The Woebegone Twins
Tales from Schwartzgarten Series
Author: Christopher William Hill
Book 2 in the Tales from Schwartzgarten series
Pages: 304
Published: 2013
Age: 10+
When twins Greta and Feliks lose their beloved Aunt Gisela to a poisoned marzipan cake and are sent to the ill-omened Schwartzgarten Reformatory for Maladjusted Children it seems their fate is sealed—that is until they are rescued by the glamorous and wealthy Olga Van Veenen, a fabulous children's author.
The two twins are grateful but something tells them that Olga's motives are not entirely genuine . . . The Woebegone Twins is a tale of murder and mayhem, fact and fiction. The heroes are horrid. The plots are peculiar. And things are not always as they seem.
About the Tales from Schwartzgarten Series
Books in series order
- 1.Osbert the Avenger(2012)
- 2.The Woebegone Twins(2013)
- 3.The Lily-Livered Prince(2014)
- 4.Marius and the Band of Blood(2015)
Reading age: 10+ years
If you prefer cleavers to kittens and fiends to fairies, then welcome to the gruesomely funny Tales from Schwartzgarten.
Schwartzgarten is a strange city with an even stranger collection of inhabitants. It might remind you of Prague or Paris in the 1920s - only with more murder, mischief and mayhem.
The dark humour of Tales from Schwartgarten will appeal to fans of Adam Gidwitz and Lemony Snicket. Certain elements are also evocative of some of Roald Dahl's darker tales, such as Matilda, but don't expect any 'happily ever after...' in the city of Schwartzgarten. You have been warned...