The Woebegone Twins: Book 2 (Tales from Schwartzgarten) - Hardcover

This tale from Schwartzgarten plays like a black and white horror film in your head with shades of Hansel and Gretel. A strange, darkly original story which is fairly nasty but in the end it's kind of nice. I loved reading the book out loud in my best transylvanian accent. (Emily Drabble, The Guardian)

A deliciously dark invitation to the strange world of Schwartzgarten. (We Love This Book)

You want to be caught up in the thrall of delicious deviance and page-turning scandal, go on, get stuck in. (Sarah McIntyre)

Fiendish plots abound in this exciting story full of gruesome deeds cleverly mixed with humorous moments. (Primary Times)

A gruesome and very funny tale full of the most fabulous, colourful characters. (Bookzone4Boys)

A brilliant story with wonderful characters... imaginative ideas burst from the pages. (Families Magazine)

A beautifully written book, enticing the senses with theatre and atmosphere. A world any capable young reader would be excited to stumble across. (Booktrust)

Exciting, scary, lots of twists... very funny. So shocking and adventurous it even made me put my Beano down and get all the way to the end of the book! (The Guardian online site member)

You can't not read it! Ten out of ten. (The Guardian online site member)

This book is wickedly funny, deliciously dark and superbly sinister. I'd love to visit Schwartzgarten (but only with a full security team to protect me). It's also a good reminder to NEVER mess with small boys in big glasses. (Alex T Smith (author of the Claude series))