Groosham Grange · BOOK 1 OF 2
Groosham Grange
Spoiler-free summary
David Eliot is sent to a school where the teachers are inhuman, the lessons occult and escape is not on the timetable.
A secretive school on remote Skrull Island. The pleasure lies in identity and danger, shaped by a numbered instalment with its own central conflict and a continuing series arc..
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Can I start here?
A natural entry point: this begins the Groosham Grange sequence and establishes its central world.
What makes it different
Its wicked-school comedy has real teeth, and David Eliot's lessons feel both deliciously silly and genuinely forbidden.
Setting
A secretive school on remote Skrull Island.
Content guidance
Peril and themes appropriate to the readership guidance above; consult the publisher edition for any title-specific advisory.
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Awards and nominations
- Lancashire Children's Book of the Year (1989)
Continuity
Groosham Grange is volume 1 of 2 in Groosham Grange. Its central adventure has a resolution, while relationships and consequences can continue into later volumes.
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