GROOSHAM GRANGE (Book Review by Caitlin Smith)

Groosham Grange was written by Anthony Horowitz. This is my first book by this author.
This book has elements of humor, mystery, and scary spooky weird.
It is about a brown haired,green-blue eyed,freckled boy named David Eliot who is the only son and youngest child of a not so very charming couple Mr and Mrs Eliot.Mr Eliot  [Edward] is described as small, fat,bald man with a wrath on his neck in a wheel chair and he happens to be the head of a bank.  Mrs Eliot [Eileen] is a foot taller than Mr Eliot and has porcelain teeth, false eyelashes and is very thin. Mr Eliot has 'accidents' and his victim is always Mrs Eliot like when he accidently stabs Mrs.Eliot but she is all fine the next day.I found this shocking and funny at the same time

Mr Eliot is in a wheel chair from all the beatings and punishments he received from David's grandfather and when David gets expelled from Beton College Mr Eliot thinks there was not enough canning in the house,and so he cancels Christmas, presents, turkey and snow. [cancel snow?]
The next day,to their surprise ,they receive a prospectus[a printed advertisement about a school] in the mail and David is sent away that very afternoon. I cracked up at 'Pack your mother and kiss your clothes goodbye.' That is my favorite line from the book.
I found this book intriguing and has no pictures so you have to use a lot of you imagination to know what the characters look like. I really like that.
Imagine going to school located on Skrull Island, [an island off Norfolk ]where they only get one day of vacation a year and parents are not allowed to visit and all the teachers including the assistant headmaster are very strange.
David, Jill and Jeffrey(friends he made on the train to the new school)team up and try to figure things out while they try to escape.
In the end David must decide if he will remain at Groosham Grange or not and he discovers that he is seventh son of a seventh son. What is that-you have to read it to find out.
Did I like this book? VERY and have reread it about 3 times.
I recommend this book for those 8 and above.
I got this book for free at the DIGI stand at BIG BAD WOLF SALE 2016.