The Stone Child

Dan Poblocki

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Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
15 October 2010

Children's & Educational; Adventure stories (Children's&YA); Crime & mystery fiction (Children's&YA); Horror & ghost stories, chillers (Children's&YA)

First-time author Dan Poblocki has written a gothic horror story for middle-grade readers, reminiscent of the classic scary books of John Bellairs. Boys especially will race through, eager to figure out the code, and solve the mystery of the stone child.

What if the monsters from your favorite horror books were real?

Eddie Fennicks has always been a loner, content to lose himself in a mystery novel by his favorite author, Nathaniel Olmstead. That's why moving to the small town of Gatesweed becomes a dream come true when Eddie discovers that Olmstead lived there before mysteriously disappearing thirteen years ago. Even better, Eddie finds a handwritten, never-before-seen Nathaniel Olmstead book printed in code and befriends Harris, who's as much an Olmsteady as he is. But then the frightening creatures of Olmstead's books begin to show up in real life, and Eddie's dream turns into a nightmare. Eddie, Harris, and their new friend, Maggie, must break Olmstead's code, banish all gremlins and monster lake-dogs from the town of Gatesweed, and solve the mystery of the missing author, all before Eddie's mom finishes writing her own tale of terror and brings to life the scariest creature of all.

By: Dan Poblocki
Imprint: Yearling (imprint of Random House Children's Books)
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 194mm, Width: 135mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780375842559
ISBN 10: 0375842551
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 15 October 2010
Recommended Age: From 8 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Beginning in fifth grade, Dan Poblocki would gather his friends after school, frightening them with tales of ghosts, monsters, and spooky places. When his mother began to receive phone calls from neighborhood parents, warning that her son's stories were giving their children nightmares, Dan decided to write the stories down instead. Dan now battles his own neighborhood monsters in Brooklyn, New York. Visit him at www.danpoblocki.com. From the Hardcover edition.