The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again

The Demon Headmaster #4

by Gillian Cross

Dinah and her brothers have moved house as their dad's got a new job at the Biogenetic Research Centre. It sounds great, but all three realize something very weird's going on. People in the village talk like robots when the centre is mentioned. There's a mysterious buzzing sound near the centre, and a creeper that can grow at an incredible speed. And why is the centre surrounded by such scary security guards? When the kids start probing, they soon run into trouble. Dinah finds she herself is part of a terrifying DNA experiment-masterminded by none other than the Demon Headmaster. Gillian Cross has won the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Children's Novel Award, and the Smarties Prize, and is a highly-acclaimed author. Sales of Gillian's books exceed one million copies.

Genres: Childrens, Horror, Fantasy, School, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

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

[Sophie Crane]

This is a great book! It is about a girl called Dinah, who has defeated the Demon Headmaster on many occasions. But then, her adoptive Dad gets a new job, and the family have to move. Dinah takes this as an opportunity to forget all about the Demon Headmaster, but she, and her adoptive brothers Lloyd and Harvey, soon discover their new home is in a village where all is not as it seems.Can the trio figure out what is wrong with the village? This was a great read, and I would recommend it to readers aged 9+

[Veronica]

Really good but a bit spooky!

[Sally]

Not as awesome as the first in the series, but still definitely worth the read/watch - I saw the TV series first and just loved it :D

[Edward Davies]

The coincidences start to mount up as Dinah and co move to a community that has been taken over by none other than the Demon Headmaster. Not as good as the other books, but still pretty fun.

[Fatma]

maybe try this when they older.

[SGell]

Read this a a nipper, use it for school ones now. Hard to beat, funny 2.