Cuckoo Song

This was a good book and really well written but very frightening

Amazing, it takes me ages to tell this to people but i love horror so yeah it is G, love you Frances Hardringe!

Fascinating, gripping, super-creepy, and really rather gratifying.

its good

It is a very good book full of mystery. She is a awesome writer!

I thought this book was very interesting. it wasnt that interesting but got much better towards the end i wont give any spoilers but i am happy of how it ended. it had some tense moments which led to very good moments. i think you should read this book if you find dolls and creepy magic interesting.

This book is one of the best books ever.

I have recently read "Cuckoo Song" and I found it very thrilling yet strange. The first few chapters of the book make you feel slightly dazed and confused. As you get into the book, the story starts to unravel. When Triss is insanely hungry it makes you scared for her. Could she die? Is she ok? It puts questions in your mind. And how did she get all of the leaves in her hair? How could you explain her crying cobwebs? Is her sister evil? Jealous? Out to get her? Or is she trying to help Tri...

it is an interesting book about loss, trust, hope and discoveries

Triss has always been ill, but when she recover from her worse sickness yet, she finds herself very different from who she used to be. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes mystery, confusion and a hidden, slightly sinister twist.

I actually expected this book to be better, as the blurb was very intriguing, however, it was a massive let-down. The whole 400 page story was about a girl Triss recovering from a fever, but strange things start to happen to her. The beginning was good, however, it dragged on for too long. It was also very confusing. There was one bit where they introduced a bunch of new characters, and I didn't even know what was going on. I would recommend it to more mature, older readers as it would con...

A thrilling mystery story which is full of scary scenes and a girl called triss who is always hungry . Is there something wrong with her? I think the main theme was where she was hungry all the time because she might have died . I think this book is really good because it has so many good parts in the book . It makes people read on because they want to know what's going to happen to the girl? In my opinion I think the people that should read the book are 11-13 year olds . I think the book ...

A thrilling mysterious story about a girl who wakes up in a hospital bed after an accident ,but then finds out strange things are happening to here.g crying cobwebs, always being hungry e.t.c.she travels to a twisted architect to find out what is going on with her before it is to late.i think this a very interesting book and really grabs your attention. i would recommend this book for anyone above 10 years old and anyone who likes very emotional sad books rate :

An 11 year old girl called Triss wakes up after and accident and she has a very serious fever and thinks that something is very wrong. The source of her problem is her self and she doesn't know who she or her family is. Also dolls are occasionally moving, talking or even screaming. I recommend this book to people who like horror or mystery books

I liked the book.It's really interesting.It's set in 1923 and Triss has an illness.Triss eats alot and suddenly realises she is losing weight.Triss realise she is not herself' I would recommend it to kids who like mysterious books.

"Somebody had taken a laugh crumpled it into a great, crackly ball and stuffed her skull with it. Seven days it laughed. Seven days." That was a sentence in the book that wanted me to keep reading. Triss is recovering from from a fever but when she wakes up everything is not what it seems. She is always hungry and has lost a lot of weight. I think that the book is great but some of the bits are exciting but then there are some bits that aren't so exciting. I would recommend this book to pe...

IT IS ABOUT A GIRL CALLED TRISS WHO IS RECOVERING FROM A FEVER. BUT IS IT A FEVER? THE FIRST SENTENCE MAKES ME INTRIGUED AS TO WHY HER HEAD HURT. FOR ME I DISLIKE THE BOOK AS IT IS A BIT CONFUSING TO FOLLOW AT THE START. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND IT TO CHILDREN WHO LIKE THRILLERS AND SCARY BOOKS. OLDER READERS MIGHT PREFER THIS BOOK AS THEY MIGHT UNDERSTAND IT MORE.

Cuckoo Song is a great book. It is the story of a brave girl named Triss who finds out there’s something wrong with her. She travels to dark spooky swamps to find the truth as to why she’s ill with great horror and an amazing story line there’s is not much to hate about this book!

It's quite disturbing but you can't help wondering what is going to happen next. Triss is such an fascinating character. She doesn't know who she is herself and we find out at the same time as her.

when tries wake up after an accident she knows something was wrong she is very hungry her sister was scared of her and her parents whispered. she looks through her diary to try and remember who she is or was, but the pages have been ripped out. triss discovers that what happened to her is even more terrible than she imagined, and that she literally not herself. i found this book quite on going but it got better towards the end. i would say this book is more for people about 15 rather then ...

Cuckoo Song Review This book is truly amazing reading it just really takes you into the thin paper pages, I think the wording of the book is bewildering not only it being a great book but the story really gives it its true colours. Being based in an old Victorian house is scary enough but also being involved with a pale white doll with cracks down the front of her face which may or may not be alive. When the main character Triss is introduced she has woken up from a terrifying dream that m...

A young girl called Triss woke up one morning realising that she had been in an accident whilst on holiday. As a result of the accident she has severe memory loss. Over the past few days her sister, Penelope, looks at her in a scared way. Eventually Triss realises that something is not quite right because her appetite has started to escalate. One day Triss and Pen went out together and Pen was very concerned. As they walked back from the park Triss had a sudden change in mood and aggressiv...

I have recently read The Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge. It is a mystery book set in the early 20th Century in the fictional town of Ellchester. There are eight main Characters: Triss (the main character), Pen (the sister), Piers Crescent (Dad), Celeste Crescent (Mum), The Architect (the evil character), Violet (Sebastian's fiancée), Sebastian and The Shrike. Triss has woken up from an accident, she has no idea who she is or who her family are. She is constantly hungry and she does...

Cuckoo Song Book review Characters:

Trista = the fake model of Triss made up of sticks, leaves and other such material.

Pen = the younger sister of the real Triss. She is a determined, stuborn individual.

Violet = Sebastian’s fiancé also helps Pen and Trista save Triss from the architect.

Architect = the evil villain who kidnaps Triss. Handsome but evil.

Triss = Pen’s real big sister. She is kidnaped by the architect and is replace...

Cuckoo Song. Meet Triss, she is a lovely girl or as her mum calls her ‘froglet.’ Triss is eleven and one night she comes back after an accident her house she lived only partly looked like home. Triss has a sister called Penny or Pen, She is so spiteful, She hates her sister Triss but she could know something about the accident. Triss’s mum and dad are loving parents but she is too afraid to tell her parents about her problems because she is scared that they will worry and...

Cuckoo song book review. Cuckoo song is a great book and I would recommend it to anyone it is a gripping and compelling dark and twisted fairy tale. I would give this a 9/10 because I like it because it is exciting book and I never knew what would come next with all the different things happening. At the start of the book it confused me and I didn’t really know what was happening but after a while I got it. Characters The characters are: Triss (the main character) Pen (the sister of ...

The book 'Cuckoo Song' was a very adventurous/mysterious book about a girl (Triss) who is an older sister of a girl (Pen). Triss wakes up after an accident and finds out that her sister is scared of her, she is really hungry and she finds her self sleepwalking in the garden, not knowing it. This book had a lot of suspense within it, and i think that this book would have took a long time to write as it is also very imaginative.

The book in question is about a young girl who was involved in a tragic car accident which rendered her unable to do things she once did. When she woke up from a coma she realised that something was very wrong. whenever she walked into a room all chatter would come to a halt. suddenly she grow inquisitive of whatever everything was as normal as her mother had initially portrayed. This book had me hooked from the first few pages however as the story progressed I became growingly bored and u...

If you want to read an eye gluing book then you will love this book. If you want to get a chill down your spine then this is the book for you. The book in my opinion has no main event in the book because there a lot of things that happened. I think the book is both good and bad because it has a lot of events all at once. I would recommend this book to people if they like a lot of drama in one book. I recommend this book for 11 - older.

If you want to read a eye gluing book then this is the one for you. This book can be described in many words as it is such an adventurous red hearing.

This particular book was thrilling, but was hard to get into. While the descriptive language was legible, the author changed the location too often, so it was difficult to understand at times. I, personally, would recommend this book to people who are in favour of the action or thriller genre.

It was a gripping book and was very scary. It could be for either gender, as long as you can take a bit of frightening mystery. Every page poses a question to make you read on for the answer. It is unpredictable and very well written.

Cuckoo Song was a amazing book because it is a horror, adventure and drama all in one. I would recommend this book for people in Ks3 and above. I would recommend it because it is very exciting and dramatic.

In my opinion the book was incredibly intriguing as there were a lot of mysteries that were once hidden. It surprised as in the middle of the book weird things occur to Triss. She can see things that are not there and her hunger is very big.

I read cuckoo song and must admit that it has probably been my favourite book that i have read for a long time. It was really hard to put down and i spent hours in my room at a time just because it was so gripping. I would suggest trying to read it slowly as i finished it in 4 days and wished it hadn't ended. I would rate it for ages 8+ as there are some scary scenes and might provide nightmares for young ones. I think that this book is definitely worth all five stars as it is interesting,...

This book is quite scary, as it's about a young girl called Triss, who falls into a river and when she gets out, she is not herself and has transformed into a different person altogether. I think the author, Frances Hardinge has used some very good vocabulary, especially when talking about Triss' nightmares, scary thoughts and flashbacks from the past and into the future. The best bit so far was when Triss was so hungry that she climbed out the hospital window and onto an apple tree, eatin...

A sort of twisted fairytale with the main character as in between a hero and a villain. Very mysterious and proving that first impressions can be misleading.

So far, I think this book is really good because it kind of 'keeps you on the edge of your seat'. Also, it shows how people can struggle in everyday life, and this can change their life altogether. I don't usually read horrors that much, but, so far, I am really intrigued to carry on reading this book. Honestly, it is almost impossible to put down.

This book is a very sad book, the author creates a very small atmosphere, Frances Hardinge the writer of the book starts the book of as a sad time in the girls life then at the end the girl is very happy because she remembers all her memories.

it is really sad book at the start but then at the end it turns to happy as she remembers all her memory's. the sadd3est part of the book is the whole book really except from the end because she was on a mission almost to try and find her ememorys

I thought the Cuckoo Song was an amazing book. The cover was really mysterious which increased my chance of choosing it. Also, it is neither too girly or boy like and I like the way that it is because then any gender can choose it without feeling embarrassed. The plot of the story is really secretive, gloomy and unusual which makes it different to other books. You never seem to know what is going to happen next! There are lots of twists and bends in the story to keep the tension going. It ...

I really enjoyed reading this book it was very mysterious it had a lot of jumps around every corner which meant you were always on the end of your seat. There was a lot of confusing parts in the story but in the end it all came together like a puzzle that had just been solved. When I first started to read this book I was very engrossed in it I was always hooked into the story even if it got boring because I new it would have a good point in it coming up I never felt like stopping reading i...

The book 'Cuckoo Song' was a very adventurous/mysterious book about a girl (Triss) who is an older sister of a girl (Pen). Triss wakes up after an accident and finds out that her sister is scared of her, she is really hungry and she finds her self sleepwalking in the garden, not knowing it. This book had a lot of suspense within it, and i think that this book would have took a long time to write as it is also very imaginative.

I really liked this book as it made me curious and want to read on ...it was interesting and mysterious when we found out that she didn't know what had happened to her I wanted to know what had happened. it is a book that will help me when I'm writing mystery stories, and writing in general. my favourite character was penny Triss's sister I found her really funny. I really recommend this book to anyone as I loved it!

I'm not all the way through yet but so fari have really enjoyed it. I have rated it a 3star because its quite hard to follow the story line. The book is rather engaging and its had me on the edge of my seat and it pulls you in. Overall the book has been very enjoyable and i will probably read it more than once.

I really enjoyed the book it is thrilling and gets your heart racing but it can be very scary when new Triss starts eating the dolls. I loved the way the author uses suspense to get you to read more I could not put this book down!

I have to say the cuckoo song, is one of the best books i have read so far, its intersting, its really good but is probably only for year severns and upwards, but juts to say i will borrow a book from you again because it was so hard to find what book i wanted on the book mark, but seriously i read one page and that was it, i wanted to read more and more, im not that intersted in books but this book is just OUTSTANDING!!!! X

Very interesting

I really enjoyed this book it was really interesting and its just a really good book, and I would read it again and I recommend it to other people to read. But I didn't get it in some chapters

One of the best books that I have read. Suggested age range probably 11+. If you liked 'The Lie Tree' by Frances Hardringe you will LOVE this book.

good book and scary

This is very good and scary

I think this book is very good

I bet this book is going to be fantastic 😆

I chose the book 'Cuckoo Song' because it’s spooky, mysterious and creepy which are the books I like reading. I'm not a person who likes to read a lot but when I read the blurb of the book it was really interesting and I just wanted to read it as soon as I got it. The front cover of the book was kind of creepy as it was a picture of a girl (Triss) with cobwebs in black and white. I was reading chapter after chapter wanting to find out what was going to happen. Cuckoo Song took me thr...

Very good book, turned the pages for me!

I think this book is really good and a little scary at times

it is so interesting

This book is a wonderful book i really enjoyed it so much i would like to read it again this is a part of this book her head hurt there was a sound grating against her mind a music-less rasp like the rustling paper.

this book is about a girl who is terribly sick and she knows something is very wrong. she is un-naturally hungry and wakes up with leaves in her hair. weirdly she is prettified of her younger sister. when life gets to hard she starts to cry cobwebs. soon she realizes that she is not her self and something is actually wrong in a quest to find out the truth she must fin a twisted and mysterious architect to save he family before its too late.......

The book I was currently reading is called Cuckoo Song. To me it was very descriptive and very intriguing. I do feel that I have made the right decision about selecting this book because it contains a lot of suspense, sensory language and has a great amount of language techniques. Each chapter talks about something different it doesn’t just carry on talking about the same subject repetitively, so that always keeps me entertained. I would recommend this book to anyone the age of 9-14 ...

the book is about a girl who has this accident she is terribly sick for a few days weirdly. She has symptoms were she is ravenously hungry,and has a whole in her brain - she doesn't remember a thing!!....and she is left there trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle, trying to restore her memory.....[ i don't really like the book because it takes a while to build up to the scary events of the story]

I personally didn't like my book because I thought I would like it but I didn't. When I received this book I was so excited to get into it! I just ran to my seat and read, when I read the first paragraph I knew I liked the book, but as I got into it I decided I wasn't enjoying it as much as I should be. This book is mostly for people who LOVE to read long books as its 408 pages long, I recommend it to a girl in my class and now she doesn't want to give it back! But over-all it's for people...

This book is a wonderful book i really enjoyed it so much i would like to read it again

this book was good... : /

I loved the book because it was very interesting and mysterious because a girl called Triss has a very bad fever after a terrible accident at The Grimmer while on holiday with her family but she doesn't remember what happened to her. I think the main theme was mysterious because there were lots of mysteries from Triss's accident. Also the events were she had to go to the doctor, so the doctor could check if she is getting better and tell whats wrong with her. I think it is good because the...

I really like this book and it is really interesting. This book is very adventurous and will keep you reading on and on. It's a book where you can love and hate some characters, you don't get a lot of those books.

This book is really good i find it super gripping and so cool it got me sat up on the edge of my seat with all my hairs flying in the air specially when she wakes up with things in her hair (mud,leaves). I this she is dead but she don't know it but the book at first was a bit hard to understand but that makes it more interesting RIGHT!!!

'Cuckoo Song' really dragged me into it's world of dark fairy tale. It is very common for authors to write horrors/dark stories, however the layout and the common drama (with not so common twist) works well with the graphic 'scary' scenes in the book. As much as I love the book for it's great balance of normal and 'not-so-normal' events the ending of each chapter always stood out to me. The build up on each chapter always suggested a cliffhanger coming up, which never did. I think it would...

the start was a little disappointing but then it gets very interesting!

I really like the book because of the suspense going to who caused Triss' accident and the reaction when she found out it was her sister, Pen.

Cuckoo song is a fantastic book that could sweep you into a jungle of wild imagination. These blood curling events that occur in this terrifying and horrific book will make you twist and turn in your dreams if you dare fall asleep. This books personality in a book way is what makes it Cuckoo song and its also what makes it the best book I have ever read. I would recommend Cuckoo song to children 9 years or over because because of the descriptive words and use of language! All credit goes t...

It was weird, I was confused but the more I read the more it got interesting and mysteries. I dislike the intro because it is confusing but it is also good but I wish is was less confusing. I like the way it is set like I said the more you read you get dragged into the book.

Introduction I liked the sentence where it said that there was a sound grating against her mind, music-less rasp like the rustling paper. I liked this because it creates a great imagery in my head and has a strong description about the sound in her mind. Synopsis When Triss wakes up after an accident she knows something is wrong she is always hungry and when she cries her tears are like cobwebs. I think this book is set in the twenties because Triss' parents are still mourning of the death...

I absolutely love this book, because there is A LOT of suspense in it, and it builds lot's and lot's of tension in your body.Even though i'm only on chapter 4 the book is still very interesting and exciting. While i have been reading this book i have come across really hard words, but i would always be able to figure out a reasonable definition for the word. Personally, i would recommend this book to people at the age of 11-55.

The book gave me a shock with such an amazing story.I was astounded by the quality of the story.It gave me thoughts about what will happen next as I turn the page. Triss wakes up every morning to find leaves in her hair and and only remembers that she had gone to the garden outside.She finds out that an accident happens to her and does not even remember what happens.Her mother and father are worried sick for their daughter,on the other hand her sister is scared of her and only wants attent...

Although I have only read 6 chapters Cuckoo song is extremely interesting. Cuckoo song is a wonderful mystery that you want to get involved in fact you will never want to put the book down/ away. Not only is it a mystery it is a little bit of a horror/ thriller which will be revealed if you read this book. Now for the most interesting paragraph... In Cuckoo Song there is a young girl called Triss that is on a vacation and things aren't going that great for her. Triss wakes up in a room not...

Cuckoo Song (By Frances Hardinge) is a spectacular novel shortlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal Awards. This book is full of mysteries and loaded with questions, which are answered throughout the story, featuring the main character Triss,an eleven year old girl, whose world is suddenly turned into a nightmare when she awakes after having an accident. There are no answers to why shes always hungry; why everything turns against her or why she has leaves in her hair every morning; why ...

I love this book. It's an amazing story.I would recommend this book to a friend because how the author has used loads of vocabulary to describe the characters:example :Triss cried in dispair." OUT OF 10 STARS I WOULD RATE THIS BOOK 👍📚. 9.5/10.

hoping its going to be great

I really like this book because it becomes mysterious and dangerous i am so excited to get this book hoping.

This book is a very eye catching book. It is quite hard to get into but once you do it can be very interesting. A fantastic book

i think this book is awsome

This is the best book I've heard about maybe i might get it.

i really like this book because i am into thrillers, mysterys,adventure etc... just the fact that creepy dolls are screaming just makes me shivver and its fun because its unateral i am also intreasted in the main character triss is quit interesting ho she wakes up with leaves in her hair but why tears that turn into cobwebs i would love to read forward because it sound so exiting i really want to know what happens next!

I thought this was a very surel book with some elements of shock and parts that were creepy. The whole thought of a girl that can become phisically ill from going to school made me want to read on. This was an exiting book perfect for people who like mystery and magic.

I realy enjoyed reading this book is is a graet book to read especially for people that enjoy a bit of adventure and thriller. For me this book would be an 10/10 because it is great as i like thrillers and adventures. i would definatly reccomend this book. :)

I think tnat this book is a very good book, from the front cover the book looks like it could be a scary/magical book. I would definatly buy this book as i like books that are like mystery and you dont know what is going to happen next.The book probably has lots of cliff hangers in it and OMG moments.

I think that this book looks incredible!It looks a really intresting book to ready so im really intrested in buying it.Even though i have only watched the video and read the extract,it looks a really good book to read.It sounds really intresting.This book is definelty a yes!

in my opinion i think that this book is really good i read the extract and watched the video it sounds dark,creepy and mysterious and i like creepy things

Amazing book loved it! x

I enjoyed reading Cuckoo Song :)

awesome book miss hardinge thank you for writing this amazing book

I read the blurb and t looked AMAZING! then I read the first page and it was even better.I am reading it now and it is the best book probally ever.

I loved this book it was fantastic however I had to borrow the book from a friend because I didn't have my own, I really, really wished I had my own anyways the book was AMAZING!!!

I have read some of this book and it's amazing I don't know what I could do with out my book I am adickted to it I love reading the cooko song .

excellent left me with no words.

great read!

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge is a great book full of dark magic and mystery. A wonderful read for anyone who loves page turners!

When Triss wakes up after her accident, she knows that something is wrong.

When Triss wakes up she knows something is not quite right. she wakes up super hungry, hair full of leaves and her tears turn to cobwebs. This book is really interesting I love the detail of her nearly drowning.

good use of language and exciting blurb

good

Dark and brooding, this is an edgy book set amid the aftermath of the Great War. Triss awakes from an accident to find herself caught in a world that at first seems familiar but becomes increasingly unsettling. Full of twists and turns, this atmospheric book is guaranteed to take you by surprise

Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan) is a meaty fantasy about a changeling girl in 1920s England. After an accident in which she nearly drowns, our heroine wakes up knowing that something strange is going on: she is wildly hungry and seems to be possessed. What follows is a chilling, menacing account of her attempt to get to the bottom of it all.