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The Demon Headmaster
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The Demon Headmaster: Book 1

The Demon Headmaster (edit title/settings)

by Gillian Cross (Author) (edit contributors)

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Dinah has just moved into a new home to be fostered in the care of the Hunter family. At first, her relationship with Lloyd is a little dodgy, but as the book progresses the two grow closer.
When Dinah arrives at her new school, she immediately realizes there is something going on... all... read more

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When Dinah moves into her new home to be fostered by the Hunter family, one of her foster brothers, Lloyd, takes an immediate dislike to her. Harvey, the younger brother, seems calmer and doesn't seem to worry at all about Dinah moving in. She arrives at her new school and immediately... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

When Dinah moves into her new home to be fostered by the Hunter family, one of her foster brothers, Lloyd, takes an immediate dislike to her. Harvey, the younger brother, seems calmer and doesn't seem to worry at all about Dinah moving in. She arrives at her new school and immediately realizes there is something fishy going on.
When Dinah visits the mysterious headmaster she is told she must take a test. She makes a few deliberate mistakes as she remembers from the past that she must never be too clever... after Dinah completes the test, the headmaster removes his darkened glasses to reveal deep sea-green eyes. As she stares into the swimming sea of blue and green, she feels a sudden drowsiness fall over her... she then falls asleep until noon, when she is woken up by the headmaster.

Dinah knows the headmaster is an awfully nasty man and would have loved to make horrible retorts about him but it is impossible as all she can say about him is:

"'The Headmaster is a marvelous man and this is the best school I've ever been to."

Then the Demon Headmaster enters Dinah into the Eddy Hair Show and SPLAT (Society of Protection of our Lives Against Them) tries to save the country from the Headmaster taking over...

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  • “Some of my most memorable quotes are all of Lloyds swear words.”
    Lloyd

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The main setting was at the school.

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'Our last moments of freedom,' Lloyd said darkly.

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This is book 1 of 6 in The Demon Headmaster. (standard series)

Followed by The Prime Minister's Brain.

This is book 630 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)

Preceded by A Boy named Jia Li.

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  1. Gillian Cross (Author)

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Page Count: 158

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