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Crater Lake

Jennifer Killick
Chapters (34)
  1. Praise
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Contents
  5. Battle Royale
  6. Old Enemy
  7. Glitch
  8. Kat
  9. Karim
  10. Spatter
  11. The Labs
  12. Lights Out
  13. Dead End
  14. The Bells
  15. Hunter
  16. Playing the Game
  17. Night Terrors
  18. Ade
  19. Chets and Mak
  20. Unravelling
  21. A Start
  22. Trent
  23. Bugged Out
  24. The Sting
  25. Truth
  26. The Swarm
  27. At All Costs
  28. My Squad
  29. Humansplaining
  30. Worth Fighting For
  31. Acknowledgements
  32. About the Author
  33. Other books by Jennifer Killick
  34. Copyright

Praise

‘A brilliant sequel to Crater Lake, if anything, I think this is better than the first! Scary, funny and thrilling.’ Richard Simpson, whatiread.co.uk

‘Jennifer Killick does it again! An excellent sequel to the first book, in what I really hope is a long Crater Lake series … a cross between Goosebumps, an episode of Scooby Doo and something else I can’t quite put my finger on.’ Georgina Carter

‘A huge success of a sequel. Like The Empire Strikes Back is to Star Wars: dare I say it, arguably BETTER than the original. Double the scary, the fun, the adventure & the mystery, this is Stranger Things for kids done Killick style.’ Scott Evans, The Reader Teacher

‘Readers need to be ready for anything! They will be taken on a hair-raising adventure that will send shivers down their spines and ensure they never eat soup again!’ Kate Heap, Scope for Imagination

‘Jennifer Killick is fast becoming the queen of the horrorcomedy genre… This is a perfect transition book; it captures many of the struggles experienced by pupils as they move from primary to secondary school and helps to emphasise the importance of staying true to oneself and valuing your friends. I absolutely adored every word of it.’ Linda Canning

Title Page

Dedication

For the old new friends that

I feel lucky to have in my life:

Lorraine Gregory

Eloise Williams

Bruce, Cian and Rhys

Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. 1: Battle Royale
  4. 2: Old Enemy
  5. 3: Glitch
  6. 4: Kat
  7. 5: Karim
  8. 6: Spatter
  9. 7: The Labs
  10. 8: Lights Out
  11. 9: Dead End
  12. 10: The Bells
  13. 11: Hunter
  14. 12: Playing the Game
  15. 13: Night Terrors
  16. 14: Ade
  17. 15: Chets and Mak
  18. 16: Unravelling
  19. 17: A Start
  20. 18: Trent
  21. 19: Bugged Out
  22. 20: The Sting
  23. 21: Truth
  24. 22: The Swarm
  25. 23: At All Costs
  26. 24: My Squad
  27. 25: Humansplaining
  28. 26: Worth Fighting For
  29. Acknowledgements
  30. About the Author
  31. Other books by Jennifer Killick
  32. Copyright

1

Battle Royale

‘Die, loser! Die!’ Chets’ voice screams through my headset as he pulls off a 360 no-scope with the majesty of a leaping panther.

‘Is that your thirteenth kill, Chets? What happened? Bandito9000 has turned into a savage!’

‘My time as an alien wasp changed me, Lance. You don’t experience something like that without growing from it. I think it activated some dormant skills that I never knew I had.’

‘Gaming was literally the only thing I was better at than you.’ I groan as I take a hit. ‘Do you have a med kit?’

‘On my way, StarshottA51,’ Chets says. It’s so good to hear his voice. ‘And you’re amazing at lots of things.’

Standard Chets, trying to be kind, when we both know it’s not true. ‘Yeah, I’m amazing at 2 doing lousy in tests, getting detention and making my mum stress.’

‘Is she in the hospital today?’

‘No, actually.’ I am frantically building to get some height so I can kill some dude called RabidMilson2006 who is apparently desperate to get me out of the game. ‘She’s home. She seems better.’