Horowitz, Anthony, Groosham Grange, 304 pgs. Penguin GroupLanguage: PG; Sexual Content: G; Violence: PG-13
EL, MS - ESSENTIAL
Ten years before Harry Potter began, Groosham Grange was introduced to children and teens in the UK. What is Groosham Grange you say? Think Harry Potter, more gruesome and without the happy parts. Thirteen year-old David Elliot’s life is miserable. His inept parents wish that he didn’t exist and tell him that at every opportunity. Then David receives a letter that accepts him into the boarding school called Groosham Grange. This school is suspect from the beginning. There are no holidays and you can only return home once a year for a day. Needless to say, David’s parents are thrilled and send him packing. On his way to the school he meets a boy and a girl who have also been accepted into Groosham. These three form a quick friendship. They soon find out that Groosham Grange is like no school they have ever attended.
Beginning with signing their names in blood Horowitz tells a creepy ,yet funny at times, tale of a school with monsters, demons, and all things gruesome. Fans of creepy but not completely horrific fiction will enjoy the macabre.
Allison Madsen~Youth Services Librarian-SJO Public Librarian
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