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Twelve-year-old David Eliot is expelled from school for “excessive camaraderie” – much to the annoyance of his stuffy father. Shortly afterwards, a mysterious invitation arrives for the Groosham Grange boarding school on the lonely “Skull Island” off the coast of Norfolk.

On the train ride, David meets Jill and Jeffrey, who were invited under similarly mysterious circumstances. It soon becomes clear: Groosham Grange is anything but a normal school – rather a place full of monsters, magic and comfortable spookiness. Based on the youth novels by Anthony Horowitz, this comic adaptation masterfully captures the puzzling, sometimes eerie atmosphere of the originals thanks to the atmospheric illustrations of Clément Lefèvre.