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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. David just got expelled from a boarding school. His strange parents receive a brochure on a new boarding school called Groosham Grange. They are only given 30 minutes to decide whether or not to send him. They send him blindly off into a new school and he finds that this is not just some ordinary boarding school, not even close. (  ) knielsen83 | Mar 5, 2009 |  moonsoar | Nov 12, 2008 | It is so weird that it is interesting. This was originally published in 1988. I think that its strangeness would appeal to kids. It is written in short chapters, like Patterson, so it has an added appeal of feeling like a short book. It does not take much to get to know the characters since they feel insubstantial. I found it very interesting that the main character, David Eliot is ambivalent about what he will do with his new found powers at the story's end. It kind of makes you want to follow him and see what he decides. (  ) hewayzha | Sep 16, 2008 | After being expelled from school, thirteen-year-old David Eliot is sent to Groosham Grange, a spooky and sinister boarding school where nothing seems quite right. (  ) BiblioKleptoManiac | Sep 15, 2008 | In our post-Harry Potter world it is hard to recall just how exciting this book of boarding school horror and magic seemed twenty years ago. Rereading it now, I find it well-paced and very funny. (  ) TheoClarke | Sep 5, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Sent to Groosham Grange as a last resort by his frustrated parents, thirteen-year-old David Eliot quickly discovers that his new boarding school is very peculiar. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood . . . the French teacher cancels classes on days there’s a full moon . . . there are chilling secrets hidden in the assistant headmaster’s office. What’s the meaning of the black rings everyone wears? Where do the other pupils vanish to at night? Suddenly, his biggest problem isn’t staying in school—it’s getting out alive.
For Anthony Horowitz’s legion of fans, this fun thriller is a must have.
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