Trina is searching for buried treasure. But in her dreams she's the one who's being buried. Buried alive. The terrors of the past are reborn in the present and no one is safe. Can Trina and her friends solve the mystery of her nightmares in time to stop the sickness spreading?
Papercuts is an eerie and haunting series written to appeal to students aged 13+ who find full-length novels overwhelming. All titles have an accessible word count of 5000-6000. Written by respected and accomplished authors, they are packed with horror and elements of the supernatural. But be warned, they're not for the faint-hearted!
This hi-lo series for struggling and reluctant readers has been written for children aged 13+, whose current reading age is between 8 and 9 years. These age-appropriate short reads range from 48 to 58 pages and are written by accomplished authors. They incorporate a large font size and text separated into bite-sized chunks, along with carefully considered letter and paragraph spacing that can reduce visual stress. The series has plenty of practice at one level, allowing consolidation of learning before moving on to more challenging reads.
This is Book 4 in the Papercuts Series. See all Papercuts books here.
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Jacqueline Rayner is the author of The Sickness from Badger Learning's bone-chilling series, Papercuts I, Snow White, Black Heart from their Teen Reads series and No Escape from the second of the Between the Lines series.
Jac has written loads of books for children, many of them about Doctor Who, including two of the World Book Day "Quick Reads" titles for
