Return to Groosham Grange: The Unholy Grail

by Anthony Horowitz

Book Overview

Blockbuster bestselling author Horowitz delivers a ghoulishly gratifying sequel to "Groosham Grange." David Eliot is on track to win the Unholy Grail, a cup of magical power rewarded to the star... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142415715
• ISBN13: 9780142415719
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher

Customer Reviews

This is the Exact Same Book as The Unholy Grail

I work at various branches of Gold Coast City Council Libraries and many people request titles of books not realising they've read them before. Before Harry went to Hogwarts, David went to Groosham Grange! With the resurgence of this genre through J.K Rowling's Harry Potter series many people have been trying to obtain and reread the sensational Groosham Grange novels which they read as a kid. Many people are ecstatic when they see what they believe to be a new third title in the series called Return to Groosham Grange and immediately want to order it. The problem is a lot also are ordering it at the same time they are ordering The Unholy Grail and being disappointed when they find out this and that book are exactly the same story. The Unholy Grail was the original title of this sequel to Groosham Grange and for some reason publishers have relaunched it with the title Return to Groosham Grange. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that they're doing this to try to attract the attention of buyers who have only read the first novel and did not know there was a sequel and not to simply mislead consumers. Anyway if you haven't already done so make sure you purchase the original and read it before opening the first page of this one. This book does give away what happened in the first, the first is a lot more enjoyable when you don't know who's still going to be at Groosham for the sequel. So if you haven't read that it would probably be a good idea not to continue reading this review as although I obviously wouldn't give away anything major from the plot of this book just outlining what this novel is about does give away the ending of the original adventure. For those readers I will just say buy the Groosham Grange books, they're sensational! In The Unholy Grail/Return to Groosham Grange David has settled into Groosham Grange and has become the school's number one student. However a new boy named Vincent has come to the school and he's quickly stealing David's thunder, and Jill's admiration. David had the school's top prize The Unholy Grail all wrapped up until Vincent enrolled. Now the grail is up for grabs by either boy. David's dislike for Vincent is costing him dearly, Vincent seems to know what buttons to push to get David in trouble and punished through resulting in the loss of ranking points. Soon David is framed in The Heads Office for a crime he believes Vincent committed. David is also learning it is very important that he wins The Unholy Grail, as if he does not Groosham Grange will cease to exist all together. This adventure will also take David to the British Museum and the reader will get to meet Adolf Hitler and a heap of other wax dummys along the way. So that they sell more copies publishers often change titles. Others novels include P.J Tracy's Want to Play, which is the same book as Monkeerench. Bill Fitzhugh's McJesus, which is the same novel as both Cross Dressing or Cross + Dress. Bush Falls is exactly the