Do Not Watch

by J. A. Darke

Overview

Having spent much of his childhood snooping around an antique store owned by his father, Sam Valentine is no stranger to encountering eerie objects. When he comes across an old VHS tape in the desk of a late horror movie director, Sam is curious. The label reads: DO NOT WATCH. But for Sam and his best friends, Olivia and Bashiir, the temptation is too great. Soon after watching it, strange things begin to happen — unexplained sicknesses and dreams of the movie's killer haunt them. Are the three friends imagining things? Or is there really an evil being lurking in the dark, seeking out the children who freed him?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496590602
Publisher:	Capstone Press
Publication date:	08/22/2025
Series:	Spine Shivers
Sold by:	OPEN ROAD INTEGRATED - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	129
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	8 - 9 Years

About the Author

Neil Evans is a Welsh illustrator. A lifelong comic art fan, he drifted into childrens’ illustration at art college and has since done plenty of both. He enjoyed a few years as a member of various unheard of indie rock bands (and as a maker of bizarre small press comics), before settling down to get serious about making a living from illustration. He loves depicting emotion, expression and body language, and loves inventing unusual creatures and places. When not hunched over the graphics tablet he can usually be found hunched over a guitar, or dreaming up book pitches and silly songs with his partner Susannah. They live together in North Wales.

Interviews

Discussion questions and writing prompts encourage students to engage and think critically. Readers who like Jason Strange and Library of Doom will love these higher interest level stories. Related nonfiction backmatter helps students apply the story to real life experiences. Features sequences of events. Good for teaching plot and character development.