Cascades - The Thief of Always Clive Barker
The horror story your students have been asking you for! The only children's story by the master of horror.
The story: Harvey Swick is lured into the world of the Holiday House. Everything seems perfect at first, but then Harvey begins to realise that there is a price to pay - the Holiday House has a sinister side.
Themes: myth and symbolism, families, time, growing up, adulthood versus childhood, imaginative use of language
Horror
Male central character
KS3/KS4 (S1-S4)