Nightmare

by Willo Davis Roberts

Overview

From the author of Don’t Hurt Laurie and The Minden Curse comes a thrilling and frightening story about a teenage boy who sets out to solve the death of a man who fell from a bridge onto the hood of the boy’s car.

When a falling body strikes the hood of Nick’s Pinto as he drives under the overpass, the police close the case, calling the man’s death a suicide. Haunted by the expression on the man’s face as he fell to his death, Nick is not so certain that’s what happened.

Suspecting murder, he risks his life as he places himself and a close friend in the center of danger trying to investigate what exactly happened to the mysterious man that fell on his car.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442472297
Publisher:	Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	04/27/2012
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)
Age Range:	10 - 14 Years

About the Author

Willo Davis Roberts wrote many mystery and suspense novels for children during her long and illustrious career, including The Girl with the Silver Eyes, The View from the Cherry Tree, Twisted Summer, Megan’s Island, Baby-Sitting Is a Dangerous Job, Hostage, Scared Stiff, The Kidnappers, and Caught! Three of her children’s books won Edgar Awards, while others received great reviews and other accolades, including the Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award, the California Young Reader’s Medal, and the Georgia Children’s Book Award.

Editorial Reviews

Seventeen-year-old Nick Corelli enters a world of exciting drama when a man falls from an overpass and crashes onto his car. Although the incident is ruled suicide, Nick is haunted by the terrified expression on the victim's face, and is convinced that the man had no intention of taking his own life. In order to escape the ordeal which has brought him recurring nightmares, Nick plans a trip to visit his older brother in Texas. After crossing the Arizona border, Nick discovers that a neighbor, 15-year-old Daisy, has stowed away in the back of his parents' motor home. It is Daisy who first notices that they are being followed by the same blue Thunderbird that was spotted near the scene of Nick's accident. Action rises to a climax when Nick and Daisy fail to give their pursuers the slip and are cornered in Galveston. Readers may piece together the clues of this mystery more quickly than the protagonist. Although characters and plot appear somewhat formulaic and action is unevenly paced, this novel offers enough suspense to gratify most action/adventure fans. Ages 10-14. (Sept.)

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