When Marnie Was There

When Marnie Was There
Joan G. Robinson

Anna hasn’t a friend in the world – until she meets Marnie among the sand dunes. But Marnie isn’t all she seems…A major motion picture adaptation by Studio Ghibli, creators of SPIRITED AWAY and ARRIETTY.Sent away from her foster home one long, hot summer to a sleepy Norfolk village by the sea, Anna dreams her days away among the sandhills and marshes.She never expected to meet a friend like Marnie, someone who doesn’t judge Anna for being ordinary and not-even-trying. But no sooner has Anna learned the loveliness of friendship than Marnie vanishes…

CONTENTS

Cover (#u77be5a21-7310-5590-a7c3-5bf6325fe643)

Title Page (#u8c983135-cde4-5a0c-bd2d-70f6ccb3b3ab)

1. Anna (#litres_trial_promo)

2. The Peggs (#litres_trial_promo)

3. On the Staithe (#litres_trial_promo)

4. The Old House (#litres_trial_promo)

5. Anna Follows Her Fancy (#litres_trial_promo)

6. “A Stiff, Plain Thing—” (#litres_trial_promo)

7. “—and a Fat Pig” (#litres_trial_promo)

8. Mrs Pegg’s Bingo Night (#litres_trial_promo)

9. A Girl and a Boat (#litres_trial_promo)

10. Pickled Samphire (#litres_trial_promo)

11. Three Questions Each (#litres_trial_promo)

12. Mrs Pegg Breaks Her Teapot (#litres_trial_promo)

13. The Beggar Girl (#litres_trial_promo)

14. After the Party (#litres_trial_promo)

15. “Look Out for Me Again!” (#litres_trial_promo)

16. Mushrooms and Secrets (#litres_trial_promo)

17. The Luckiest Girl in the World (#litres_trial_promo)

18. After Edward Came (#litres_trial_promo)

19. The Windmill (#litres_trial_promo)

20. Friends No More (#litres_trial_promo)

21. Marnie in the Window (#litres_trial_promo)

22. The Other Side of the House (#litres_trial_promo)

23. The Chase (#litres_trial_promo)

24. Caught! (#litres_trial_promo)

25. The Lindsays (#litres_trial_promo)

26. Scilla’s Secret (#litres_trial_promo)

27. How Scilla Knew (#litres_trial_promo)

28. The Book (#litres_trial_promo)

29. Talking About Boats (#litres_trial_promo)

30. A Letter from Mrs Preston (#litres_trial_promo)

31. Mrs Preston Goes Out to Tea (#litres_trial_promo)

32. A Confession (#litres_trial_promo)

33. Miss Penelope Gill (#litres_trial_promo)

34. Gillie Tells a Story (#litres_trial_promo)

35. Whose Fault Was It? (#litres_trial_promo)

36. The End of the Story (#litres_trial_promo)

37. Goodbye to Wuntermenny (#litres_trial_promo)

Postscript by Deborah Sheppard (#litres_trial_promo)

Keep Reading (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#ulink_80f6d107-2377-5a81-8c70-ed40e338134c)

ANNA (#ulink_80f6d107-2377-5a81-8c70-ed40e338134c)

MRS PRESTON, WITH her usual worried look, straightened Anna’s hat.