Fear Ground by Jennifer Killick

The queen of children’s horror strikes again. I don’t know how she does it but everything Jennifer Killick writes is a massive hit.

With a new game sweeping Dead Wood High School, the whole school is on edge. Angelo, Gustav, Hallie and Naira are dragged back into another spine chilling adventure when the games of Flinch seem to be getting out of hand.

When two mysterious clowns turn up in the Dead Wood during a match, the whole group (plus their new friend Colette) begin to unravel the new strange goings on in town. Are there new enemies to face or have their previous foes returned? Can Club Loser solve it before pop goes the weasel?

The characters in Fear Ground feel familiar but also different. They have all come out of the events of Dread Wood with a new look on life, righting the wrongs that landed them in detention that fateful Saturday. With the character of Colette being brought into the fold, the dynamics are changing and the added stress of Flinch just a nursery rhyme away, tensions build and friendships are tested.

Fear Ground was the perfect read to kick start spooky season and of course, Queen Jennifer Killick delivered in truck loads of bone-chilling horror.