The Legend of Ghastly Jack Crowheart
By (Author) Loretta Schauer
Andersen Press Ltd
Andersen Press Ltd
1st December 2023
5th October 2023
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
823.92
Paperback
256
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 19mm
223g
For Lil, life at the Squawking Mackerel inn couldnt be more miserable. She's tasked with the sloppiest, grottiest jobs and picked on at every turn. Her only friend is Augustus Scratchy, a cantankerous crow with a habit of stealing. When the dread villain Rotten Bob Hatchet and his gang of cut-throat highwaymen begin attacking travellers on the road, things get really dire. Joining forces with a new servant boy, Ned, and armed with the contents of the inns lost property cupboard, a pocket full of revolting dumplings and some knicker elastic, Lil comes up with a plot to scare off Rotten Bob. And so the legend of Ghastly Jack Crowheart the Demon Highwayman is born! Dangerous highwaymen, furious crows, ludicrous underwear, and a turnip apocalypse - stand and deliver!
"A funny, fast paced adventure that will keep you on the edge of your saddle" -- Mo O'Hara
Loretta Schauer originally trained as a dancer and managed a conservation charity on Hampstead Heath for many years. A self-taught artist, Loretta won the 2011 Waterstones Picture This competition and has been illustrating children's fiction and picture books ever since.