SuitabookWhen school conflict becomes a grand threat
Three hall monitors are charged with protecting their school after Pelicarnassus develops a grudge that escalates dramatically.
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Patrick Ness - Author
A lively choice for readers who enjoy school settings, eccentric threats and exaggerated comedy.
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Sign in for personalised guidanceA lively choice for readers who enjoy school settings, eccentric threats and exaggerated comedy.
Three hall monitors are charged with protecting their school after Pelicarnassus develops a grudge that escalates dramatically.
The book is presented as madcap and absurd, while the school and possibly the world face destruction.
The story includes a school bully, a wildly escalating grudge and a threat involving the school or wider world.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the book’s treatment of its main themes is not yet firm enough; some draft conclusions still depend on unresolved evidence.
Anything not established here remains open; it is not being treated as absent or safe.
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