Something strange is happening at Cragthorn Primary...
The new headteacher, Miss Dermbridge, arrives wearing a spider-shaped hat, casts no shadow, and might just have turned a boy’s hair into a cactus. The school bell screams instead of rings, and there’s a locked black box in her office that growls when you walk past.
But three wildly curious kids — Mabel Griggs, Nigel Thrubble, and Hamish Bicklebone — aren’t afraid to poke their noses where they don’t belong. Along with the mysterious rebel Elsa Pinsnout, they uncover a secret underground society, a magical book of misfit children, and a terrifying plan to squash imagination forever.
Can the Unteachables rise, bring back the fun, and turn the tables on the most fearsome headmistress in history?
Packed with laughs, chaos, custard pies, and magical mayhem, The Mysterious Headteacher is a Roald Dahl-style adventure for readers who believe that rules are best when they
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