The Shadows of Rookhaven
Age 9 +
30 September 2021
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Synopsis
Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.
It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and monsters descend on Rookhaven from all over the country to take part. But amid the guests there is an interloper. One who is disguised and has an eye on their destruction.
Meanwhile Mirabelle - part human, part monster...
Details
30 September 2021
352 pages
9781529065084
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Reviews
One of the most startlingly original children’s books I’ve read in years. It feels like Pádraig Kenny with Edward Bettison's mesmerizing illustrations, has created a whole new genrePiers Torday, on The Monsters of Rookhaven