Don't Let Them Leave by Mike Lucas - ISBN: 9781761355462
Paperback
Island home, ancient curse. Will they ever escape its haunted grasp?

Don't Let Them Leave

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  • Paperback

    384 pages

  • Release Date

    5 May 2026

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Summary

A compelling and spooky thriller in the best classic ghost story tradition. Inspired by Stephen King, Mike Lucas is a modern master of suspense.

One island. One house. One curse.

Ghosts aren’t real and houses can’t come to life.

Charlotte knows these facts to be true. Yet when Charlotte and her siblings are orphaned and sent to live with their grandmother on remote Black Island, she begins to realise that only one thing is certain - they shouldn’t be there.

But…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781761355462
ISBN-10:1761355465
Author:Mike Lucas
Publisher:Penguin Random House Australia
Imprint:Penguin Random House Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:384
Release Date:5 May 2026
Weight:354g
Dimensions:30mm x 198mm x 130mm
About The Author

Mike Lucas

Mike Lucas is an author of picture books and young adult novels. His YA fiction has been shortlisted for the Readings Book Prize, CBCA Book of the Year Awards and the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. His picture book Where is Cheeky Monster? won the 2025 Speech Pathology Award for children from birth to 3 years. Mike presents writing and poetry workshops at schools, owns a bookshop in Blackwood, South Australia, and works as a full-time engineer. He has very little time to sleep, but often thinks up a poem or two while he does.

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