Mizení Sybil Joinesové - Odborná škola pro duchomluvné a ústoslyšící děti – Jacksonová Shelley (2021)

A vocational school for mediumistic and clairaudient children. Death is an adventure. A gothic paranormal horror about the intertwining of the worlds of the living and the dead. Eleven-year-old Jane Grandison, troubled by her stuttering, sits in the back seat of a car holding an unusual letter. According to it, she is to live and study at the Sybil Joines School for mediumistic and clairaudient children from now on. Founded in 1890, the school appears at first glance to be a refuge for children who wish to overcome their speech impediments. However, Sybil Joines, also known simply as the Director, has a somewhat different vision due to her cursed and tragic childhood. This pioneer in the field of necrophysics intends to properly utilize the 'gift' that she and her students possess. Through their stuttering and hesitations, they can summon the voices of spirits speaking from the world of the dead, a world that the Director visits at her leisure. One day, however, one of the students goes missing, an event that attracts the attention of parents and the police, and everything begins to change radically... The new novel by renowned American author Shelley Jackson presents an exciting exploration of life after death and spills over the shifting boundary between the worlds of the living and the dead. It is narrated through theoretical writings on...