The Wrong Train

by Jeremy de Quidt

Overview

Light the candles and shut the door, The Wrong Train is a deliciously creepy and scarily good collection of scary stories, complete with terrifying illustrations from Dave Shelton. Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, R.L. Stine, and Emily Carroll.Imagine you've just managed to catch your train and you realize it's the wrong one. You'd be annoyed of course, but not scared . . . Yet.Imagine you get off the wrong train at the next station hoping to catch one back the way you came. But the station is empty. Again, you'd be annoyed, but not scared . . . Yet.Imagine someone comes to the station, a stranger who starts to tell you stories to help pass the time. But these aren't any old stories--they're nightmares that come with a price to pay. And you want them to stop. Scared yet? You will be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338121261
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	07/25/2017
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Lexile:	830L (what's this?)
File size:	13 MB
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Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jeremy de Quidt lives in Somerset, England and is the author of two other books for children.

Editorial Reviews

Advance Praise:"Scare yourself silly with this cracking collection that carries a very apt warning on the cover: not for passengers of a nervous disposition." --Daily Express (UK)"Sublimely spine-tingling. . . . The writing is taut, electric as exposed wiring, and conjures an exquisitely vivid sense of dread." --LoveReading4Kids (online)"The eight stories are all macabre masterpieces, unsettling and creepy, making you view everyday objects in and seemingly harmless events in an entirely different light. The stories are haunting in every sense of the word and will stay with you long after you've turned the final page." --Crime Review UK (online)"Will leave you positively chilled to the bone." --Empire of Books (online)

From the Publisher

07/01/2017
Gr 5–8—A collection of scary short stories told by a mysterious and creepy old man to a boy who is trapped waiting on a train platform. All of the tales slowly build in suspense, creating a creeping sense of foreboding. While the entries are frightening, they achieve their chills without excessive gore or violence, which makes this a good pick for horror-loving middle grade readers. VERDICT A goose bump–inducing volume that is sure to have readers sleeping with the lights on.—Annalise Ammer, Henrietta Public Library, NY

School Library Journal

2017-04-17
A short story collection framed by the tale of a boy who catches the wrong train.In this British import, a boy runs to catch his train only to find that he's gotten on the wrong one. In a panic, he gets off at the lonely first stop. While he waits for the return train, an old man and his dog join the boy, and the old man decides to keep the boy company and entertain him with stories. After the first horror story, the boy has had enough, but the man pushes forward with more, and the boy, stuck in the dark, has no choice but to listen. The eerie, atmospheric setup will likely deter those who do not enjoy horror, and should that fail, the twist at the end of the first story will, leaving the rest of the book for connoisseurs of the genre. The supernatural horrors range in subject matter (monsters, haunted cars, and a whole menagerie of dreamlike impossibilities) as well as in length, structure (single-scene vignettes and traditional stories), and back story (with many resolutions simply unexplainable but unpleasant—don't expect any happy endings here). In between, the boy and the man talk—these launch pads for the stories get quite repetitive, but the framing device comes into play for one last twist. Physical and racial descriptors are generally absent. Invites imaginations to run wild with petrifying preternatural possibilities. (Short stories/horror. 10-14)

Kirkus Reviews