Dread Detention (Creatures & Teachers)

by Jennifer Killick (Author)

Reading Level: 6th − 7th Grade

The Breakfast Club meets Stranger Things in this middle grade horror novel for fans of Goosebumps! Detention turns even scarier when a group of classmates discover dangers lurking in their school.

When classmates 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 keep 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 . . .

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Kirkus Reviews

A creepy tale that boasts both thrills and authentically complex characters.

Review quotes

"Between nail-biting chase scenes and elegantly wrought character development, hardly a moment is wasted in this arachnophobia-inducing thriller, making for an icky-fun adventure full of scares and gallows humor." —Publishers Weekly
Jennifer Killick
Jennifer Killick is the author of the Dread Detention and other series for kids. She lives in Uxbridge, in a house full of children, animals and Lego. When she isn't busy mothering or step-mothering (which isn't often) she loves to read, write and run, as fast as she can.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593652251
Lexile Measure
780
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Publication date
February 20, 2024
Series
Creatures & Teachers
BISAC categories
JUV001000 - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure
JUV018000 - Juvenile Fiction | Horror
JUV052000 - Juvenile Fiction | Monsters
Library of Congress categories
Friendship
Teachers
Horror stories
Haunted schools
School discipline

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