Fiendish Deeds (Joy of Spooking)

Fiendish Deeds (Joy of Spooking)
by P.J. Bracegirdle

Fiendish Deeds (Joy of Spooking)
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Author: P.J. Bracegirdle
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-08-05
ISBN: 1416934162
Number of pages: 192
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry
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Book Review: Joy is a joy
Summary: 3 Stars

This first book in The Joy of Spooking series introduces the very original and very strange character of Joy Wells. Wise beyond her twelve years, Joy enjoys dressing in the vintage clothes of dead people, sneaking into graveyards and other haunted places in the middle of the night, and reading scary stories, especially those written by the mysteriously vanished author E.A. Peugeot. Joy lives in a dying town called Spooking, but since there is no school she and her brother are forced to go to school in the neighboring city of Darlington, where they are taunted daily and called "Spookies." Joy is angered when she learns that Darlington plans to build a water park over a bog in Spooking. She became interested in the bog after reading one of E.A. Peugeot's stories, "The Bawl of the Bog Fiend." She wonders, was Peugeot onto something? Is there really a bog fiend, and did it have something to do with Peugeot's disappearance?

I like the character of Joy - she's funny, smart, and doesn't care what people think of her. The writing style is humorous in a dry-wit kind of way, and the villain of the story is realistically creepy. However, I don't know how it will do as a series. I enjoyed reading it, but the ending didn't leave me dying to know what happens next. If you're in the mood for an environmental mystery with quirky characters, then check out this book.

Summary of Fiendish Deeds (Joy of Spooking)

Do you dare set foot in Spooking?

It's the terrible town on the hideous hill -- and Joy Wells is a proud resident. A fan of classic horror stories, Joy is convinced that famous author E. A. Peugeot based his spine-tingling tales on Spooking. Take the eerie similarities between the nearby swamp and the setting of his masterpiece, "The Bawl of the Bog Fiend." Could the story be true? Could the bog fiend be on the loose?

Things become truly horrifying when Joy learns that Darlington, the despicable suburban city where she is forced to go to school, is planning to build a water park over her beloved bog. It is up to her to safeguard the endangered area and its secrets. Little does she know that there is someone determined to destroy not only the bog but the town of Spooking itself -- and anyone who dares stand in his way.

P. J. Bracegirdle spins a yarn of delicious devilry and macabre mayhem in the very first book of The Joy of Spooking trilogy.

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