CONTENT NOTIFICATIONS
Violence: Death,Violence: General
Dial If You Dare
By Alexandre Côté-Fournier
Illustrators
Illustrated by Geneviève Bigué
Edition
By Alexandre Côté-Fournier
Paperback
Publisher Orca Book Publishers Imprint Orca ISBN9781459839953
Dial If You Dare
16.05
In stock
SKU
9781459839953J
In this short horror novel for middle-grade readers, Alex and his older cousins awaken the ghost of a serial killer when they dial a mysterious phone number.
Do you know any scary stories?
It's Halloween and Alex is excited to be watching horror movies and telling ghost stories with his cousins. When it's Alex's turn to share, he tells the terrifying tale of Jack Hatchett, local hardware store owner and serial killer. Legend has it that he cut his victims up and hid the pieces so they would never be found. But before the police could prove anything, the hardware store burned to the ground, turning the suspected murderer and his secrets to ashes. Now, if you dial the number for Hatchett’s Hardware, his ghost is said to answer the phone. For Alex, Chloe and Luke, the temptation to call and see if the legend is true proves too hard to resist...
Do you know any scary stories?
It's Halloween and Alex is excited to be watching horror movies and telling ghost stories with his cousins. When it's Alex's turn to share, he tells the terrifying tale of Jack Hatchett, local hardware store owner and serial killer. Legend has it that he cut his victims up and hid the pieces so they would never be found. But before the police could prove anything, the hardware store burned to the ground, turning the suspected murderer and his secrets to ashes. Now, if you dial the number for Hatchett’s Hardware, his ghost is said to answer the phone. For Alex, Chloe and Luke, the temptation to call and see if the legend is true proves too hard to resist...
Black-and-white illustrations.
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PreK Standard MARC Records Cover Art |
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