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Welcome to Feral

04/07/2023

Welcome to Feral by Mark Fearing

Welcome to Feral! It’s a small town that looks normal, but with a deeper look, has secrets, mysterious disappearances, and strange happenings. Your guide on these five short scary stories is Freya, a town resident and sleuth. Freya presents each scary legend with her thoughts on what happened.

The story, A Long Way Down, is about a long twisty slide in a park that closes at sundown and is not for anyone over the age of 11. Two tween boys get up the courage to go down the slide despite the eerie screams coming from within, only to never come out the bottom. Or the story, Detention, about a girl who failed to turn in her book report, only to be cast into the school basement with a clock that ticks, but the time never changes.

Each of these scary legends are tempered by the graphic illustrations, they take the edge off – or some of the fright. The kids or tweens look normal and wide-eyed, while the adults may look normal but turn into monsters with tentacles or vampires. The very gruesome stuff is left to your imagination.

Mark Fearing, author, and illustrator is known for titles such as Giant Pants, The Great Thanksgiving Escape, Castle Gesundheit, and more. He’s also illustrated the series Middle School Bites and many books with Candace Fleming and others.

This series is great for fans of Goosebumps, or those looking to try out the horror genre. They will not be disappointed, a little scared maybe but not disappointed.

"A perfect choice for kids who love anything by R. L. Stine, this will thrill kids who like to get a little scared."—Booklist.

"An amusing, just-scary-enough graphic novel for young genre fans and perhaps even those hesitant to try spookier fare."—School Library Journal

Reviewed by Nancy Stetzinger, Penworthy’s Product Manager

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