It's Watching

*Instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!*Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house.From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods comes an action-packed adventure novel about three friends who team up to find a hidden treasure in an abandoned 1950's funhouse.Twelve-year-old Sarah Greene wants nothing more from her seventh-grade year than to beat the hardest escape room left in her town with her best friends, West, and Hannah. But when a foreclosure notice shows up on Sarah's front door, everything changes. Since her father became ill two years ago, things have been bad, but not lose your house bad...until now. Sarah feels helpless until the day Hannah mentions a treasure rumored to be hidden in the walls of an abandoned funhouse. According to legend, Hans, Stefan, and Karl Stein were orphaned at eight years old and lived with different families until they were able to reunite as adults. Their dream was to build the most epic funhouse in existence. They wanted their experience to be more than mirror mazes and optical illusions, so they not only created elaborate riddles and secret passages, but they also claimed to have hidden a treasure inside the funhouse. Once in, Sarah, West, and Hannah realize the house is unlike any escape room they've attempted. There are challenges, yes, but they feel personal. Like the triplets knew who would get in. It seems impossible, but so does everything about the house. As soon as they're in she immediately worries that attempting the funhouse is a bad idea but Sarah has no choice but to continue, since her future is at stake.<BR>"Trapdoors, secret passages, and riddles galore. I loved every second of it!" -- Max Brallier, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Kids on Earth"Lindsay Currie has crafted a winning mystery with confounding codes, misleading clues, and the lure of hidden treasure. It's the ultimate escape room and will have you guessing until the final page." -- James Ponti, New York Times bestselling author of City Spies

Es ist etwas mehr als ein Jahr her, seit Sarah, Hannah und West das epische Funhouse durchlaufen haben, das ihr Leben für immer verändert hat. Seitdem arbeiten die drei besten Freunde für Mr William Taters, und absolvieren jeden herausfordernden Escape Room. Doch dann erhalten sie eine seltsame Einladung vom Besitzer des neues Funhouses 'The Mystery Mansion'. Der mysteriöse Besitzer hat das Trio eingeladen, es am Eröffnungstag zu testen, und bietet ihnen einen Preis von 10.000 Dollar an, wenn sie erfolgreich entkommen. Aber vielleicht ist das die einzige Möglichkeit, ihr Funhouse im Geschäft zu halten. Doch Geheimnisse bedrohen ihre Freundesgruppe, und nichts in der Villa ist so, wie es scheint, denn dieses Mal spielen nicht alle fair ...

For fans of Small Spaces and the Goosebumps series by R.L Stine comes a chilling story about a twelve-year old girl who must face down the most notorious ghost in her haunted East coast town to stop a centuries-old curse that threatens to destroy everything, from the New York Times bestselling author of Scritch Scratch and The Mystery of Locked Rooms.Mallory hasn't quite adapted to life in her new town of Eastport yet. Maybe it's because everyone is obsessed with keeping the town's reputation as the most cursed town in the US.And thanks to the nightmares she's had since arriving, Mallory hardly sleeps. Combined with the unsettling sensation of being watched, she's quickly becoming convinced there's more to her town. Something darker.When Mallory has a terrifying encounter with the same old woman from her dreams, she knows she has to do something--but what? With Eastport gearing up to celebrate the anniversary of their first recorded legend Mallory is forced to investigate the one legend she's always secretly been afraid of . . . Sweet Molly.Pick up The Girl in White if you are looking for: - A book for middle school students, 5th grade to 9th grade- A story with a strong female protagonist that explores bravery, friendship, and family- Mystery books for kids 9-12- Chilling ghost stories and ghost books for kids (perfect for Halloween!)- Historical mysteries for kids- Spooky middle grade for fans of stories about Salem or Spooky Hollow

From the New York Times bestselling author of Scritch Scratch and The Mystery of Locked Rooms comes a new spooky mystery about a girl detective who must decode a series of ominous clues tied to a century-old tragedy to find a missing teenager before it's too late...Twelve-year-old Hazel Woods has always had an unusual knack for sleuthing. Some may call it snooping, but all she really wants is to solve mysteries around town. So, when she not-so-accidentally overhears her brother Den planning to sneak into the cemetery at night for an epic game of hide-and-seek, she decides to secretly tag along. This seems like the perfect opportunity to investigate the claims that the cemetery is haunted.But the moment the game ends, Hazel realizes something is very, very wrong. From her hiding spot in the bushes, she overhears that her brother's best friend, Everett, is missing. Everyone else was found by the seeker but there's no sign of Everett anywhere. It's as if he just . . . vanishedHazel and Den are determined to find Everett before it's too late. But as they begin to unravel the terrifying clues that started appearing since that night in the graveyard-eerie whispers that sound like someone counting, the intermittent smell of smoke, and the cold, lost presence that follows them everywhere, she's not sure what they are dealing with. But Everett needs more than search parties and scent-tracking dogs to find him, especially if his disappearance is tied to the history of the cemetery, and the lost, century-old spirits that might still be trapped there . . .

Knacke die Codes. Finde den Schatz. Entkomme aus dem Haus. Die zwölfjährige Sarah Greene wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als mit ihren besten Freunden West und Hannah den härtesten Escape Room in ihrer Stadt zu knacken. Doch als Sarah und ihre Familie auf einmal ihr Haus verlieren sollen, ändert sich alles. Sarah fühlt sich hilflos, bis zu dem Tag, an dem Hannah ihr von einem verlassenen Spaßhaus erzählt - das epischste Spaßhaus der Welt mit ausgeklügelten Rätseln und Geheimgängen, in dem auch noch ein Schatz versteckt sein soll. Doch als die drei das Spaßhaus betreten, scheinen die Rätsel unmöglich zu lösen zu sein. Allerdings haben sie jetzt keine andere Wahl mehr, als weiterzumachen.