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Skeleton Creek #1

by Patrick Carman Publisher: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC

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A mystery told across pages and video

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Awards & Recognition

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    New York Times best-selling author

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A mystery told across pages and video

In Skeleton Creek, Sarah and Ryan’s discovery of a hidden secret in their Oregon hometown leads them to the abandoned dredge, where an earlier visit left Ryan injured. With Ryan confined at home and the two forbidden to contact one another, Sarah uses a camera and a secret website to continue the investigation. The book’s distinctive structure alternates written sections with videos, making those exchanges part of how the mystery unfolds. Its central threads are secrecy, a forbidden investigation, and the uneasy bond between friends trying to piece together what their community is hiding.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens interested in mysteries with horror elements.
  • Readers who enjoy stories that combine a book with video content.
  • Young readers drawn to secrets, investigations, and friendship under pressure.

Themes

Mystery and secrecyFriendship and communicationInvestigation of a local secretHorror elements

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Book overview

Read the Book. Watch the Videos. Uncover the Mystery. Skeleton Creek is an award-winning series from New York Times Best Seller author Patrick Carman that alternates between videos and book.

Sarah and Ryan are in deep trouble... they've discovered a dark secret... something that everyone in their hometown of Skeleton Creek, Oregon, seems to want to keep from them. Why? It just doesn't make sense. The answers are at the old, abandoned dredge.

The last time the two went out to the creepy dredge, Ryan ended up unconscious and in a cast at the hospital. Ryan is stuck at home, but Sarah can continue to solve the mystery with her new camera. Forbidden to speak with or contact Sarah anymore, they communicate through Sarah's videos posted on her secret website.

Winner of Nevada Young Readers' Award and Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Awards. Shortlisted and nominated for New Mexico Land of Enchantment Book Award, Children's Book Council "Book of the Year", Delaware Diamonds Award, and Oregon Battle of the Books Award.

Wired Review: " If you've got a kid (ages 8 to maybe 15 or so) who resists reading, then I've got a challenge for you to issue. Hand them Skeleton Creek by Patrick Carman and dare them to not finish it..."

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