Serial Chillers: The Witch in the Woods

Name: Serial Chillers: The Witch in the Woods
Brand: Harper UK
Availability: InStock
Author: Jennifer Killick
ISBN: 9780008720520

Author: Jennifer Killick

Series: Serial Chillers #1

Narrator: Zac Lowe-McAlley

Unabridged: 5 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Farshore

Published: 03/27/2025

Categories: Children's Fiction, Horror Stories, Children's Suspense, Children's Humor, School

Synopsis

The must-read middle-grade novel from the author of the super-spooky Dread Wood series. Perfect for 9+ fans of R.L.Stine’s and "Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over … readers are as likely to howl with laughter as with terror.” – The Sunday Times Welcome to Hazard. An ordinary town where strangeness is a way of life. A town where sink holes appear with no warning, where people go missing too often and where things really DO go bump in the night … To Travis and his classmates, Hazard is home. But when they’re set a school project to investigate the history of the town, they soon realise that something strange and alien lies beneath Hazard. What can they learn from their investigations into the mysterious witch in the woods? And – if the witch really exist – will they make it home to tell the tale…?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Steph on April 17, 2025

Gosh, I adored this! It’s spooky and scary infused with urban myths, a terrifying setting and a bunch of kids who are likeable, real and honest. There’s moments of joy amongst all the scary that really help. Horror seems to be Jennifer’s domain and I’m here for it. This is a grown up version of Drea......more

Goodreads review by Helen on June 07, 2025

This is possibly the best book she has ever written. It was non-stop action the whole way through the book. And best of all it’s the start of a brand new series. We all know the author from gems such as Crater Lake and Dreadwood, but this book/series has turned up the creep and fear factor a notch. T......more

Goodreads review by Theediscerning on May 04, 2025

Hazard is an aptly-named town it seems, riddled with problems such as sinkholes caused by the old mining industry, and haunted like no other place around. Travis and Zayd are in a group of four schoolkids – the other two being the class bitch and the girl Travis kind-of loved until she started hangi......more

Goodreads review by Snarhooked on March 21, 2025

A great start to a new Jennifer Killick series, highly recommended. If I need to suggest a book for a student, Jennifer Killick's are a brilliant choice. They feature a likeable bunch of characters using dialogue that is realistic and relatable for the target audience. The plot is well paced so that......more

Goodreads review by Alice on June 22, 2025

I really enjoyed this book! It was quite strange at first because I haven’t read anything of Jennifer’s that wasn’t to do with the Dread Wood realm, but I really grew to like it. When Travis, Zayd, Seline and Danielle agree to do their History school project on the local Hazard legend of Blood-Eyed-M......more

Quotes

Praise for : 'Eerie, haunting and thrillingly scary, THE WITCH IN THE WOODS is a masterpiece of terror, which catches you in its claws and never lets go.’ 'Jennifer is a true storyteller and has rightly become a go-to for all young readers who like their spines tingled and funny bones tickled, sometimes on the very same page.' 'The Scream Queen strikes again… Jennifer Killick is terrifyingly good!’ 'Another hugely thrilling spooktastic adventure from Jennifer Killick. The perfect balance of scariness and fun that kids love. Bravo!' 'The Witch in the Woods is deliciously spooky and an absolute page-turner. Jennifer Killick writes books that children love to read and they will devour this one. It's brilliant!’ ‘ has everything you could hope to find in a Jennifer Killick masterpiece: white-knuckle twists, brilliant banter and the most terrifying chills. It’ll scare your pants off!’ — 'Deliciously creepy in all the best ways. No one mixes fun with frights more brilliantly than Jennifer Killick.’ Reviews for the Dread Wood series: “Deliciously scary and hilarious comedy-horror, perfectly pitched for eight-plus.” – “Brilliantly creepy fun for young horror fans, with an unexpectedly moving ending.” – "Jennifer Killick has become the go-to horror writer for readers aged nine and over … readers are as likely to howl with laughter as with terror.” – “Jennifer Killick’s talent for horror and humour is blended brilliantly here as the spiky dialogue, unstoppable pace and genuinely menacing atmosphere build to a tremendous climax”–