Invention in overdrive¡¦The School for Good and Evil is a comedic education by a writer primed to shoot to the head of the class. (Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Matchless)
¡°Rich and strange.¡± (Kirkus Reviews)
¡°A fairy tale like no other, complete with romance, magic, humor, and a riddle that will keep you turning pages until the end.¡± (Ann M. Martin, author of the bestselling Babysitter¡¯s Club series)
¡°Chainani has imagined the world where fairy tales come to life, where for every fairy princess with a ¡®Happily Ever After¡¯ in her future there is a villain with a tragic fate in store. But in The School for Good and Evil it¡¯s not always certain which is which.¡± (David Magee, screenwriter of Life of Pi and Finding Neverland)
¡°In Chainani¡¯s richly imagined world the action never lets up for a nano-second. Young readers won¡¯t be able to stop turning the pages till they reach the surprising and satisfying conclusion.¡± (Tor Seidler, author of Mean Margaret, a National Book Award Finalist)
¡°Chainani takes the racing energy of Roald Dahl¡¯s language and combines it with the existential intensity of J.K. Rowling¡¯s plots to create his own universe. THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL uses the sorcery of words and the poetry of friendship to startle, enchant, and keep us turning pages.¡± (Maria Tatar, Chair of Folklore and Mythology Program, Harvard University and Editor of The Classic Fairy Tales)
¡°Wow. From the very first sentence, you know you¡¯re entering a thrilling world of strange fantasy... A wild and dangerous fairy tale ride. I loved this book.¡± (R. L. Stine, author of the bestselling Goosebumps series)
¡°[A] whip-smart debut...If I could bewitch you all to read it, I would. Grade: A.¡± (Entertainment Weekly)