The Wicked Cat

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 Includes a sneak peek at the next horror story in the series, entitled 'The deadly past.'The Wicked Cat 1 The black cat was waiting for them on the path. They weren’t far outside of town when they bumped into it. Lately, because they’d been running into so much trouble in the woods and hills surrounding Spooksville, they had stayed closer to town. Actually, a lot of days they never even left the city. The whole summer they’d had adventure after adventure, and even though they’d enjoyed most of them—after they were over—they felt that each adventure was making them old before their time. Watch especially had gotten tired of risking his life, and said he had a new goal—to live long enough to get his driver’s license. “They’ll never give you a driver’s license,” Sally Wilcox said as they walked on a path just east of the cemetery, which wasn’t a bad spot if you liked glorious views of a witch’s castle and tons of tombstones. Spooksville had a much higher death rate than birth rate. Sally brushed aside her dark bangs and continued, “You can’t see well enough to pass the eye test.” “I’ve thought of that,” Watch, who seemed to have been born without a last name, said. He always wore four watches—two on an arm, each set for a different time zone in the country. “But I plan to memorize the chart beforehand.” “That would be cheating,” Cindy Makey, always one to be worried about what was right and proper, said. She had long blond hair and was very pretty. “The end justifies the means,” Watch said. “But you might still have trouble driving,” Adam Freeman reminded him gently. Adam, who usually led the group, was short, with dark hair. He worried about his height and doing the right thing. “If you can’t see the road and all.” “Yeah, you might run over little kids like old Harry Hit and Run,” Sally said. “I won’t be like him,” Watch said. “Why? What did he do?” Cindy asked. “His name sort of explains it all, don’t you think?” Sally replied, always trying to put Cindy down. “He was an old guy who used to drive around in a boat-size black Cadillac and tried to run kids over,” Watch said. “If you saw him coming, you had to get out of his way. He didn’t care if you were on the sidewalk or not, he’d speed up and try to hit you.” “Did he ever kill anyone?” Adam asked, horrified. “Dozens,” Sally answered solemnly. “I can’t remember anyone specific,” Watch corrected. “But he sure tried his best all the time. One day his nastiness got the best of him. He ran into a telephone pole and when it fell down on him, he was electrocuted.” “The kids in town didn’t want him buried,” Sally said. “We all signed a petition to hang him on the town Christmas tree that year. He glowed in the dark and actually looked better dead than alive.” Cindy shook her head. “I c...

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Christopher Pike
• Edition: Simon & Schuster USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Recommandation d'âge: 8 à 12 ans
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 06.10.2015
• EAN: 9781481410878
• ISBN: 978-1-4814-1087-8
• Pages: 128
• Thèmes: Spooksville; Spooksville
• Catégorie: Livres pour enfants et adolescents