It's basically the worst school detention ever. When classmates (but not mate-mates) Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school on a SATURDAY, they think things can’t get much worse. But they’re wrong. Things are about to get seriously scary.
What has dragged their teacher underground? Why do the creepy caretakers keeping humming the tune to Itsy Bitsy Spider? And what horrors lurk in the shadows, getting stronger and meaner every minute . . .? Cut off from help and in danger each time they touch the ground, the gang’s only hope is to work together. But it’s no coincidence that they're all there on detention. Someone has been watching and plotting and is out for revenge . . .
Kids love a good horror story, and since the golden age of Goosebumps there haven't been many. This could start to reverse that trend, and it absolutely deserves a place at the top of that pile.
This is a great, increasingly creepy story with a very quick lead in - in the first few pages the kids are already in trouble, and it only gets worse from there. I did find one thing a bit strange, but maybe it's a generation thing; do children not know Incy Wincy Spider these days? I'm a bookseller so I know for sure it's in the nursery rhyme books! Maybe these kids just don't remember music very well, I know some people don't.
Once I realised what was going on, I expected to be really creeped out by the monsters, but I think because they were so much larger than life - quite literally - it didn't freak me out as much as I thought it was. Which is nice - I like being able to go to sleep at night! Kids will have that lovely safe creepy feeling as things get worse and worse for our heroes.
I can't wait to read more in this creepy series, and I think kids will be really eager to read on as well.
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