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Skull Creek Stakeout (The Caden Chronicles Book 2)
Skull Creek Stakeout (The Caden Chronicles Book 2) by Eddie Jones
A murder . . . A mystery . . . A monster . . . Is there a vampire killer running loose in Transylvania, North Carolina.
Nick Caden is a normal teen with a "supernatural" knack for finding trouble, ghosts, vampires, and all sorts of undead -- or so it seems. After solving the ghost story murder at Deadwood Canyon, Nick lands a job as a roving reporter for The Cool Ghoul Gazette, a website on paranormal or supernatural disturbances.
★ 2021 Purple Dragonfly Award Winner for Middle Grade Fiction ★
When the editor sends Nick to investigate a murder in Transylvania, North Carolina, the young super sleuth finds a corpse with fangs, bite marks and a stake driven through the heart. If Nick proves vampires are real, his job as an investigative journalist is set for life!
But once he begins to peel back the clues surrounding the murder Nick finds his new job is not only dangerous but could suck the life out of him.
A murder . . . A mystery . . . A monster . . . Is there a vampire killer running loose in Transylvania, North Carolina.
Nick Caden is a normal teen with a "supernatural" knack for finding trouble, ghosts, vampires, and all sorts of undead -- or so it seems. After solving the ghost story murder at Deadwood Canyon, Nick lands a job as a roving reporter for The Cool Ghoul Gazette, a website on paranormal or supernatural disturbances.
★ 2021 Purple Dragonfly Award Winner for Middle Grade Fiction ★
When the editor sends Nick to investigate a murder in Transylvania, North Carolina, the young super sleuth finds a corpse with fangs, bite marks and a stake driven through the heart. If Nick proves vampires are real, his job as an investigative journalist is set for life!
But once he begins to peel back the clues surrounding the murder Nick finds his new job is not only dangerous but could suck the life out of him.
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A murder . . . A mystery . . . A monster . . . Is there a vampire killer running loose in Transylvania, North Carolina.
Nick Caden is a normal teen with a "supernatural" knack for finding trouble, ghosts, vampires, and all sorts of undead -- or so it seems. After solving the ghost story murder at Deadwood Canyon, Nick lands a job as a roving reporter for The Cool Ghoul Gazette, a website on paranormal or supernatural disturbances.
When the editor sends Nick to investigate a murder in Transylvania, North Carolina, the young super sleuth finds a corpse with fangs, bite marks and a stake driven through the heart. If Nick proves vampires are real, his job as an investigative journalist is set for life!
But once he begins to peel back the clues surrounding the murder Nick finds his new job is not only dangerous but could suck the life out of him.
★ 2021 Purple Dragonfly Award Winner for Middle Grade Fiction ★
Features & Benefits
- Honors family
- Reinforces the Golden Rule
- Points readers back to the Bible where the truth about evil resides
- A good book for boys and girls who like to read
- Encourages readers to list suspects, follow clues, question motives, and look for half-truths and lies in alibis
- The Caden Chronicles are Award Winning Middle Grade Novels
- Each story involves a "monster" from the Bible: ghosts, walking dead, man turned into a wild animal
- Short, fun, fast read, spiced with humor and illustrations
- Book report / criminal report questions for each case
- Clean, wholesome read WITHOUT profanity, sensual overtones, or glorification of violence and evil
Complete the "Official Criminal Inquiry" to see if you have the makings of a homicide detective. With questions at the back of the book, you can fill in the answers while you read. When finished, your book report should be thorough enough to convict a killer!
About the Author
Eddie is an award-winning author of middle-grade fiction with HarperCollins. Father of two boys, he's also a pirate at heart who loves to surf.The Caribbean Chronicles is a humorous time-travel pirate fantasy adventure series. The third book, The End of Calico Jack, won first place in the Selah awards for Young Adult literature. Book four, No Good Stede Goes Unpunished is a finalist for the Selah awards for Young Adult literature. Eddie's middle grade Monster Mystery series is wholesome, humorous reading with a flair for unexpected adventure. The series has a spooky but spiritual message based on real monsters (sort of) found in Scripture.
Hints at werewolves, ghosts, mediums, vampires, walking dead, mummies, demons, witches, and phantoms are all mentioned in the Bible. But are they real?
Nick Caden doesn't think so. In each episode he sets out to prove who the real killer is.
Eddie calls his novels, fun, fast reads for boys who don't like to read. An avid sailor with a great sense of humor, Eddie has been married to a girl he met at a stoplight in West Palm Beach during spring break for... too many years, Eddie's wife says. Not enough, says Eddie. By the way, the beer in Eddie's cartoon illustration is ginger beer, a seasick sailor's best friend. From 2009 to 2019 Eddie served as CEO of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas. He now writes full time and mentors authors. Awards for Middle Grade and YA novels include: * Winner of the Selah award for tween / teen mysteries; * INSPY Award* Moonbeam Children's Book Award
Product details
- Publisher : Illuminate YA; 2nd edition (July 12, 2013)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1946016969
- ISBN-13 : 978-1946016966
- Reading age : 2 - 11 years
- Item Weight : 7.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.48 x 8 inches