The Monsters of Rookhaven
- Author Pádraig Kenny, illustrated by Edward Bettison
- Narrator Emma Noakes
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 7 hours and 21 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction and true stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mysteries and the unexplained, Children’s / Teenage: General interest.
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What to expect
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022
Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for October 2021
Winner of the Honour Award for Fiction, KPMG Irish Children's Book Awards 2021
'A magnificent, shadowy, gothic adventure full of heart' – Emma Carroll, author of Frost Hollow Hall.
A thought-provoking, chilling and beautifully written novel, Pádraig Kenny's The Monsters of Rookhhaven, stunningly illustrated by Edward Bettison, explores difference and empathy through the eyes of characters you won't want to let go.
Sometimes the monsters take us. Sometimes we become the monsters.
Mirabelle has always known she is a monster. When the glamour protecting her unusual family from the human world is torn and an orphaned brother and sister stumble upon Rookhaven, Mirabelle soon discovers that friendship can be found in the outside world.
But as something far more sinister comes to threaten them all, it quickly becomes clear that the true monsters aren't necessarily the ones you can see.
'A stunning book . . . a brand new take on the monster story' – Eoin Colfer
'A wildly imaginative story . . . a triumph' – Irish Examiner
'Kenny is a thrilling writer and knows how to chill his readers' – Telegraph
Critics Review
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Kenny is a thrilling writer who knows how to chill his readers
Telegraph -
A stunning book . . . a brand new take on the monster story
Eoin Colfer -
Kenny embraces a new Gothic sensibility in this memorable, nuanced novel that pairs real chills with empathy and emotion. He’s certainly a name to watch…
The Bookseller -
A gloriously gothic and thought-provoking story
Metro -
A magnificent, shadowy, gothic adventure full of heart
Emma Carroll -
One of the most startlingly original children’s books I’ve read in years. It feels like Pádraig Kenny, with Edward Bettison’s mesmerizing illustrations, has created a whole new genre
Piers Torday
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