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There’s a new craze at Dread Wood High. Flinch is a game of fear. The more you scare your friends, the more points on the app you get. At first it’s fun, but soon fun is replaced by fear. And Angelo and his friends notice that everyone is behaving more and more strangely every day—almost as if something is taking over their brains. With the fair arriving in town, adrenaline and excitement levels are high. But who are the people behind the super-creepy clown masks? With fights breaking out and Flinch in full force, it’s time for the final showdown at the Fear Ground.

Flinch ist ein Spiel der Angst. Je mehr man seine Freunde erschreckt, desto mehr Punkte bekommt man. Jeder an der Dread Wood High spielt es. Aber aus dem lustigen Spiel wird bald gruselige Realität.

Read, Scream, Repeat brings together thirteen bestselling, award-winning authors: Kirsty Applebaum, Jasbinder Bilan, Aisha Bushby, Joseph Coelho, Rachel Delahaye, Kat Ellis, Phil Hickes, Polly Ho-Yen, Sharna Jackson, Jennifer Killick, Elle McNicoll, Dan Smith and J.T.Williams. The collection is curated by Farshore’s queen of middle-grade comedy-horror, Jennifer Killick! Read, Scream, Repeat is a truly diverse anthology that taps into everything young listeners are looking for this spooky season.

It’s Colette’s birthday and the friends are spending an evening at Neon Perch – an epic entertainment spot where they can eat pizza, play mini golf and – best of all – take part in Project Z – an epic new escape room experience. It’s going to be the best night ever! Or is it...? Somehow, the escape room somehow seems to know each player’s greatest fears. And worst of all, there are creatures locked up with them. Creatures from their darkest nightmares...giant, poisonous RATS!

Dread Wood High is suffering from an infestation of caterpillars. But these are no ordinary caterpillars. These creepy creatures grow into giant, mutant, killer moths with a taste for BLOOD! They’ll stop at nothing until everything – and everyone – is destroyed. It’s Club Loser’s toughest battle to date. It’s all to play for … and everything is at stake.

It’s summer term and time for a school trip with a difference! Year 8 are on a boat off the coast of France, learning about ocean life. But things are about to get WEIRD . . . Who is the creepy man on board the ship? And what IS the vast, shadowy creature seen lurking at the bottom of the ocean? When the ship is sunk Club Loser realise that they are the only ones who can save the day, and their classmates. Can they outwit and defeat a giant, deadly sea monster that comes from the depths? It’s a fight for survival and if they fail, Club Loser will find themselves in a watery grave...

Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A town where sink holes appear with no warning, where people go missing way too often and where things really DO go bump in the night … To Travis and his classmates, Hazard is home. But when they’re set a school project to investigate the history of the town, they soon realise that something strange and alien lies beneath Hazard. What can they learn from their investigations into the mysterious witch in the woods? And – if the witch does exist – will they make it home to tell the tale…?

Angelo and his friends know that together they can handle any pretty much anything – including giant mutant spiders or snake-like parasites that burrow into your brain. But when a terrifying new enemy attacks from above it seems they have met their ultimate match...how can they defeat giant vampire birds With summer term in full force – and sports day and prom night on the horizon – the whole school is in danger. The gang need a plan to bring safety to the skies once more.

Stoppt die Aliens! Eine Klassenfahrt mit Katja, Big Mak und Chets? Toll, findet Lance. Doch kaum erreicht ihr Bus Camp Crater Lake, geht der Horror los: Da ist der brabbelnde, blutige Kerl, der über die Zufahrt stolpert. Und der Camp-Chef mit dem verdächtig fleckigen Hemd, der alle viel zu früh aufs Zimmer schickt. Als die Kinder beim nächtlichen Geheimtreff dann schlafwandelnde Schüler mit Wespen-Augen sichten, wird klar: Crater Lake ist Schauplatz einer Alien-Invasion. Und nur wer wach bleibt, kann dem Unheil ein Ende setzen.

The must-read new middle-grade novel from the author of the super-spooky Dread Wood series. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s Goosebumps and Stranger Things. "Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over … readers are as likely to howl with laughter as...

Nachsitzen war noch nie so gruselig: Start einer neuen Reihe für Fans von "Fear Street" und "Gänsehaut". Hallie, Angelo, Gustav und Naira sind zwar in derselben Klasse, können sich aber gegenseitig nicht ausstehen. Jetzt müssen sie auch noch gemeinsam nachsitzen – und das an einem Samstag! Schlimmer geht’s nicht, oder? Falsch! Denn plötzlich scheint das Schulgebäude von einer bösen Macht besetzt, der Lehrer wird verschleppt – die Schüler*innen stehen dem Grauen allein und hilflos gegenüber. Es sei denn, sie arbeiten zusammen ...