The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle

from ewyatt

Kat and her siblings are sent to the castle of a distant relative in Scotland to safely get away from London during World War II. What they find there is anything but safe. The lady of the castle is running the show with her husband gravely ill. There is magic, dark magic, at play as the modern s...

from melaniehope

A group of youngsters are sent away to a remote castle in Scotland to escape war-torn London. Kat and her two siblings quickly discover that the Lady Eleanor is not who she seems. Sensible Kat refuses to believe that anything odd can be happening. However, when the other children in the castle st...

from WhitneyYPL

World War II has already upended the lives of Kat Bateson and her family by sending her beloved father away on a government mission. Now the children themselves are being sent away from London to the safety of a Scottish castle turned children's academy run by a distant relative. Quickly, Kat and...

from AliceaP

The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle by Janet Fox is another prime example of an eye-catching cover which I couldn't resist. It evokes a certain gothic mysteriousness which I'm happy to say was delivered. From the very beginning, the reader is launched into a tale of magic, wickedness, desper...

from SESchend

I'd love to see Emily Blunt or Emma Watson chew the scenery as Lady Eleanor in a movie of this. The last time I had WWII mixed with children's fantasy was Bedknobs & Broomsticks. While Angela Lansbury is great, this book is far better.