Skeleton Creek

By Patrick Carman

Book #1 in the Skeleton Creek series

A dark secret haunts Skeleton Creek. Can Sarah and Ryan uncover the truth before it's too late?

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188 pages· 54,715 words· Est. 5 hour read

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Bookroo's summary

In Skeleton Creek, Oregon, Ryan and Sarah stumble upon a chilling secret that their town wants hidden. After a dangerous encounter leaves Ryan injured, he's confined at home. But Sarah presses on, capturing eerie videos at the abandoned dredge. Forbidden from direct contact, they rely on covert messages and Sarah's secret website to piece together the mystery. As they delve deeper, the stakes rise. What sinister truth lies beneath Skeleton Creek, and will they uncover it before it consumes them?

From the publisher

From The New York Times Best Seller author, Patrick Carman, Skeleton Creek is a fast-paced detective series that alternates between book and video.Sarah and Ryan are in deep trouble…they’ve discovered a dark secret…something that everyone in their hometown of Skeleton Creek, Oregon, seems to want to keep from them. Why? It just doesn’t make sense.The answers are at the old, abandoned dredge. The last time the two went out to the creepy dredge, Ryan ended up unconscious and in a cast at the hospital. Ryan is stuck at home, but Sarah can continue to solve the mystery by taking videos. Forbidden to contact each other anymore, they communicate through text messages, midnight meetings and by watching Sarah’s videos posted on her secret website using passwords given throughout the book.Winner of Nevada Young Readers’ Award and Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Awards. Shortlisted and nominated for New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award, Children’s Book Council “Book of the Year”, Delaware Diamonds Award, and Oregon Battle of the Books Award.

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