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Freeze
- Author
- Chris Priestley
- Narrator
- Melanie Crawley
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 17 October 2024
- Run Time
- 1 hour 36 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
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What to expect
Award-winning master of scary stories Chris Priestley returns with a spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales to chill you to the bone …
When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and more uncomfortable. She features in each of her friends’ creepy tales and they start to feel a little too real. Finally, when a mysterious new girl stands up to read the last story of the day, the light outside dims and it starts to snow. The classroom starts to freeze but everyone is trapped. Can Maya stop the story before the nightmare comes true?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Critics Review
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"A fantastic horror fest for plucky youngsters who love to have their spines well and truly tingled!" – Lancashire Evening Post
"Will undoubtedly induce delighted gasps of surprise in readers who relish spine-tingling twists. With his intricate illustrations enhancing the chilling atmosphere, Priestley commands a magician’s prowess to conjure the eerily unexpected .. The set-up of interlinked narratives works a terrifying treat" – LoveReading4Kids, October Books of the Month
"Epic horror for kids regardless of reading ability … The blend of supernatural with psychological creepiness is beautiful and chilling … utterly masterful" – Lily and the Fae, blog
"[Chris Priestley] knows just how intensively to pitch the tingles and fear for his target readership" – The Letterpress Project
"This was really creepy, like really creepy. Kids that want a good creepy horror this is certainly one for you … it’s easy to read, nice and short, but packs in so much information, so many twists, so many creepy stories written with layers, a character that will boggle your mind with her creepiness." — A Paper Girl, A Paper Town, blog
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Details
- Author
- Chris Priestley
- Narrator
- Melanie Crawley
- Duration
- 1 hour 36 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 October 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008752170
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: School stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Short stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense
Synopsis
Award-winning master of scary stories Chris Priestley returns with a spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales to chill you to the bone … When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and more uncomfortable. She features in each of her friends’ creepy tales and they start to feel a little too real. Finally, when a mysterious new girl stands up to read the last story of the day, the light outside dims and it starts to snow. The classroom starts to freeze but everyone is trapped. Can Maya stop the story before the nightmare comes true? Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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