Description
Halloween is thirteen-year-old Syd's favorite night of the year, but when she gets teased by older kids about her costume, she decides to sit this one out.
But then her friend Jake finds a strange mask in a box of estate-sale junk to wear for his costume and manages to convince Syd to go to a haunted house. When Jake puts on the mask, he starts acting strangely, claiming to be "the Spirit of Mischief", and soon he's causing trouble all over town. With Halloween revellers transforming into werewolves, pirates, alligators--real-life versions of their costumes--and Halloween decorations coming alive and roaming the streets, Syd needs to embrace her love of Halloween to find a way to defeat Mischief before someone gets hurt.
This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading-level book for middle-grade readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don't like to read!
Author: Allison Finley
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Published: 08/19/2025
Pages: 112
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.25d
ISBN13: 9781459840867
ISBN10: 1459840860
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Trickster Tales
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Halloween
- Juvenile Fiction | Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural
About the Author
Allison Finley is an author of fiction for young people, as well as a freelance editor and book coach. Her debut novel, Below the Surface, is a JLG Gold Standard Selection. She gratefully lives on the ancestral, traditional and unceded territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation, outside of Vancouver, BC, with her partner and dog.