Peril at Price Manor
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2023 · Est. 6.5 hour read

Peril at Price Manor

Written by Laura Parnum

A young actress and twins battle zombifying creatures in a mysterious manor.

3.9/5 Goodreads · 389 ratings
304 pages· 48,356 words· Est. 6.5 hour read
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Halle, an aspiring scream queen, visits her idol's eerie manor, only to find real horrors lurking. Teaming up with Maximus Price's twins, Paisley and Argyle, they face squid-like creatures turning staff into zombies. Can their unique talents save the day and the world? Dive into this thrilling, humorous adventure where every scream counts.

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Fans of Ghost Squad will love this lightly scary creature feature standalone novel about a tween aspiring horror movie actress who pairs up with the twin children of her favorite director to defeat zombifying octopus-like creatures!Halle dreams of becoming a scream queen. She practices her loudest scream every day and has learned a lot from studying the horror movies of her favorite director, Maximus Price. Maximus lives just outside town, and when the chance to go to his home arises, Halle grabs it with both hands. She doesn’t realize that real life horrors await her at Price Manor.Paisley and Argyle, Maximus’s twin children, think that the creepy, squid-like creatures that have attached themselves to the faces of the manor’s staff, putting them in a zombie-like stupor, are just another one of their prankster dad’s tricks. When Halle arrives and is attacked by one of the creatures, she meets the twins and assures them that this is no joke. The three kids will have to work together using all of their unusual talents to defeat the monsters–and maybe even save the world.Blending quirky humor and poignant heart with delightfully creepy monsters, this debut middle grade novel is a perfect entry point for young readers to the horror genre.”Price Manor is perfectly mysterious. With just the right amount of chills and thrills, I was hooked from page one!”–Lindsay Currie, author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White”It’s Alien in a spooky mansion. Nonstop action, tentacles, and slime. So much fun.”–J.W. Ocker, author of The Smashed Man of Dread End

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
304
Words
48,356
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Themes & topics
Books about friendshipBooks about monstersBooks about siblingsBooks about twinsBooks about mansions
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Publication
Published
August 8, 2023
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780063249530

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