Cover Reveal! A Girl Called Corpse by Reece Carter, illustrated by Simon Howe

We sure love the anticipation of a new book, and we can’t wait to read A Girl Called Corpse by Reece Carter when it comes out in October! It has a stunning cover that really draws you in and gives an indication of the spooky yet funny ride this story will take you on.

It’s one of the most exciting children’s fantasy debuts to hit the shelves since Nevermoor. There’s much excitement because A Girl Called Corpse is that good. It’s fabulously well-written, wildly imaginative, and humorous!

The author is Reece Carter, he’s new to children’s fiction but has already made an impact. Growing up on his family farm in WA, there was an unfortunate lack of witches and ghosts on the farm, and so Reece had to find them in books instead. Roald Dahl, Paul Jennings and Emily Rodda were some of his first favourite authors. Now, Carter writes kids’ fiction full-time.

So what’s A Girl Called Corpse all about?  With a body made of wax, seaweed for hair and polished abalone shells for eyes, Corpse is bound to haunt the Witches’ sea shack forever. She has no memory of the kid she was before she was snatched and ended up on the rock-that-doesn’t-exist.

But the delivery of an unexpected message sets Corpse off on a surprising quest, searching for answers to the old and familiar questions that have filled her not-brain since the day she first woke up as a ghost. Questions about her name. Questions about her family.

With only her eight-legged friend Simon for company, Corpse heads into the unknown. There will be danger – cruel Witches, a silver-eyed sea monster and a cunning Merchant with a hungry grin – but Corpse is not afraid. She’ll stop at nothing to uncover the truth about her past. Only some answers, it turns out, are much closer than she thinks.

Recommended for middle-grade readers aged 8+, A Girl Called Corpse is a sparkling adventure story about friendship, family and finding out that there’s nothing more powerful than a kid acting with their whole heart.

The novel is both humorous and spooky, and its setting recalls Carter’s childhood on the WA coast like some kind of cross between Tim Burton and Tim Winton. It also includes stunning illustrations by Simon Howe, the illustrator of Teeny Tiny Stevies and the Naughty Dragon series.

Full of spells, spooks and spine-tingling action with a cast of wicked witches you’ll love to hate, we can’t wait for this to hit the shelves in October!

Pre-order a copy of A Girl Called Corpse here.