![]() Christina Henry explores not only the legend of Sleepy Hollow but also gender expectations and transgender characters in this thrilling tale. But then Ben and a friend stumble across the headless body of a child in the woods near the village, and the sinister discovery makes Ben question everything the adults in Sleepy Hollow have ever said. Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow is no exception and in this case, Henry has added an especially intriguing element with Ben who isn’t quite as you expect. Fourteen-year-old Ben loves to play "Sleepy Hollow boys," reenacting the events Brom once lived through. Twenty years after those storied events, the village is a quiet place. Brom says that's just legend, the village gossips talking. Not even Ben Van Brunt's grandfather, Brom Bones, who was there when it was said the Horseman chased the upstart Crane out of town. In this atmospheric, terrifying novel that draws strongly from "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," the author of Alice and Lost Boy works her trademark magic,Įveryone in Sleepy Hollow knows about the Horseman, but no one really believes in him. ![]()
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