A mysterious story with creepy crawlies, Dani Bryers

Red Edge
Des Hunt
Scholastic
2020

 

 

October 21, 2022

Red Edge is a story about twelve-year-old Cassi and her friend Quin. Cassi and her dad Mike recently moved into a repaired house on the edge of Christchurch’s Red Zone. It’s quiet though. Just how Cassi likes it. She loves to run through the empty streets, letting off the tension that builds within her. Next door to Cassi’s new home is a seemingly abandoned house. She becomes suspicious about strange comings and goings at the broken-down house. When Cassi and Quin find a way into the garage, they think they know what is happening.  Read more

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An unexpected and compelling story, Thora Moffat

Deadhead
Glenn Wood
OneTree House
Pub. 2020

 

 

 

 

 

May 3, 2022

Glenn Wood’s Deadhead is an exciting thriller story following an experiment going wrong in the most unexpected way.

After becoming the number one target for a group of bullies at his school, thirteen-year-old Spencer Langley and his unwitting friend Regan create a robot zombie bodyguard to scare them away. Working better than he expected, he uses it for other tasks as well but in an unfortunate accident the body comes alive and can think for himself.

Meanwhile, Constable Cadence Green is investigating her partner, Constable Garret Hunter’s, death, which was deemed an accident, and is certainly surprised when she comes across his resurrected corpse.  Read more

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