Drumroll, please… Reece Carter is back with a brand-new Elston-Fright tale!
And… second drumroll, please… we’re thrilled to be bringing you an EXCLUSIVE first look at the stunning cover of The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright! It’s a good indication of what’s inside. Expect bucketloads of adventure, told with Carter’s trademark flair: wildly imaginative, magical, spooky yet funny, and brimming with heart.
Carter has fast become a household name since the release of his bestselling children’s fiction debut, A Girl Called Corpse. This sparkling middle-grade adventure introduced us to a ghostly girl with a body made of wax, seaweed for hair and polished abalone shells for eyes.
Readers could not get enough of Corpse’s whirlwind journey. A Girl Called Corpse was the #1 children’s fiction debut for Christmas 2022, and was shortlisted for Book of the Year for Young Children at the 2023 Australian Book Industry Awards. Vocal fans include Jessica Townsend, Amelia Mellor, Karen Foxlee, Jaclyn Moriarty, Jeremy Lachlan and many more.
Luckily for us, Carter now writes children’s fiction full-time, which means more spine-tingling adventures for us to enjoy!
The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright is a fabulous standalone adventure, set in the same world as Carter’s beloved kids’ fiction debut. Nobody in Elston-Fright believes in magic anymore. Well, nobody except for Flip Little, his nan and his friends: a girl called Corpse, a ghost called Girl and a very large spider called Simon.
But when Simon is spider-napped by ancient weather ghouls called the Poltergusts, Flip and his ghostly companions turn to the last Lightkeeper’s journals for answers. To rescue their friend, they will need to find and return the missing Light to the lighthouse, restoring its lost magic.
Only nothing in Elston-Fright is as it seems. Questions bubble up from the deep. Dark secrets come to light. And pretty soon, Flip and his friends learn that in order to save the future of Elston-Fright, they’ll first need to understand its past…
Danger, darkness and a mysterious legacy are unveiled in Carter’s brand-new, magical seaside adventure, recommended for middle-grade readers aged 8+.
The Lonely Lighthouse is a standalone novel, but fans and return readers of A Girl Called Corpse will be rewarded! Since you’ll have to wait to get your hands on the new release, there’s never been a better time to catch up on – or revisit – the first Elston-Fright tale.
We can’t wait for The Lonely Lighthouse of Elston-Fright to hit the shelves in October! Pre-order a copy here.
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