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The Reformatory – Tananarive Due

£9.50

A powerful supernatural horror novel set in a haunted Jim Crow-era reform school.

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The Reformatory follows a young boy sent to a brutal Jim-Crow era reform school where restless spirits reveal horrifying truths.

Combine historical fiction with a gripping supernatural story and you have The Reformatory. Both deeply moving and utterly terrifying, this is a great pick for fans of Lovecraft Country or Stephen King’s The Insititute.

All Nightmare Nook Books are selected by our chief Book Ghoul, Cat. Here’s why The Reformatory was included:

“History and horror combined make the ultimate scare – because amongst the supernatural is the devastating reality as a backdrop.

This story based on the infamous Dozier School for boys, so also a great pick for true crime and history enthusiasts.”

Condition:

Brand new and ready to haunt. There is minor warping of the spine which does not effect the reading experience. See photos for more detail.

Synopsis

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, World Fantasy Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize, this is a gloriously creepy Deep South horror story based on the infamous Dozier School for boys, perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians and Nothing But Blackened Teeth.

Jim Crow Florida, 1950.

Twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., who for a trivial scuffle with a white boy is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there.

In order to survive the school governor and his Funhouse, Robert must enlist the help of the school's ghosts – only they have their own motivations…

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