Books by Chris Priestley
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review 1: This is Rangiatea's review.Tales of terror from the tunnels mouth was a very good book if you like horrifying books. This book is about a boy who is sent on a train by his step mother, when he boards the train all the passengers seem to be asleep, as the train approaches the tunn...
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review 1: Brilliant ... loved it. A tale about friendship and belonging, this is a twist on the Frankenstein story with some wonderful characters. Evocatively set in both London and the wilds of the North, Chris Priestley manages to set the scene for both locations - from murky fog-filled ...
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review 1: A nice YA collection of scary stories told by a mysterious stranger to a boy and his little sister, who have grown up in an Inn for sailors and have developed a penchant for macabre story-telling. I like YA books that have a veneer of Victoriana or history, and this fits that ge...
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review 1: I stumbled across Chris Priestleys books a while ago and have been fascinated with them ever since. He blends accessible and fast paced stories with the essence of the classic gothic terror and suspense story. And as such this story is no different to his earlier books however it...
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review 1: The Tales of Terror from The Black Ship is penned by author, Chris Priestly. The illustrations are drawn by Dave Roberts in a strangely beautiful, Victorian Gothic pen and ink style. The darkly woven tale follows the lives of two children, Ethan and Cathy, brought up in a pub hig...
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review 1: Thirteen-year-old Ethan Matthews and his younger sister Cathy live at The Old Inn that the siblings love growing up in. The inn is an isolated and otherwise deserted cliff top home that's practically an island surrounded by the sea. In the past, the seafaring men who came to the ...
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review 1: I am so glad I impulsively purchased this $1.99 nugget of ghoulish holiday fun! The book of short stories is meant for young readers, but it’s far creepier than anything you’ll see in the young adult section. It’s like the British version of "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark." T...
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review 1: Für den kleinen GruselAlex reist mit seinem Vater nach Amsterdam. Obwohl auf seinen Vater, der Historiker ist, dort einiges an Arbeit wartet, so hat Alex doch nicht erwartet, dass sie so wenig Zeit miteinander verbringen können. Stattdessen fühlt es sich an, als würde er an Angel...