Don't Let Them Leave

Name: Don't Let Them Leave
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ISBN: 9781761355462

Mike Lucas

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Penguin
05 May 2026

Thrillers (Children's&YA); Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's&YA); Young Adult

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 will they ever be able to leave?

'A treacherous tale of revenge and repair, and a true Gothic masterpiece that draws deep from the well of Cornish folklore. Sinister, shocking and utterly terrifying.' - Margot McGovern, author of This Stays Between Us

By: Mike Lucas
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 290g
ISBN: 9781761355462
ISBN 10: 1761355465
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 05 May 2026
Recommended Age: From 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.