Goth Girl

Goth Girl is Ada Goth, the daughter of the magnificently melancholy Lord Goth in Chris Riddell's beloved Goth Girl series — a young girl navigating the eccentric inhabitants of Ghastly-Gorm Hall with the resourcefulness and imagination that her gloomy surroundings have given her. Riddell — also the illustrator and co-author of the Edge Chronicles — brings his extraordinary visual imagination to this Victorian gothic comedy, creating a world that is simultaneously sinister and delightful.

Ada is characterized by her curiosity, her courage, and the particular resilience of a child who has grown up in an atmosphere of studied gloom and learned to find it charming rather than oppressive. Her adventures at Ghastly-Gorm Hall involve peculiar house guests, mysterious happenings, and the specific comedy of Victorian gothic conventions taken to their logical extreme.

Riddell's illustrations are inseparable from the text — his detailed, inventive drawings of the Hall, its inhabitants, and its atmosphere are essential to the experience. The series lovingly parodies the Brontë tradition and Victorian gothic fiction while creating something entirely its own.

Begin with Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse. Perfect for readers ages 8-12.