quoted4 years ago
    I should feel lost and scared. But I don’t . . . because this is Roar.
  • b6977083044has quoted4 years ago
    I’m just trying to detangle a ball of beards and wigs when I spot a candy tin buried at the bottom of the box.
  • b0888599552has quoted4 years ago
    —I tap a black circle—
  • b0888599552has quoted4 years ago
    “That’s because you’re standing in it!”
  • b0888599552has quoted4 years ago
    “I can’t see any surprise,” says Rose, poking around behind the sofa.
  • b0888599552has quoted4 years ago
    “So what do you think of your surprise?” he says.
  • b0888599552has quoted4 years ago
    —I was so sure the wizard was going to be part of Grandad’s surprise—
  • b0888599552has quoted4 years ago
    “There isn’t a wizard in the attic, Arthur. Leave me alone. I’m busy.”
  • b0888599552has quoted4 years ago
    “Be quiet, Arthur,” says Rose. “You’re annoying me.”
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