The Smashed Man of Dread End

Name: The Smashed Man of Dread End
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: J.W. Ocker
ISBN: 9780063085435

Author: J.W. Ocker

Narrator: Gail Shalan

Unabridged: 7 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 08/17/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Horror Stories, Fairy Tales

Synopsis

From USA Today bestselling author J.W. Ocker comes a chilling middle grade horror perfect for fans of R.L. Stine and Holly Black alike.Noe Wiley couldn’t be more excited to move. After the slumber party sleepwalking incident of last year, she’s ready to make some new friends.But Noe didn’t expect the sullen, strange girls who live on her new street. And she certainly didn’t expect the strange warning they give her—to stay out of her basement, no matter what.Noe’s not going to let these girls boss her around. She’ll go in her own basement whenever she wants.So she does. And there he is.And now there’s no going back.

About J.W. Ocker

J.W. Ocker is the USA Today bestselling and Lowell Thomas– and Edgar Award–winning author of macabre travelogues, spooky kids’ books, and horror novels. His books include Poe-Land, A Season with the Witch, Death and Douglas, and The Smashed Man of Dread End. J.W. Ocker lives in New Hampshire.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rachel (TheShadesofOrange) on June 15, 2021

4.0 Stars Finally, a horror novel with a teenager who is NOT moody and emo because her family moved to a new place! I have really come to appreciate middle grade horror in this last year so I was incredibly excited for the opportunity to read this latest one. Written by JW Ocker, who wrote one of my......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on December 04, 2024

I met the main character of this novel on Saturday. Seriously. I met up with J.W. Ocker at Niagara Falls (on the Canadian side), and his daughter was with him. She has black hair with red highlights and a vaguely goth/horror-fan vibe going on. As I was mentioning which of Ocker's books I'd read, I got......more

Goodreads review by Jordaline on October 23, 2021

3.5 🌟......more

Goodreads review by Elna on October 17, 2022

3.5 - not quite a 4, even though I was rooting for it along the way. Noelle is excited to move, so they can get a dog and she can get a fresh start. But the girls her age in the new neighborhood aren't friendly, and warn her to stay out of the basement. To spite them, Noe goes down to the basement an......more

Goodreads review by Richard K. on October 23, 2021

Are you afraid of your dark basement? Well, you will be after confronting and meeting the 'Smashed Mad' in J.W. Ockers teen; middle grade horror book! Well, not as much horror as I thought there would be. Here is my video review here on my Youtube channel; "Nightmares, Tears, Anyone?" [URL not allowed]......more