The Last Day of October
Phil Hickes author Oriol Vidal illustrator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Published:9th Oct '25
Should be back in stock very soon
A spine-tingling middle-grade horror perfect for Halloween! (Dyslexia-friendly)
Bored with trick-or-treating, three friends venture into the woods on Halloween night to hunt for the haunted McBride House in this spine-tingling horror story from Phil Hickes.
Bored with trick-or-treating, three friends venture into the woods on Halloween night to hunt for the haunted McBride House in this spine-tingling horror story from Phil Hickes.
If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a nasty surprise …
Seeking creepy thrills instead of candy, Cody and his friends set out on Halloween to search for the ruins of the haunted McBride House in the woods near his home in Oregon.
The house has taken on a sinister legendary status after it burned down a hundred years ago with tragic consequences, and it’s said that the ghosts of the family who lived there return each year on the last day of October.
But when they find the house, the truth of what is happening on this eerie autumn night is more terrifying than the three teenagers could ever have imagined …
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
"Nobody does spooky stories better than Phil Hickes … I love it when horror stories for young readers aren’t afraid to be proper scary." — Dan Smith
"Hickes’ first novel for Barrington Stoke is a scary pageturner, publishing ahead of Halloween." – The Bookseller
"Expect ghostly houses, strange woods, and that slow-building unease that Hickes does so well — this time in a short, chilling format with illustrations by Oriol Vidal. A perfect Halloween read for brave readers 9+ who like their shivers with heart." — Lecturer
ISBN: 9780008748517
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 6mm
Weight: 170g
96 pages