Escape Room meets Aveline Jones in this ghostly mystery of puzzles and mathematical logic. It is the kind of book that refuses to be put down. Readers become trapped in its mystery; locked in the riddles of Manvers Hall.
Delilah and her friends have been warned about the dangers of the woods but when Claude’s little sister, Amity, follows her nose for adventure too far, they have no choice but to go after her. They discover a strange house set-up for a party but no one’s there. Stepping inside, Delilah, Claude and Sam realise there’s more to this house than meets the eye.
Welcome, friends, to Manvers Hall
– and my extraordinary ball.
For on this night, begins a game –
once played, you’ll never be the same.
The door closes and the puzzle unfolds. Can the trio find Amity and their way out of the house before it’s too late? Voices in the walls, locked doors, deadends, strange objects and a fragile friendship tests them in ways they never imagined. Delilah longs to rebuild her relatiosnhip with Claude and make Sam stop his sexist comments. She must be true to herself if they’re going to have any hope of escape – despite Sam’s continual mocking of her (for being clever and for being a girl).
The Housetrap is brilliantly creepy. With hints of ghostly activity and a nearly 100-year-old mystery of a missing girl, the group finds themselves in very real danger. This monstrous house created by an eccentric inventor seems to be frozen in time and refuses to free them from its icy grip.
This is a book for children who want to be challenged as they read. Solving riddles right along with the characters will pull them deep into the story – don’t expect anything else of them until they’ve finished! A perfect summer holiday read!
Thank you to Chicken House and Laura Smythe for this fantastic book!
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