The School Is Alive!
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Chapter Book · Ages 6–8 · 2014 · Est. 1 hour read

The School Is Alive!

By Jack Chabert, Sam Ricks (Illustrator)

Book #1 in the Eerie Elementary series

A young boy discovers that his school is alive and trying to eat its students.

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96 pages· 5,884 words· Est. 1 hour read
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Sam Graves, the new hall monitor, discovers his school is alive and sinister. With the class play approaching, he must team up with friends Lucy and Antonio to confront the school's dark forces. Can they save their classmates and themselves from the school's eerie grip? The clock is ticking, and the stakes are high in this thrilling adventure.

From the publisher

Eerie Elementary is one scary school!This series is part of Scholastic’s early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! In this first book in the series, Sam Graves discovers that his elementary school is ALIVE! Sam finds this out on his first day as the school hall monitor. Sam must defend himself and his fellow students against the evil school! Is Sam up to the challenge? He’ll find out soon enough: the class play is just around the corner. Sam teams up with friends Lucy and Antonio to stop this scary school before it’s too late!

At a glance
Format
Pages
96
Words
5,884
Reading age
6–8
Audience
Transitional Reader
Lexile
600L
Themes & topics
Books about elementary schoolBooks about haunted placesBooks about fearsBooks about friendshipBooks about school
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.4
F&P level
~O
Scholastic level
O
AR points
1
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
167350
Publication
Published
June 24, 2014
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780545623926

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