Only 17-year-old Harry questions their strange ways, but even she isn't sure what is real anymore: are they really related to Teddy Carnival, said to have drowned on that beach many years ago, or are they tricksters - conjured by her overactive imagination? This will be a Christmas to be remembered, where long-buried secrets will be revealed and no one will ever be quite the same. Charming, enigmatic and sinister, the three brothers have come to stay. Jack and Naomi, their five children and their guests are settling in to the chaotic family atmosphere at the sprawling home known as Carnival's Hide when the world is thrown out of order by the unexpected arrival of three visitors. The superb young adults fantasy, The Tricksters, thought by many to rival The Changeover as her best novel, was also a Phoenix Honour Book in 2006. The Hamiltons look forward to their annual Christmas holiday on the New Zealand coast. 'You're not alone on Teddy Carnival's Beach,' said one, not asking a question but sounding as if he were giving her a warning.
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