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Halloween is thirteen-year-old Syd's favorite night of the year, but when she gets teased by older kids about her costume, she decides to sit this one out.
But then her friend Jake finds a strange mask in a box of estate-sale junk to wear for his costume and manages to convince Syd to go to a haunted house. When Jake puts on the mask, he starts acting strangely, claiming to be "the Spirit of Mischief", and soon he's causing trouble all over town. With Halloween revellers transforming into werewolves, pirates, alligators-real-life versions of their costumes-and Halloween decorations coming alive and roaming the streets, Syd needs to embrace her love of Halloween to find a way to defeat Mischief before someone gets hurt.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading-level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!
Key Selling Points
• Thirteen-year-old Syd must capture a spirit of mischief in this fast-paced romp involving some classic Halloween characters, like zombies, werewolves, witches and skeletons-who are actually kids who have "turned" into their costumes!
• A supernatural Halloween story with elements of light horror, a mystery and a mischievous villain that must be stopped.
• Syd grows her confidence as she manages the crisis caused by Mischief, a classic trickster, whose antics ultimately bring out the best in the heroine.
• Explores teens' changing relationships with Halloween as they age.
• Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.
In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, it's Halloween night and thirteen-year-old Syd must find a way to defeat the mischievous spirit possessing her friend before someone gets hurt.
Allison Finley is an author of fiction for young people, as well as a freelance editor and book coach. Her debut novel, Below the Surface, is a JLG Gold Standard Selection. She gratefully lives on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation, outside of Vancouver, BC, with her partner and dog.
Orca Currents are short, high-interest novels with contemporary themes written specifically for middle-school students reading below grade level. Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 5.0. What in the name of Halloween is going on?
"A must-add to any collection."
But then her friend Jake finds a strange mask in a box of estate-sale junk to wear for his costume and manages to convince Syd to go to a haunted house. When Jake puts on the mask, he starts acting strangely, claiming to be "the Spirit of Mischief", and soon he's causing trouble all over town. With Halloween revellers transforming into werewolves, pirates, alligators-real-life versions of their costumes-and Halloween decorations coming alive and roaming the streets, Syd needs to embrace her love of Halloween to find a way to defeat Mischief before someone gets hurt.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading-level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!
Key Selling Points
• Thirteen-year-old Syd must capture a spirit of mischief in this fast-paced romp involving some classic Halloween characters, like zombies, werewolves, witches and skeletons-who are actually kids who have "turned" into their costumes!
• A supernatural Halloween story with elements of light horror, a mystery and a mischievous villain that must be stopped.
• Syd grows her confidence as she manages the crisis caused by Mischief, a classic trickster, whose antics ultimately bring out the best in the heroine.
• Explores teens' changing relationships with Halloween as they age.
• Enhanced features (highly-readable font, cream paper, larger trim size) to increase reading accessibility for dyslexic and other striving readers.
In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, it's Halloween night and thirteen-year-old Syd must find a way to defeat the mischievous spirit possessing her friend before someone gets hurt.
Allison Finley is an author of fiction for young people, as well as a freelance editor and book coach. Her debut novel, Below the Surface, is a JLG Gold Standard Selection. She gratefully lives on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation, outside of Vancouver, BC, with her partner and dog.
Orca Currents are short, high-interest novels with contemporary themes written specifically for middle-school students reading below grade level. Reading levels from grade 2.0 to 5.0. What in the name of Halloween is going on?
"A must-add to any collection."
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