Groosham Grange (13 page)

ANTHONY HOROWITZ
is one of the most popular children’s writers working today. Both The Power of Five and Alex Rider are No.1 bestselling series and have been enjoyed by millions of readers worldwide.

The hugely successful Alex Rider series, which has spurred a trend of junior spy books, has achieved great critical acclaim and Anthony has won numerous major awards including the Booksellers Association/Nielsen Author of the Year Award 2007, the Children’s Book of the Year Award at the 2006 British Book Awards, and the Red House Children’s Book Award. The first adventure,
Stormbreaker
, was made into a blockbuster movie.

Anthony’s other titles for Walker Books include the Diamond Brothers mysteries;
Groosham Grange
and
Return to Groosham Grange; The Devil and His Boy
and
The Switch
. Anthony also writes extensively for TV, with programmes including
Midsomer Murders
,
Poirot
and the drama series
Foyle’s War
, which won the Lew Grade Audience Award in 2003. He is married to television producer Jill Green and lives in London with his two sons, Nicholas and Cassian and their dog, Loser.

You can find out more about Anthony and his books at:

www.anthonyhorowitz.com
www.powerof5.co.uk
www.alexrider.com

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously. All statements, activities, stunts, descriptions, information and material of any other kind contained herein are included for entertainment purposes only and should not be relied on for accuracy or replicated as they may result in injury.

First published 1995 by Walker Books Ltd
87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ

This edition published 2011

Text © 1988 Anthony Horowitz
Cover illustration © 2003 Phil Schramm

The right of Anthony Horowitz to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording, without prior written permission from the publisher.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data:
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ISBN 978-1-4063-3674-0 (ePub)
ISBN 978-1-4063-3675-7 (e-PDF)

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