The Secret Lake
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By Karen Inglis
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81 reviews
A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake take Stella and Tom to their home and the children living there 100 years in the past. A page-turning time travel adventure for children aged 8-11. Now enjoyed by over 250,000 young readers! When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour’s dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays soon leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound – and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake. Who is the boy rowing towards them? Why is he so terrified? And whose are those children’s voices carried on the wind from beyond the woods? Stella and Tom soon discover that they have travelled back in time to their home and its gardens almost 100 years earlier. Here they make both friends and enemies and uncover startling connections between the past and present. The Secret Lake has been described by readers as a modern Tom’s Midnight Garden and compared in atmosphere with The Secret Garden and the Enid Blyton and Nancy Drew mystery adventure stories. Its page-turning plot, with its many twists and turns, makes it a firm favourite with both boys and girls.
Karen Inglis describes it as: ""a time travel mystery adventure with modern twists – the kind of story that I loved to read as a child, but brought right up to date"".
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Creepy, entertaining and suitable for Year 6
The book was amazing. It was sad when Mrs Moon died. My favourite character was Stella. I would recommend this book for someone else.I wish I could go though the time tunnel.
This Was The Best Book
Enjoyed this fiction book.
A great adventure with some danger as well as right and wrong dilemmas. The sibling protagonists are brave and true.
Nicely rounded ending.
A lovely short story. Would recommend to ages 7-9 years.
This might sound weird but the book is so secret
I love chapter 4 page 76-77-78-79-80
It was not the best book I've read but it was ok. I love it most when Stella and Tom discover the tunnel to the secret lake.
My favourite character is Stella because she is a kind, caring, loving girl.
I might recommend this book to someone who likes a little adventure.
I found it harder to get into this book but when I did I really enjoyed it
I liked this book and I think that is was a good book but not all the chapters got me stuck into the book because they were not as exciting as the rest. My favourite character was Jack. I would definitely recommend this book to other people as it is an fun, exciting read.
I really liked the book because I like adventure stories.
The Secret Lake is a mix of fantasy and adventure and is focused around 2 children who travel back in time through. mole holes. Suitable for readers aged 8+. Inglis keeps the momentum of the story going through twists and turns through out the story and interweaving characters through both the present day and the past that they children travel back to. Inglis drops clues throughout the text that more confident readers will be able to draw on to start to make the connections and make informed predictions about what will happen.
The story follows two children who have recently moved back to the UK and are living in environment very different to their previous hime, where they have a communal garden and most of their neighbours are elderly. One neighbour has a dog, Harry, who regularly goes missing. Harry is key character in the story as is his owner as the children soon discover when they start entering the tunnel! The children are very wary of the hardener who appears grumpy and to dislike them playing in the garden. However, they soon understand why this is so !
I would recommenced this to those who enjoy adventure with a time-travelling experience via a portal with a slice of history thrown in for good measure. !
I thought it was a great book but one thing i disliked about it is that it was a very short story and i would off liked story to be a little bit longer because it had room for the author to add more detail and more characters. The book was a great fiction book and my favorite character was tom because he was eager to find out more.I would recommend this book to some who likes adventure and mystery books.
It is absolutely amazing and it’s so thrilling! My favourite character in this book is Emma because of her kind nature even though she is posh. I would highly recommend this book to everyone who loves adventure and magical books. Its not really long but it has a good amount of thrill in the book.
Lovely book that reminded me of Tom’s Midnight Garden. The story was well written and the characters engaging.
Fiction, exciting and full of mystery
I liked this book a lot, it was really fun to read and really enjoyable. This was about a girl and boy who discover this tunnel and spend a whole day and night there. Inside the tunnel is a different period of time and the children find out who lives in their house. They nearly always get caught by this man but eventually find out he and the elderly woman nextdoor know that there's a secret hidden tunnel and see the boy and girl going down. My favourite character was Stella because she was very brave and was one of the main characters in the book. I would definitely recommend this to other children aged 8+ and children who love mysteries and just general fun!
I loved this book just because …it was amazing I would recommend this book to my best friend.
Excellent read! It keeps the reader excited throughout the adventure of the children who go back in time. I loved Mrs Moon's character she keeps a secret until the very end and then all is revealed. This is a must read for 8+
It was good because a brother and sister went on an adventure back in time. I couldn't put the book down as I wanted to know what happens next. I loved Mrs Moon because she was the little girl when they went back in time. I would recommend this book to 8+ years
It was an amazing book! It had lots of events and surprising events. It has to be one of my top the books that I've ever read. I really recommend this book to people who like adventure storys. The ending was surprising but really good.
Tom and Stella find a hole in their back garden that leads into the past. Down there, they meet Sophie and Emma , who are sisters . Tom and Stella help a boy called jack (who is accused of being a thief) and find out that mrs moon (their neighbour ) is actually Emma !
I really recommend this book if you like time travel and adventure.
A magical adventure I would recommend this book to others.
I didnt really like the book. it is not my style. There were 2 children that went back in time, which was the good part, but then the book got boring. I wouldnt recommend this because i found it boring.
I would definitely recommend it to others.My favourite character was Tom for being brave and going back down the hole to save jack.It was very good and it kept me interested all the way through.It was absolutely brilliant
A mini mystery that leaves you wanting to read more about the lives of the characters you discover. Set in the Victorian age and the present day follow the adventures of two young children who discover how to move between the two ages.
This was a great book. There was so much mystery and it was a very warm-hearted book. I would recommend this book to people who love predicting what is going to happen next. There are lots of cliff hangers!
i liked that the book went back in time and made friends in the past and found them in there
super
Adventure.
Absolutely amazing! A teacher at my school had lent me this book and I thought it was just great. My favourite character was Tom as he was always was adventurous and reminded me of one of my friends. This book is utterly stunning and I would recommend this amazing book to all ages
