The Cold People

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Pike is a bestselling young adult novelist and has published several adult books as well— Sati  and  The Season of Passage  being the most popular. In YA, his Last Vampire series—often called Thirst—is a big favorite among his fans. Pike was born in Brooklyn, New York, but grew up in Los Angeles. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his longtime partner, Abir. Currently, several of Pike’s books are being turned into films, including The Midnight Club, which Netflix released as part of a ten-part series.  The Midnight Club  also draws from a half dozen of Pike’s earlier works. Presently,  The Season of Passage  is being adapted as a feature film by Universal Studios while  Chain Letter— one of Pike all-time bestselling books—is also being adapted by Hollywood. At the moment, Pike is hard at work on a new YA series.   Klappentext "Adam and his friends are exploring the forest near Spooksville when they come across huge blocks of ice hidden among the trees. They decide to melt one, but when they do, a strange man comes out of the ice and tries to grab them. The man has very cold hands, and his eyes aren't too warm either! Soon there are dozens of Cold People running around Spooksville freezing everyone. It seems like nothing can stop them. But Adam and his friends have an idea that just might save the day. Or else get them turned into human Popsicles"--Front jacket flap.The Cold People 1 It was another Spooksville mystery. The town was freezing, and it was summer still. The cold weather was as strange as the boiling temperatures of a couple weeks earlier, when Adam Freeman and his friends had run into aliens. None of them could understand what had brought on the chilly snap. That Monday morning—when they first got up—every window in town was coated with a fine layer of white frost. Little did they know that by the time the sun went down, there would be frost inside many of the people who lived in Spooksville. Adam, Sally Wilcox, Cindy Makey, and Watch started off the day by having their usual milk and doughnuts at the local bakery. Actually, because of the cold, they each had a cup of coffee as well, just to warm their bones. Watch had a thermometer in one of the four watches he regularly wore, and he studied it as they munched their food. He said he doubted the temperature would get above freezing all day. “It’s still in the low twenties,” he added. “If we’re going to be outside today, we’d better keep moving.” They took Watch’s suggestion to heart and decided to spend the day hiking in the woods in the hills around Spooksville. They pedaled their bikes until the road ran out and then hid them in some trees. Adam had been up in the hills before, of course, when he visited the Haunted Cave and the reservoir. But he had never been into the woods. He was amazed at the size and variety of the trees. “This forest is like something out of Hansel and Gretel,” he said as they hiked along a narrow path covered with pine needles. He wore a heavy jacket, which he unzipped as he walked. The exercise was taking away some of the chill. Sally snorted. “Hansel and Gretel were light-weights. They had only one witch to kill, and they got famous. We get worse than that every week and no one writes about us.” “We need a press agent,” Watch agreed. “Our life stories need to be on TV.” “Personally I like being unknown,” Cindy said. “I don’t need all the money and fame.” “Wait till you’re a few years older,” Sally said. “Money and fame will be what you crave most.” “I think all that stuff is superficial,” Cindy said. Sally snickered. “Spoken like a true liberal. In this world you’ve got to cash in on whatever, whene...

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Pike
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.02.2015
• EAN: 9781481410670
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-1067-0
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Spooksville; Spooksville
• Subject: Children's and young people's books