Ghostcloud

In the book "The Darkest Minds," 12-year-old Luke discovers he has supernatural abilities and is kidnapped to work in a power station. With the help of a ghost-girl named Alma, he seeks to escape and uncover the truth about his identity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 12 May 2022
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group

A superbly inventive and magical debut

Piers Torday

Beautifully written and filled with unforgettable characters ... a diamond of a book

Ross MacKenzie

Utterly original, thrilling, strange, and cracking good fun ... every chapter is packed full of wild imagination

Liz Hyder

Catch the wind. Find your freedom.

A riveting, magical adventure set deep underneath a richly reimagined London for 9+ readers.

Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underneath a half-bombed, blackened power station, 12-year-old Luke's life is miserable.

Then, he discovers he can see things others can't. Ghostly things. Specifically, a ghost-girl named Alma.

Alma, who can ride clouds through the night sky and bend their shape to her will, befriends Luke.

And with Alma's help, Luke discovers he is, in fact, a rare being - half-human and half-something else.

Then Luke learns the terrible truth of why children are being kidnapped and forced to work in the power station, and he becomes even more desperate to escape.

Can Luke find out who he really is ... and find his freedom?

Weight: 312g
Dimension: 181 x 501 x 37 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781444959307