A Most Peculiar Toy Factory
By (Author) Alex Bell
Illustrated by Nan Lawson
HarperCollins Publishers
Barrington Stoke Ltd
1st October 2019
4th September 2019
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
823.92
Paperback
120
Width 130mm, Height 198mm, Spine 10mm
200g
Shadows of teddy bears flit across windows. Dolls whisper behind closed doors. Something has gone very wrong at Hoggle's Happy Toys. But five years after shutting its doors, the toy factory is opening again, and Tess Pipps has found herself a job there. As she and her siblings start their first day of work, they are about to discover what dark secrets are lurking inside the factory's walls ...
"Full of deliciously dark humour and hints of Dhal - a creepy, zippy read, not the faint-hearted!" -- Library Girl and Book Boy, Blog
"Hugely enjoyable Theres going to be plenty of adults who will enjoy this one too!" -- The Letterpress Project
Alex Bell always wanted to be a writer, but embarked upon a law degree as a back-up plan, and spent her free time at university writing six novels. She is now the bestselling author of several YA horror novels including Frozen Charlotte and Charlotte Says. Alex is also the author of the Carnegie Medal nominated middle-grade adventure, The Polar Bear Explorers Club.