Monsters of Rookhaven

In Pádraig Kenny's The Monsters of Rookhhaven, Mirabelle, a monster, discovers friendship and empathy in the outside world. But when a sinister threat arises, she realizes that the true monsters aren't always visible. The book received the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2022, the Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for October 2021, and the Honour Award for Fiction at the KPMG Irish Children's Book Awards 2021. It is a thought-provoking, chilling, and beautifully written novel that explores difference and empathy through the eyes of characters that readers won't want to let go.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Nominated for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, Waterstones Children's Book of the Month for October 2021, and Winner of the Honour Award for Fiction, KPMG Irish Children's Book Awards 2021, Pádraig Kenny's The Monsters of Rookhhaven is a magnificent, shadowy, gothic adventure full of heart. A thought-provoking, chilling, and beautifully written novel, 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. A triumph. - Irish Examiner

A wildly imaginative story. A triumph. - Telegraph

Kenny is a thrilling writer and knows how to chill his readers. - Telegraph

Weight: 254g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529031485