Curse of the Werewolf Boy by Chris Priestley

I cant wait for the next instalment Chris Riddell on CURSE OF THE WEREWOLF BOY Related Titles. It is beautifully paced, brilliantly illustrated with pen-and-ink drawings by the author and very, very funny. Chris wrote one of the World Book Day books for 2011 and has been shortlisted for a variety of prestigious children's book awards. Curse of the Werewolf Boy by Chris Priestley, 2017, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc edition, in English. Chris Priestleys Maudlin Towers: Curse of the Werewolf Boy is a book after my own heart. His novels are brilliantly original additions to a long tradition of horror stories by authors such as M.R. Fans of Lemony Snicket and Chris Riddell will love Curse of the Werewolf Boy.Ĭhris Priestley lives in Cambridge with his wife and son. Hugely funny, deliciously creepy and action-packed by turns, this brand new series from Chris Priestley is perfect for 8+ readers who like their mysteries with a bit of bite. Who is the ghost in the attic? What's their history teacher doing with a time machine? And why do a crazy bunch of Vikings seem to think Mildew is a werewolf? But when somebody steals the School Spoon and the teachers threaten to cancel the Christmas holidays until the culprit is found, our heroes must spring into action and solve the crime!īut what starts out as a classic bit of detectivating quickly becomes weirder than they could have imagined. Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the blackened, gloom-laden, gargoyle-infested monstrosity that is their school. 'We shall solve the Mystery of the School Spoon!'

'We shall be detectives, Sponge!' exclaimed Mildew.