It’s no secret that I’m a HUGE fan of Dan’s books (as are many of the children at school), and I’ve been patiently waiting for the release of The Invasion of Crooked Oak for a long time, so it was with much excitement that I opened the parcel from Barrington Stoke the other day.
Something very strange is happening at Crooked Oak and it all seems to have started with Nancy who noticed that her parents had been acting strangely since the local fracking site, where her mum worked, closed. At first, Nancy’s friends, Pete and Krish, don’t believe her when she tells them but after a visit to her home, their minds are changed. Determined to get to the bottom of exactly what’s going on, the friends decide to visit the fracking site ... at night, but what they discover leaves them in shock. They have to act quickly, but can they sort things out before the parents of everyone in school meet that same evening?
I loved everything about this book! It’s fast-paced, will have you utterly gripped, it’s scary enough to have you hiding behind your teddy at times and its zombie-esque/sci-if/horror theme is just perfect for this time of year: the nights are drawing in, Halloween is coming and you just know that children will gobble up this story. Add to that, the atmospheric illustrations by Chris King, and the fact that Dan manages to cram all of this into just 97 pages, wrapped up in Barrington Stoke’s brilliant style, this has major hit written all over it and I can’t wait to share it with the children next week when we’re back at school.
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