"A stunning book...a brand new take on the monster story." --Eoin Colfer, international bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series From award-winning author Pádraig Kenny comes an action-packed middle grade fantasy about a family of monsters, perfect for fans of Jonathan Auxier and Victoria Schwab.
He lives with his wife and four children in Limerick, Ireland..
His second novel, Pog , was an Independent Bookseller\'s Book of the Month.
His debut novel, Tin , was a Waterstones Children\'s Book of the Month and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian\'s assistant, he now writes full-time.
About author(s): Pádraig Kenny is an Irish writer who hails from County Kildare.
At turns chilling and thought-provoking, and stunningly illustrated by Edward Bettison, Pádraig Kenny \'s The Monsters of Rookhaven explores difference and empathy through the eyes of characters you won\'t soon forget.
A very real monster has locked onto their scent, and he has a hunger for their kind.
When two orphans--siblings Jem and Tom--stumble upon a tear in the magical field and open a door that was meant to stay locked, Mirabelle and her family are put in grave danger.
But the glamour serves a second purpose: to keep Mirabelle and her family hidden from those who would do them harm.
So long ago, a treaty was reached between them--in return for sundries and supplies, the Monsters won\'t eat the townspeople--and an invisible glamour was set around the perimeter of the Manor to keep strangers out.
To the human residents of Rookhaven Village, the family is a threat.
Between Uncle Bertram transforming into a ferocious grizzly bear and Aunt Eliza\'s body being made entirely of spiders, it\'s safe to say they are an extraordinary lot.
Mirabelle is part of a very unusual family. "A stunning book...a brand new take on the monster story." --Eoin Colfer, international bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series From award-winning author Pádraig Kenny comes an action-packed middle grade fantasy about a family of monsters, perfect for fans of Jonathan Auxier and Victoria Schwab
