Return of the Dead

by Christopher Pike

First published 1998

Adam watches in horror as bones crack through the cemetery soil. The skeletons of Spooksville refuse to stay buried. They claw their way up from graves, reassembling themselves under the moonlight. Their empty eye sockets fix on Adam and his friends with unmistakable purpose. The dead have unfinished business with the living. Adam must discover what drove these corpses from their eternal rest. The skeletons move with terrible determination through the town's shadowy streets. They seek something specific from Adam's group. Time runs short as the bony figures close in. Adam faces a chilling question that will determine his fate and the fate of his friends. What do the dead want, and will giving it to them send the skeletons back to their graves?

Genres: mystery, horror, supernatural, young-adult

Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful

Tropes: mystery, supernatural-elements

Setting: Spooksville

124 pages · Paperback · Hodder Children's

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