skary childrin and the carousel of sorrow

But when a number of people mysteriously begin to disappear in Widowsbury, the girls work together, along with Steffen Weller, son of the cook at Rudyard School for Boys, to find out who is behind the abductions. Chapter One New-Librarian Day There was once, in the Pernicious Valley, a strange little town by. Īdelaide Foss, Maggie Borland, and Beatrice Alfred are known by their classmates at Widowsbury's Madame Gertrude's School for Girls as 'scary children.' Unfairly targeted because of their peculiarities-Adelaide has an uncanny resemblance to a werewolf, Maggie is abnormally strong, and Beatrice claims to be able to see ghosts-the girls spend a good deal of time isolated in the school's inhospitable library facing detention. An Excerpt fromSkary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow. Strange things and strange people were no longer welcomed in Widowsbury, for one could never be sure of what secrets waited under the surface.

“If a studio hasn’t already snapped up the rights to a feature film, they would be fools not to do it.Twelve years ago, for 12 days straight, the town of Widowsbury suffered a terrible storm, which tore open a gate through which escaped all sorts of foul, rotten things. “Towell tucks violent tempests, maggoty slime, hideous transformations, nightmares, sudden terrors and like atmosphere-building elements into a rousingly melodramatic literary debut.” Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow Author Katy Towell Random House Childrens Books Adelaide Foss, Maggie Borland, and Beatrice Alfred are known by their classmates at Widowsburys Madame Gertrudes School for Girls as 'scary children. Skary Childrin and the Carousel of Sorrow (review) January 2011 64 (11):542-543 Authors: Kate Quealy-Gainer Abstract The people of Widowsbury aren't fond of strangers, not since a raging storm. Will they be able to save Widowsbury from a sinister 12-year-old curse? PRAISE Skary childrin and the carousel of sorrowĪdelaide Foss, Maggie Borland, and Beatrice Alfred are known by their classmates at Widowsbury’s Madame Gertrude’s School for Girls as “scary children.” Unfairly targeted because of their peculiarities-Adelaide has an uncanny resemblance to a werewolf, Maggie is abnormally strong, and Beatrice claims to be able to see ghosts-the girls spend a good deal of time isolated in the school’s inhospitable library facing detention.