Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death by Chris Riddell

Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death by Chris Riddell

Packed full with beautiful black and white illustrations from author Chris Riddell, Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death follows the adventures of Ada Ghastly-Gorm in the sequel to the award-winning Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse.Preparations for the Ghastly-Gorm Garden Party and bake-off are under way. Celebrity cooks are arriving at the hall for the big event and, true to form, Maltravers, the indoor gamekeeper, is acting suspiciously. Elsewhere at Ghastly-Gorm Ada's wardrobe-dwelling lady's maid Marylebone has received a marriage proposal. Ada vows to aid the course of true love and find out what Maltravers is up to, but amidst all this activity, everyone, including her father, appears to have forgotten her birthday!

It's no surprise to see a sequel to the wonderful Goth Girl, a Christmas hardback bestseller and the Costa Children's Book of the YearExpect more deliciously dark adventure and beautiful production values. -- Children's Special 2014-2015 * The Bookseller *

Chris Riddell, the 2015–2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.

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ISBN 13	9780230759824
ISBN 10	0230759823
Title	Goth Girl and the Fete Worse Than Death
Author	Chris Riddell
Series	Goth Girl
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Pan Macmillan
Year published	2014-09-25
Number of pages	224
Prizes	Short-listed for National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Award 2014 (UK), Long-listed for The CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2016 (UK)
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.