Fear Files: A Trick of the Light
By Author / Illustrator
Christopher Edge
Genre
Supernatural
Age range(s)
9+
Publisher
Walker Books
ISBN
9781529527384
Format
Paperback
Published
08-10-2026
Synopsis
A school trip turns spooky in this spine-tingling adventure from award-winning author Christopher Edge, perfect for 9+ fans of Goosebumps.
Feeling ignored by her friends on a school residential trip at a creepy old manor house, ten-year-old Hazel meets a girl called Alice from another school, who is also on residential and feeling a bit lonely. Together they hatch a plan to get their own back, inventing a legend about a resident ghost who haunts the house to fool their friends.
But as the spooky games and tricks they plan become a little too scary, Hazel starts to wonder if Alice is pushing things too far . . . Packed with mysterious found material and illustrations. See also: Fear Files: Hide and Seek.
Christopher Edge is the author of the global sensation, Escape Room. Praise for the series: "A short, sharp novella, all the better to lure in readers with 2025 attention spans . . . creepy, fast-paced, high stakes." The Observer. "I ran out of fingernails to bite long before the end!" Jonathan Stroud. "A perfect shot of horror for young readers." Jennifer Killick.
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