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Spychalla, Brian

 
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Synopsis

Thirty-one nights. Thirty-one rules. And every word has a secret.

When eleven-year-old Jonah Pratt throws a rock at the iron crow on Old Pell's roof and breaks the attic window instead, he expects to pay for it with chores. Instead, the strange old man on the porch gives him one rule and one story every night in October.

Pay for what you break. Light it before dark. Don't run. Count them.

At first the rules seem ordinary. But Hollow Bend is a town that forgets things in October. The leaves are moving the wrong way. Something is gathering past the fence. And the words Pell teaches turn out to be older, stranger and far more useful than Jonah ever imagined. Did you know clue once meant a ball of thread for escaping a maze? Or that monster comes from a word meaning warning?

By Halloween night, Jonah will need every rule and every word he's learned, because the last lesson is the one Pell has been waiting all month to teach.

A spooky story that builds real vocabulary:

  • A chapter for every night of October, plus two more, for a read-aloud ritual all month long
  • More than 300 words explained through their roots, prefixes and surprising histories
  • 31 rules that double as practical safety lessons for kids
  • Haunting black-and-white illustrations opening every chapter
  • A full A–Z glossary and a handwritten guide to 50+ Greek, Latin and Old English word parts

Written for readers in grades 5–7. Perfect for curious kids, classroom read-alouds, homeschool language arts, and families who want a Halloween tradition that's as smart as it is scary.

Read one chapter a night. And don't read ahead.

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