CHILD OF THE BEAST

In the fourth book of Jack Meggit-Phillips' Beastly series, Bethany's missing family is discovered, and the beast goes cold turkey, eating no priceless works of art. Ebenezer and Bethany are attempting to help the beast vomit good into the world, but Bethany is distracted by her date with Geoffrey. The beast's impulses can't be ignored, and a dreadful child is formed. Can Ebenezer and the beast stop it from destroying Bethany's hopes and dreams?

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 28 September 2023
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

The book that bites back is BACK! In the fourth beastly book from Jack Meggit-Phillips, the most distinctive new voice for readers of 8-12, there are surprises in store for Bethany about her missing family.

For centuries, the beast has tormented the world. But now, there's a change to a menu, and the beast is going cold turkey, which essentially means eating no priceless works of art, purple parrots, or child-sized pranksters.

Ebenezer and Bethany are attempting to help the beast vomit some good into the world – even though they haven't come anywhere close to managing the business of do-gooding themselves. But Bethany is distracted by her date-not-a-date with Geoffrey, while Ebenezer is worried by a file that reveals a truth about Bethany's parents that might just ruin life for everyone at the 15-storey house.

At first, the beast is charmed by its ghastly progeny. So clever! So horrible! But to its surprise, it develops something approaching a conscience. When the child finds out the truth about Bethany's parents and plans to use it against her, can Ebenezer and the beast stop it from destroying Bethany's hopes and dreams for ever?

The Beast and the Bethany has all the classic macabre humor of Roald Dahl with the warmth and charm of Despicable Me, finished off with a gleeful bite of Little Shop of Horrors!

Weight: 230g
Dimension: 129 x 199 x 21 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780008568177