The Reformatory

Paperback Published on: 31/10/2023
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Synopsis

"The Reformatory is one of those books you can't put down. Tananarive Due hit it out of the park." Stephen King

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award®, World Fantasy Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize, this is a gloriously creepy Deep South horror story based on the infamous Dozier School for boys, perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians and Nothing But Blackened Teeth.

Jim Crow Florida, 1950.

Twelve-year-old Robert Stephens Jr., who for a trivial scuffle with a white boy is sent to The Gracetown School for Boys. But the segregated reformatory is a chamber of horrors, haunted by the boys that have died there.

In order to survive the school governor and his Funhouse, Robert must enlist the help of the school's ghosts – only they have their own motivations...

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
  • ISBN: 9781803366531
  • Number of pages: 608
  • Dimensions: 198 x 130 mm
  • Languages: English

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The Reformatory
Astounding work.
A truly magnificently written book that I hope to read again before the year is out. At nearly one hundred books in for 2023, I think this could be my fav... READ MORE
Wayne Fenlon
The Reformatory
Extraordinary
“Everything seems fine until it ain’t. And then we come to see it wasn’t never ‘fine’.” This is one of the most harrowing books I’ve ever read. One of t... READ MORE
Schizanthus  Nerd
The Reformatory
A Haunting, Brilliant, and Utterly Devastating Novel
Some books are brilliant. Some books are unbearable. The Reformatory is both. Tananarive Due weaves supernatural horror with the very real horrors of Jim C... READ MORE
Laura McToal
The Reformatory
A brilliant book to read
The story begins with 12 year-old Robert Stephens jr being sent to the reformatory for six months by a judge. It is his punishment for kicking Lyle McCorma... READ MORE
Sonya Chullan
The Reformatory
Haint nothing to be scared of...
Books I've read 2025 Book 5 The Reformatory by Tananarive Due At the Cheltenham Literature Festival a few years ago I went to a talk with Elizabet... READ MORE
Anthony Gifford-James