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The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle – Review

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Title: The Accident Season

Author: Moira Fowley-Doyle

Genre: Mystery, YA, Contemporary

Publication Date: July 2nd 2015

Publisher: Corgi Childrens

Pages: 281

Summary: It’s the accident season, the same time every year. Bones break, skin tears, bruises bloom.

The accident season has been part of seventeen-year-old Cara’s life for as long as she can remember. Towards the end of October, foreshadowed by the deaths of many relatives before them, Cara’s family becomes inexplicably accident-prone. They banish knives to locked drawers, cover sharp table edges with padding, switch off electrical items – but injuries follow wherever they go, and the accident season becomes an ever-growing obsession and fear.

But why are they so cursed? And how can they break free?

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THE MELANCHOLY DEATH OF OYSTER BOY AND OTHER STORIES BY TIM BURTON

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Title: The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories 

Author: Tim Burton

Genre: Fiction, Horror, Short Stories

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Publication Date: 18th November 2004

Pages: 128

Summary : Twenty-three illustrated gothic tales from the dark corridors of the imagination of Tim Burton. Burton – the creative genius behind Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Nightmare Before Christmas, among others – now gives birth to a cast of gruesomely sympathetic children: misunderstood outcasts who struggle to find love and belonging in their cruel, cruel worlds. His lovingly lurid illustrations evoke both the sweetness and tragedy of these hopeful, yet hapless beings.

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OUTCAST BY PAUL AZACETA AND ROBERT KIRKMAN REVIEW

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Title: Outcast: Volume 1

Author: Paul Azaceta and Robert Kirkman

Genre: Horror, Graphic Novel

Publisher: Image Comics

Publication Date: 12th February 2015

Pages: 152

Summary : Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it!

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Camp Midnight by Jason Adam Katzenstein Review

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Title: Camp Midnight

Author: Jason Adam Katzenstein

Genre: Graphic Novel, Horror, Childrens. 

Publisher: Image Comics

Publication Date: 12th May 2016

Pages: 248

Summery: Reluctant Skye is accidentally sent to the wrong summer camp. Not wanting to please her “step monster,” Skye is dead-set on not fitting in. That won’t be a problem, as everyone at Camp Midnight-with the exception of fellow camper and fast-friend Mia-is a full-fledged monster!

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Halloween Read-Along

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Have you got your copy of Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children yet for our read-along? Well you’re running out of time very quickly! It is now only ONE DAY until it starts!

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5 Days Until The Halloween Read-Along!

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At Halloween time do you like a creepy book that will give you sleepless nights? If your answer is yes then you definitely would enjoy Miss Peregrines Home For Peculiar Children!

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