A boy travels into an alternate version of his Halloween-obsessed town to save his sister from an evil witch and free the town from the witch’s curse. A ghoulish and creepy middle school read perfect for spooky season!
Fear comes home.Welcome to Pearl, a town obsessed with Halloween: the spooky decorations, the costumes, the candy. No one seems to notice that every October 31st, a kid goes missing. Mason Miller does, though. Somehow he’s the only one who has any memory the person existed at all.
When Mason’s sister, Meg, vanishes while they’re trick-or-treating, Mason and his friends are pulled into an underworld where monsters roam the streets. They need to fight the evil taking over Pearl, but none of them know the true danger they're facing.
Meg has been stolen by a witch who has no plans to let her go. Shadows of death curl around trees and behind doorways as Mason must use every ounce of bravery he has . . . or be haunted forever with the memory of a sister that only he remembers.
"Evil witches and terrifying alternate realities? New fear unlocked."--Lindsay Currie, New York Times bestselling author of The Mystery of Locked Rooms
On sale: August 13, 2024
Age: 8-12 years
Grade: Grades 3-7
Page count: 272 Pages
ISBN: 9780593651810
Reading level: Fountas/Pinnell: X
Born and raised in Middle Tennessee,
D.W. Gillespie wrote his first short story in second grade. It involved (unsurprisingly) monsters wreaking havoc on some unsuspecting victim. Some things never change. He began writing seriously after taking a creative writing class in college, and he’s written steadily ever since. He lives in Tennessee with his wife and two kids, and on dark nights, you might find them huddled around a campfire sharing spooky tales.
"An immersive, well-imagined world with plenty of spooky bits." —
Kirkus Reviews
"Gillespie’s writing shines."—
PW"Evil witches and terrifying alternate realities? New fear unlocked." —Lindsay Currie,
NYT bestselling author of SCRITCH SCRATCH
"Delivers delicious scares!" —Wendy Parris, author of FIELD OF SCREAMS
"With deliciously spooky imagery, a creepy, cursed town, ghoulish monsters, and children that go missing on the scariest night of the year, GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT is like a sack full of Halloween candy!" —Ally Russell, author of IT CAME FROM THE TREES
