Shiver Point: Under A Howling Moon

By Author / Illustrator

Gabriel Dylan

Genre

Supernatural

Age range(s)

Publisher

Piccadilly Press

ISBN

9781800784819

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

12-09-2024

Synopsis

Welcome to SHIVER POINT, home of spooks, screams and small-town horror! Enter if you dare...

Oli can't wait for his birthday camping trip to Howlmoor Forest with his friends. They're going to toast marshmallows and tell scary stories under the full moon and it'll be great! That is until the first night when Oli's woken by a terrifying beast slashing at the tent. And then his dad goes missing...

All alone in the woods, it's up to the Shiver Squad to find him. But with a sense that something sinister is stalking them through the woods, will they succeed? And as the moon rises once again, will they even manage to get out alive?

Packed with chills and thrills, SHIVER POINT is a hair-raising horror series for readers aged 9-12, perfect for fans of Goosebumps and Dread Wood.

Also in the series: Shiver Point: A Tap at the Window; Shiver Point: It Came from the Woods (book 2); Shiver Point: Under a Howling Moon (book 3)

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Reviews

Hayley

Gabriel Dylan has brought us another spine-chilling adventure from the Shiver Point squad in Shiver Point: Under A Howling Moon. Its Oli's birthday and he wants nothing more than to spend the weekend camping, exploring and telling spooky stories round the campfire with his best friends and his dad. The shiver point squad are all packed and ready to go, but on their way, they encounter the local ranger who advises them to camp at Howlmoor forest campsite instead of the woods, for their own safety.

On their first night Oli is awoken by a terrifying beast and the campsite has been completely wrecked, but Sophia and Mo are not convinced that Oli has really seen a beast and put it down to his overactive mind and lack of sleep. However, when they discover that Oli's dad is missing, things start to become strange. When they go into the woods to find him, what they find under the light of the moon is terrifying!

I really enjoyed the atmosphere and mood this book created and think the storyline will captivate the reader with its characters who have their own unique qualities. This book draws upon the themes of fear of the unknown and the importance of friendship. It creates a sense of mystery that the reader will find intriguing.

In the classroom, this would be a good example to use in English to show how to create mood, suspense and fear through setting and characterisation. Alternatively, it would be an excellent class story at the end of the day.

224 pages / Reviewed by Hayley Summerfield, teacher