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Welcome to Shiver Point, a quiet town where evil stirs and mysteries remain unsolved.
The second in a middle-grade horror series that delivers hair-raising chills and nonstop thrills-perfect for Goosebumps fans.
The Shiver Squad is back in action when a creepy-looking scarecrow appears in the abandoned Darkraven Farm-and starts to come alive at night. As they investigate, one thing becomes clear: Shiver Point is in grave danger again.
As the scarecrow creeps closer to town, Riley is determined to protect her grandad. Using her remarkable engineering skills-and with the gang's help-she builds a robot to defeat the monster before it unleashes terror in their community. Will Riley's plan work? And will they save the day once more? Gabriel Dylan is a horror fan and writer for tweens and teens. He is the author of the YA horror novel Whiteout and the middle-grade horror Shiver Point series. Chapter 1
One Stormy Night
It was almost dark when Riley heard the screams.
They whipped across the fields, carried on the wind, towards the treehouse where she was working on her latest invention.
Riley moved away from her bench to the window, her skin turning cold. Had she imagined the noises? Or had she really heard someone screaming?
A moment later the sounds came again, echoing from somewhere in the distance. But now that Riley listened more closely, she realised that there were other noises too, yells
and laughter, rising over the low rumble of thunder in the distance.
Riley rubbed her eyes, stared out into the dusk, and tried to work out where the sounds were coming from. Her grandad's house backed onto fields, miles and miles of them, stretching away as far as she could see. A storm was forecast for tonight, a big one, and with the dark skies that loomed overhead it was hard to make out anything at all.
Riley's curiosity took over and she moved back towards her bench, digging through a mass of wires and screwdrivers and circuit boards until she found what she was looking for: an old set of binoculars she'd boosted one night when she was bored, improving their magnification while also amplifying the light so they could work in the dark. Switching them on, Riley studied the scene out of the window again.
There.
Five small figures making their way through the empty fields.
But why?
Riley fiddled with her binoculars, zooming in so that the grainy silhouettes took shape. The
group were all kids, around the same age as Riley, laughing and joking as they crossed the fields. Their torches were fixed on a shadowy outline in the distance – an old farm that had sat abandoned for as long as Riley could remember. Slowly, Riley moved her binoculars from one figure to the next, trying to work out what they were doing. Why were they out so late? She couldn't see their faces, but there was something familiar about them. She shifted her focus to the leader of the group, who had a quick, confident walk and instantly recognisable long blonde hair tied up in pigtails.
Riley felt her breath catch in her throat.
It was Bethany Blight, Shiver Point's local bully. But why was she heading towards Darkraven
Farm?
From a distance, the silhouette of the main house looked like a skull, its shattered windows resembling empty eye sockets, the boarded-up door a toothless mouth. Deserted fields surrounded the farm and its outbuildings: bare, barren stretches of land dotted with skeletal trees. It certainly wasn't a place Riley had ever wanted to visit.
There were whispers about Darkraven – silly stories that Riley had heard in the playground for years. Rumours that if you listened closely enough on dark winter nights, you could hear ghostly cries and wails from somewhere inside the old farmhouse. That the farm was cursed, and anyone who set foot on the land would suffer a terrible fate. That there was a reason the family who'd once lived there had vanished, and no one new had ever moved
The second in a middle-grade horror series that delivers hair-raising chills and nonstop thrills-perfect for Goosebumps fans.
The Shiver Squad is back in action when a creepy-looking scarecrow appears in the abandoned Darkraven Farm-and starts to come alive at night. As they investigate, one thing becomes clear: Shiver Point is in grave danger again.
As the scarecrow creeps closer to town, Riley is determined to protect her grandad. Using her remarkable engineering skills-and with the gang's help-she builds a robot to defeat the monster before it unleashes terror in their community. Will Riley's plan work? And will they save the day once more? Gabriel Dylan is a horror fan and writer for tweens and teens. He is the author of the YA horror novel Whiteout and the middle-grade horror Shiver Point series. Chapter 1
One Stormy Night
It was almost dark when Riley heard the screams.
They whipped across the fields, carried on the wind, towards the treehouse where she was working on her latest invention.
Riley moved away from her bench to the window, her skin turning cold. Had she imagined the noises? Or had she really heard someone screaming?
A moment later the sounds came again, echoing from somewhere in the distance. But now that Riley listened more closely, she realised that there were other noises too, yells
and laughter, rising over the low rumble of thunder in the distance.
Riley rubbed her eyes, stared out into the dusk, and tried to work out where the sounds were coming from. Her grandad's house backed onto fields, miles and miles of them, stretching away as far as she could see. A storm was forecast for tonight, a big one, and with the dark skies that loomed overhead it was hard to make out anything at all.
Riley's curiosity took over and she moved back towards her bench, digging through a mass of wires and screwdrivers and circuit boards until she found what she was looking for: an old set of binoculars she'd boosted one night when she was bored, improving their magnification while also amplifying the light so they could work in the dark. Switching them on, Riley studied the scene out of the window again.
There.
Five small figures making their way through the empty fields.
But why?
Riley fiddled with her binoculars, zooming in so that the grainy silhouettes took shape. The
group were all kids, around the same age as Riley, laughing and joking as they crossed the fields. Their torches were fixed on a shadowy outline in the distance – an old farm that had sat abandoned for as long as Riley could remember. Slowly, Riley moved her binoculars from one figure to the next, trying to work out what they were doing. Why were they out so late? She couldn't see their faces, but there was something familiar about them. She shifted her focus to the leader of the group, who had a quick, confident walk and instantly recognisable long blonde hair tied up in pigtails.
Riley felt her breath catch in her throat.
It was Bethany Blight, Shiver Point's local bully. But why was she heading towards Darkraven
Farm?
From a distance, the silhouette of the main house looked like a skull, its shattered windows resembling empty eye sockets, the boarded-up door a toothless mouth. Deserted fields surrounded the farm and its outbuildings: bare, barren stretches of land dotted with skeletal trees. It certainly wasn't a place Riley had ever wanted to visit.
There were whispers about Darkraven – silly stories that Riley had heard in the playground for years. Rumours that if you listened closely enough on dark winter nights, you could hear ghostly cries and wails from somewhere inside the old farmhouse. That the farm was cursed, and anyone who set foot on the land would suffer a terrible fate. That there was a reason the family who'd once lived there had vanished, and no one new had ever moved
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