Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse: 1 (Goth Girl, 1) - Hardcover

Riddell, Chris

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230759807 ISBN 13: 9780230759800

Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books, 2013

Synopsis

Chris Riddell's Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse is the beautifully illustrated winner of the Costa Children's Book Award.

Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and, if she's honest, she's rather lonely.

Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching. Ada and her friends must work together to foil Maltravers before it's too late!

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Review

A deliciously dark offering from the award winning author illustrator of Ottoline (The Bookseller’s Buyers Guide)

...the most covetable book of the year. It is simply the most outstandingly beautiful piece of book design and production....This book is a triumph from an author and illustrator at the height of his powers... (ReadingZone)

I'm sure this will become a cherished book and will be opened more than once. (The Book Bag)

Both illuminated and illuminating this is a magnum opus from the singular talent of Chris Riddell and is certain to be the jewel in the crown of every book case it adorns. (Droplets of Ink)

What I discovered with this book is that [Chris Riddell]'s a pretty children's writer... This whole book is a delight - a worthy winner of the Costa children's book award. (awfullybigreviews.blogspot.co.uk)

Through its entertaining play of surface trappings, the book opens out into a varied network of gothic texts that lead the reader down several enticing garden paths - reminiscent of the overgrown gardens that surround Ghastly-Gorm Hall itself. I urge readers to give into the temptations offered by the sumptuous packaging, and enter the delightfully silly world of Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse. Have fun exploring! (gothic.stir.ac.uk)

This solo venture is a cracking combination of rollicking mystery adventure and ghost story, beautifully illustrated and written with an outright humour aimed at children and a sly, literary wit aimed at parents reading aloud. (Daily Mail)

Fans of Chris Riddell's Ottoline books will love this quirky story. With its purple-edged pages and silver-foiled endpapers, this beautifully-designed book is a real treasure. (Booktrust)

Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse is a warm, witty and beautifully illustrated and presented book which delivers an original, entertaining and heart-warm tale of courage, friendship and loyalty as well as a teeny, weeny surprise tucked into the back cover. (Lancashire Evening Post)

Beautifully produced book (The Independent)

Book Description

A deliciously dark offering from the award-winning author-illustrator of the Ottoline books

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Children's Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0230759807
• ISBN 13: 9780230759800
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Illustrator: Riddell Chris