Under the Ice, Something Skates

Something is skating under the ice - and it's spelling her name.

Birdie Kowalczyk has twelve good-luck rituals, and she does every single one before she steps onto the ice. Step over the crack, left foot. Touch the door handle twice. Look before you skate. Her best friend Xavier says the rituals are ridiculous. Birdie says the rituals are the only reason nothing bad has ever happened at five a.m. practice at the Iron Lake Ice Arena.

Then something bad happens at five a.m. practice.

There is a shape moving beneath the rink. It skates upside down under the ice, matching Birdie stride for stride, and everywhere it passes it carves letters into the frost. First it spells the names of kids who quietly stopped coming to practice. Then it starts on a name that begins with B.

The town's power keeps flickering out. The arena keeps going dark. And every single morning, the carving gets one letter closer to finished.

Birdie is the best goalie Iron Lake has ever had. She has stopped a thousand shots she had no business stopping. But you cannot block something that comes from below - and she has exactly one chance to trap it under the ice for good.

She takes the shot. She skates away safe.

So why can she still hear her skates squeaking behind her, long after she has stopped moving?

Inside this Creep Street chiller:

• A hockey goalie who follows every rule except the important one
• A best friend who does not believe her until it is almost too late
• A monster with too many joints and all the time in the world
• Short, fast chapters built for reluctant readers
• A cliffhanger every two or three chapters
• Scary-fun creeps with no gore and no nightmares that stick
• A twist ending that will make readers check behind them

Perfect for readers ages 8-12 who tore through spooky classics and want something new. Written at a 3rd-6th grade reading level, with a big hook, a short page count, and the kind of ending that makes kids grab the next book immediately.

Every Creep Street book is a standalone story. Read them in any order. Collect them all - if you dare walk down Creep Street.

Lace up. Look down. And whatever you do, do not stop skating.