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Rosella has just started a new school in the eerie town of Black Gables, where crows croak menacingly and pale faces appear in the waters of the green waters of the lake, just behind the school. There are dark tales of children who have disappeared . Under the watchful eye of her new headmaster, Mr Edge, whose unsettling presence and appearance hint at something very dark beneath the surface, Rosella tries to decipher what's going on. And what she discovers is mind blowing. Can she defeat the world's creepiest teachers AND their pets? Goosebumps and LOL

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Picked by the Sunday Times as a one of the best Halloween stories: 'There is a satisfying eeriness in Eibhlis Carcione’s gothic Black Gables  in which Rosella attends a creepy school in a creepy town. It reads like one long bad dream of cruel teachers and supernatural goings-on. But even this is as much mystery as horror.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Told through the unsettling first-person narrative of Rosella, who is sometimes a step behind the reader in perceiving her own peril, this is the second chillingly creepy early-teen novel from  Eibhlís Carcione, author of Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay.' Irish Examiner 'Deliciously creepy, lush and evocative, with a great cast of larger-than-life characters' Phil Hickes, The Haunting of Aveline Jones 'Conjures a cast of menacing teachers led by a ghoul of a Head Teacher, the evil Mr Edge. Rosella must discover the secrets lurking in the school and in its nightmarish lake in order to bring back her mum's lost memories. Read Black Gables - if you dare!' Susie Bower, The Dangerous Life of Ophelia Bottom Black Gables is a deliciously dark, spine-tinglingly spooky and gloriously gothic mystery that swirls with danger, frights and secrets ... an absolutely riveting read. Book Craic A fantastical feast of gothic, a lush and descriptive mystery adventure perfect for tingling spines and raising goosebumps. At its dark heart is Rosella, thrown into a school full of menacing teachers, a positively ghoulish headteacher, and a host of strange creatures and apparitions. Truly a class act! Lancashire Evening Post

Praise for Welcome to Dead Town raven McKay 'An original gothic tale about 12-year-old Raven, who arrives at her third foster home in a town populated by the living and the dead, including banshees and zombies. Displaying a talent for the grotesque, the compelling story is pacy and the prose precise. With illustrations like a modern-day Mervyn Peake. Times 'Prepare to be spooked, thrilled  and enthralled'  Irish Examiner 'Gripping, fast-paced and gruesome, this macabre tale is enhanced by stunningly-detailed, atmospheric gothic illustrations. A chilling read, not for the faint-hearted Book Trust 'In her middlegrade debut Eibhlís Carcione infuses  the Gothic  setting of Grave’s Pass with a lyricism and humour that recalls Neil Gaiman’s work for young readers. However it is the immediacy of the action that keeps the pages turning in this crackerjack fantasy adventure.' Irish Times

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Eibhlis Carcione is a children's writer and poet. Her gothic debut, Welcome to Dead Town Raven McKay was a Times Summer read and a best seller

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