I thought I would love this creepy story about a sinister school for children, but The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls ended up being overall too stressful to enjoy. The evil headmistress is a more sadistic version of Coraline's other mom or Dolores Umbridge (and I super hated Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when I first read it because of her). Kids in a small town suddenly disappear without their family and friends seeming to care. Turns out they end up at this disturbing school run by a mad woman with super powers that let her control the whole town. The students attempt to fight her but encounter frustration and abuse at every turn. I'm just really not sure when I'm meant to like about this book and wouldn't recommend it to my students.