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Hortense and the Shadow

Publisher: Penguin Random House Year: 2017 Age: 4-7

“Hortense hated her shadow. Everywhere she went, it went. Everything she did, it did. And every time night fell, it grew… Tall, and dark, and crooked.”

A deliciously dark fairy tale, and a fable about the parts of ourselves we would rather ignore.