Product Description

"There's something nasty going on at Groosham Grange..." Sent to Groosham Grange as a last resort by his parents, David Eliot quickly discovers that his new school is a very weird place indeed. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood; the French teacher disappears every full moon; the assistant headmaster keeps something very chilling in his room...What's the meaning of the black rings everyone wears? Where do the other pupils vanish to at night? Most important of all, how on earth can David get away - alive? This Lancashire Children's Book of the Year will have you gripped and grinning to the last page.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9308 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-05
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

Review
"A first-class children's novelist." The Times Educational Supplement; "Horowitz has become a writer who converts boys to reading." The Times; "Love the humour - a very funny, imaginative satire." Good Housekeeping

About the Author
Anthony Horowitz is a popular and prolific children's writer, whose books now sell in more than a dozen countries around the world. He has won numerous prizes for his books which include Stormbreaker (shortlisted for the Children's Book Award) and its sequels, Point Blanc, Skeleton Key and Eaglestrike, about reluctant teenage MI6 spy, Alex Rider; Groosham Grange and its sequel Return to Groosham Grange; Granny (shortlisted for the 1994 Children's Book Award); and the Diamond Brothers Trilogy - The Falcon's Malteser (which has been filmed with the title Just Ask for Diamond), followed by South by South East (which was dramatized in six parts on TV) and Public Enemy Number Two - to which three more short novels, The Blurred Man, The French Confection and I Know What You Did Last Wednesday have been added. Anthony also writes extensively for TV, with credits including the hit series Murder in Mind, as well as Foyle's War; Midsomer Murders; Poirot; and Murder Most Horrid. He lives in north London with his family.

Customer Reviews

My School Review
This book is a must read! It's funny and scary but also brilliant. Once you start reading it you will never stop!

I loved this book when I first read it and immediately read the next one. Its supernatural but so are the parent. But it almost makes the story better. I recommended Anthony Horowitz to my brother and he has almost read all his books and is waiting for the new Alex Rider! This story gives you the shivers but also keeps you laughing for hours so don't get put off by the front cover.

This book is mainly about a boy called David Elliot who gets expelled form his old school Beton collage. His new school is just weird! It's situated on an island that isn't on the map. With his best friends Jill and Jeffery they try to figure out the mysteries of Groosham Grange but they do not know what they are getting into. All the teachers are weird and so are the boys. But Jeffery suddenly changes he now is wearing a black ring. Then David escapes he steels Captain Bloodbaths boat and heads for Norfolk. But in the library he finds a book on Groosham Grange and finds out all its secrets.

I would highly recommend this book to 8-12 year olds it had me laughing for ages but maybe not for those who are lovers of Animal Hospitals you might not find it very interesting. It's a really good book and I hope lots of people enjoyed it just as much as me!

hysterical
Originally read this book when I was about 10-12 and loved it, recently found it again and found its still as funny as it was
then. The way it is written is fantastic and the madness of the characters especially in the first chapter had me laughing out loud. Although the book does get darker as it goes along, it is an amusing and exciting story that is a must for everyone.

Entertaining, just excellent!
This book was given to me at Christmas in 95/6, and I couldnt wait to read it cover to cover! By new year, it was completely finished. It was a really exciting book, and amusingly scary. David Eliot's parents are very eccentric and a very odd couple, and David is the only sane one in the house! We hear about the new friends he makes, and the strange customs at the new school - signing the school contract in blood, and never seeing the headmaster (see the front cover - that's why!) Truly excellent and thoroughly recommended.