Goodly and Grave in A Bad Case of Kidnap

Written by Justine Windsor

Narrated by Laura Kirman

An archly funny, classic mystery adventure with a magic twist!

Lucy Goodly is the new boot girl at Grave Hall, working for the cold, aloof Lord Grave. The other staff – Vonk the Butler, Mrs Crawley the cook and Violet the scullery maid – all seem friendly but Lucy soon notices that strange things are afoot in her new home – and not just Mrs Crawley’s experimental anchovy omelettes. There are moving statues, magical books and Lord Grave has a secret. Meanwhile, all over the country, children are vanishing. Could the mystery of the missing children be linked to the strange goings-on? Lucy is determined to find out…

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Mar 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9780008183554

Justine Windsor

Justine Windsor is a debut author but has been shortlisted and won various new writers awards including the Times/Chicken House children’s writers prize and the youwriteone.com Children’s Book of the Year. She lives and works in London.

Reviews for Goodly and Grave in A Bad Case of Kidnap

[carolibrarian-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Children have gone missing, can they be found?Lucy Goodly has taken over her parents gambling to try to regain some control over their finances, she cannot loose...with a little magicUntil...Lord Graves.Lord Graves is evil and Lucy must go to work for him as a boot girl, to pay her debts.Lucy encounters many strange and funny things at her new home, from talking animals and pictures to vanishing people. This would be a wonderful book as a read aloud in my school, it will draw in everyone, including those reluctant readers.Thank you #harpercollin #harperclassroom for this ARC