The Demon Headmaster: Mortal Danger

The Demon Headmaster #8

by Gillian Cross

When Lizzie's school gets a new head teacher everything seems great. The pupils are encouraged to do the things they really love, experts are brought in to inspire them; there's even a competition to win an adventure trip of a lifetime. Lizzie and her friends can't believe their luck!

But then Lizzie hears a voice. A voice strange but familiar. A voice that says, 'I will obey all your instructions.' And that's when things start to get dangerous...

192 pages, Paperback

Published February 7, 2019

About the author

Gillian Cross was born Gillian Arnold in 1945. She was educated at North London Collegiate School, Somerville College, Oxford and the University of Sussex. Although now a full-time writer who often travels and gives talks in connection with her work, she has had a number of informal jobs including being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. For eight years she also sat on the committee which advises ministers about public libraries.

She is married to Martin Cross and they have four grown-up children, two sons and two daughters.

Reviews

[Postal Dude · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, as a fan of the "Demon Headmaster" series, I bought an ebook of this as soon as it was released( back in february). Surprisingly only now it appeared on Goodreads.
Well, this time we have the new team (Lizzie, her brother, Ethan, Angelika and Blake) , in the same school ( now ruled by a new awesome headmistrees), trying to succeed in a competition were the prize is a trip to a paradisiac island. However absurd decisions are been made by the headmasters of others school while Lizzie overheard someone saying a crypt phrase "I will obey all your instructions". How does everything fit together?
As we find out the Headmaster was hypnotizing all the headmasters to create academic chaos in their schools, so he could appear as the solution. The trip to island was only a plot to split the team. It nearly works, but team narrowly beats the Demonheadmaster
Somehow I found this one less interesting than "Total Control", but still a great book.

[Derelict Space Sheep · Rating 3 out of 5]

An oddly flat instalment, with little to no description of persons or place. The child protagonists are spirited but not particularly quick-witted or resourceful. Fortunately, then, the Headmaster’s plan, while shifty enough to keep everyone guessing, turns out to be utter bosh.

[Rachel 💚 · Rating 2 out of 5]

It wasn’t as creepy as I remember it being. The ending felt super rushed too.

[Maryam ღ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book. Even though this is the last book in the series, it ended in a cliff hanger.

[Rebecca Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

really good. I recommend it really funny at times and a really powerful ending if you want it please get it .