FICTION

Truth or Dare

by J. FALLENSTEIN
9781512430974. ea vol: (Midnight). ebook available. Darby Creek Apr. 2017. Tr $19.99. pap. $7.99.
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Gr 6 Up—This new series follows the separate stories of teens living in a town called Middleton who have eerie and sinister experiences with which they must grapple. Trey and his friends have a suspense-filled camping trip at Lake Helen, where teens have been mysteriously disappearing, in Truth or Dare. In Graffiti, a series of unexplained accidents lead couples to believe that they will be haunted by a ghost if they break up, and Lucia must solve the mystery before something tragic happens. The Witching Hour centers on new girl Rosie, who must help a boy who believes he is being haunted by the former star of the football team after being blamed for his death. Tyrell begins seeing a mysterious light signaling to him and a phantom girl after a near-death experience in S.O.S.
VERDICT The slim volumes, written at a fourth grade reading level, have somewhat predictable plots but will be intriguing to middle and high school readers interested in suspense and the paranormal.
From haunted woods ([cf2]Truth[cf1]) to cursed bridges ([cf2]Graffiti[cf1]) to mysterious disappearances from years past ([cf2]Dark[cf1]), these slim hi-lo volumes set in the same small town present (rather tired) urban legends. The plots are easy to follow but not terribly scary, and some volumes suffer from faulty internal logic. There are three other spring 2017 books in this series.
Reviewed by Staff , Mar 01, 2017

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