* A dark lake with darker secrets.
* The bizarre delivery of a mysterious crate.
* A fortune-teller unnerved by what she reads in a palm.
* Why is the past reaching for the present with such bony fingers?
For the four teenagers staying near a West Coast lake, what begins as an intriguing puzzle ends with the most terrifying night of their lives, a night that will change them forever...
Award-winning author James Norcliffe's compelling supernatural tale will delight and thrill all young readers with its bittersweet ending as unexpected as it is satisfying.
* A dark lake with darker secrets.
* The bizarre delivery of a mysterious crate.
* A fortune-teller unnerved by what she reads in a palm.
* Why is the past reaching for the present with such bony fingers?
For the four teenagers staying near a West Coast lake, what begins as an intriguing puzzle ends with the most terrifying night of their lives, a night that will change them forever...
Award-winning author James Norcliffe's compelling supernatural tale will delight and thrill all young readers with its bittersweet ending as unexpected as it is satisfying.
Chapter One The Crate
Chapter Two Wing Nuts
Chapter Three Foot Prints
Chapter Four Occam's Razor
Chapter Five The Coach
Chapter Six Pink Hair
Chapter Seven The Headstone
Chapter Eight The Palm Reader
Chapter Nine Lily and Amy
Chapter Ten The White Dress
Chapter Eleven Skip in the Box
Chapter Twelve Amy, Amy
Chapter Thirteen The Grey Van
Chapter Fourteen Amy and Lily
Chapter Fifteen The Star-studded Gypsy Van
Chapter Sixteen True Stories
Chapter Seventeen The Astronomer
Chapter Eighteen Telling Skip
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James Norcliffe is a New Zealand poet, editor, and writer of mainly
fantasy novels for younger readers. He has written ten collections
of poetry and thirteen novels for young people, most recently two
hilarious stories for younger readers, Mallory, Mallory: The
Revenge of the Tooth Fairy and Mallory, Mallory: Trick or Treat
about the awful Mallory and her hapless sidekick Arthur.
James Norcliffe and his wife Joan live at Church Bay in Lyttelton
Harbour near Christchurch.
"A wonderful hybrid of mystery, ghost and sci-fi narrative that will grip children tight... another thrilling events-and-identity puzzle that will entertain the young fans Norcliffe has secured ever since his extraordinary The Loblolly Boy" Emma Neal "An exciting and interesting book... The Crate will be an outstanding addition to the literature for children in Aotearoa." Gavin Bishop
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