Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Everything with Words
Published:1st Jun '23
Should be back in stock very soon
A stunning debut with a thrilling plot which has received fabulous reviews in the Times ( picked as a Best Summer read), Irish Times , Irish Examiner. Black and white illustrations. 'With illustrations like a modern-day Mervyn Peake.' The Times Perfect for Halloween but not for the fainthearted ( Book Trust Book of the Month)
Raven's parents have disappeared - all they've left her is a battered suit case with a black butterfly. And now she is living in Dead Town, a place where the living and the dead live side by side. Who can she trust? 'Deliciously dark and gorgeously Gothic' Kieran Larwood.On her first day in Grave's Pass, Raven McKay spotted a pooka horses chasing goblins in a vacant lot, three banshees on a bus, a zombie in ripped jeans staring in the window of a phone shop, a bogeyman walking a labradoodle, a ghost on a ladder cleaning windows, a ghoul sipping coffee at an outdoor cafe. This is Dead Town- this is Raven's new home. But will Raven find her parents who have mysteriously disappeared? And who in Dead Town Can she trust? All her parents have left her is a suit case with a black butterfly and a cryptic note.
'COMPELLING' Times Best Summer Reads 2023. 'Readers age eleven and up will be enchanted' Literary Review. 'Delicious dark and gorgeously Gothic' Kieran Larwood. ' Brilliant and magical' Zillah Bethell 'Prepare to be thrilled, spooked and enthralled.' IRISH EXAMINER ' Infused with a lyricism and humour that recalls Neil Gaiman's work for young readers. The immediacy of the action keeps the pages turning in this crackerjack fantasy adventure.' IRISH TIMES 'In this startlingly original gothic ghost story, debut children's author Eibhlis Carcione pairs thrills and chills with empathy and emotion with such poetic precision and bold simplicity that I devoured this book in one memorable sitting.' Bluebird Reviews An Irish Independent Book of the Month.
ISBN: 9781911427339
Dimensions: 198mm x 128mm x 14mm
Weight: unknown
288 pages