Darkside (novel)
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Author | Tom Becker |
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Cover artist | Studio Spooky |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Darkside |
Genre(s) | Children's |
Publisher | Scholastic |
Publication date | 8 January 2007 |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 256 pp |
ISBN | ISBN 978-0439944366 |
Followed by | Lifeblood |
Darkside is a children's novel by Tom Becker, about a boy called Johnathon who discovers a world hidden in London; a world run by Jack the Ripper's family. Only the worst of the worst live here, and all too quickly Johnathon gets mixed up in a world full of murders, thieves and, of course, a werewolf. Published in 2007. It won the 2007 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize[1] and was longlisted for the 2008 Manchester Book Award.[2]