Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Prize 2014 Fiction for 5-12's category A dark, enchanting fairytale, complete with two extraordinary heroines on a wild and dangerous adventure - perfect for girls who prefer their fairytales with a twist.
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The School for Good and Evil is a amazing book which has a wide variation of excellent literature.
As a lot of people like adventure books this is for you! I think ages 8 - 15 would enjoy this book. It is spooky in a fun way!
The book is about two girls who want to go to a magical school for the good and evil. When the girls arrive they swap schools and have an adventure as they try to retum to their true destiny with a few bumps on the way of course!... Read Full Review
Definitely an amazing book, however, some of the characters didn't appeal to me.
This book was awesome, but I don't like some of the characters so much.
Every four years, two children get kidnapped and taken to a school. One goes to Good. One goes to Evil. And from there? Once they graduate... their life begins in a fairytale.
The cover made me want to try this book. Definitely. The dark background made me know it wouldn't be one of those happy, happy books, but instead a book with hard times and excitement.
I tried it at first. The start didn't seem to hook me in. I wanted to put it down and go read another book. I am grateful I didn't put it down- because once the girls got taken to The School for Good and Evil, it started to get interesting.
The two girls, Sophie and Agatha get taken to the school.... Read Full Review
