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Paperback
Published: 1st June 2013
Paperback, Movie tie-in edition
Published: 21st September 2022
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Published: 19th October 2022
The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, Book 1)
By (Author) Soman Chainani
Book 1
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
21st September 2022
1st September 2022
Movie tie-in edition
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Dark fantasy
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Fairies, elves, etc
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories
813.6
Paperback
528
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 32mm
280g
Now a major Netflix film starring Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Earl Cave, Kit Young, and many more!
The first in the New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series. A dark and enchanting fantasy adventure perfect for those who prefer their fairy tales with a twist.
Two best friends have been chosen to be students at the fabled School for Good and Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy-tale heroes and villains. One will train for Good, one will become Evils new hope. Each thinks they know where they belong, but when they are swept into the Endless Woods, theyre switched into the opposite schools. Together theyll discover who they really are and what they are capable of. . . because the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through it.
Features cover artwork from Netflixs The School for Good and Evil film and includes Soman Chainanis exclusive on-set movie diary!
Reimagines the world of fairy tales and will make you question who is good and who is evil. Loved it! Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series
Invention in overdrive . . . The School for Good and Evil is a comedic education by a writer primed to shoot to the head of the class Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked
Wow. From the very first sentence, you know youre entering a thrilling world of strange fantasy . . . A wild and dangerous fairy-tale ride. I loved this book R. L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps series
A fairy tale like no other, complete with romance, magic, humour and a riddle that will keep you turning pages until the end Ann M. Martin, author of the Babysitters Club series
A whip-smart debut . . . If I could bewitch you all to read it, I would. Grade: A Entertainment Weekly
The School for Good and Evil isnt just a fantasy series. Its a low-key empire NPR
An imaginative way to leave black-and-white thinking behind Publishers Weekly
A funny frightening and fully satisfying novel that explores the meaning of true love and the vast grey area between good and evilSan Francisco Chronicle
Soman Chainani belives in fairy tales even more than the children of Gavaldon do. While studying at Harvard, he practically created his own 'fairy tale' major and wrote his thesis on why evil women make such irresistible fairy-tale villains. Soman is also an acclaimed screenwriter, whose films have played at more than 150 film festivals around the world, winning more than 30 jury and audience prizes. When he's not telling stories or teaching in New York City, Soman is a die-hard tennis player who never lost a first-round match for ten years. Then he started writing The School for Good and Evil. Now he loses all the time. You can visit Soman online at www.somanchainani.net