Crater Lake

Product Information

Aside from a weird lack of staff and a very odd manager, there’s also the panicked man covered in blood shouting at them all to run.

Dining at Crater Lake National Park offers sustainable foods sourced regionally and prepared by our chefs with your enjoyment in mind.She also makes little stabs at educational “norms”, especially the social eugenics of secondary school transfers – Lance knows he will never get into Bing, the selective school Chets is heading for. Jennifer Killick, author of the best-selling book 'Crater Lake' and the 'Alex Sparrow' series has written a selection of short stories exclusively for The Literacy Shed. The new mutation surrounding the stinger definitely stood out and will no doubt horrify all readers but the author injects enough comic relief to ease the tension and ensure its enjoyable for the age range.

Will his friends and classmates realise the true competence of somebody marginalised as the class clown, destined to fail? Jennifer Killick has her finger on the pulse on children's language, humour and interests making this an immersive and engaging read. However, as he and his Montmorency Year 6 classmates begin their school journey at ‘ Crater Lake’, there are fresh worries.

Lance has to try and get the gang back together again, to work through their differences and save their families themselves.

The relationships between Lance and his friends feel totally genuine and their interactions are typical for children of that age - the banter they share, the arguments they have, the feelings and emotions that they are experiencing and have towards each other. The characters in the narrative are totally believable and readers will find at least one that they can relate to and will probably see their friends in others. I'm the first (and loudest) to scream at a jump-scare, and after experiencing a terrifying tale, I'm often unable to sleep properly for WEEKS. This is one to move onto when you’ve read Crater Lake, but that really isn’t a hardship because as debut books go, it’s an absolute corker. Welcome to Crater Lake, a newly opened leisure and activity centre far, far away from anywhere, deep in the English countryside.The plot has really clever little twists and the sci-fi element is true to its roots – there’s real science referencing in this book; prepare to become an amateur entomologist. It’s a nice alternative to Holes but with a similar sense of mystery and great character development. Maybe it’s the bloodstained man who tries to stop the coach, maybe it’s the absence of welcoming staff, but something is definitely not right at Crater Lake activity centre. Like Stranger Things meets BBC classroom drama meets popular video game, One of Us, it’s about a group of old school friends that must dodge ill-meaning aliens whilst simultaneously trying to work out how to neutralise them. Maks got a girlfriend, Ade and Kat weren’t being so nice to each other, Chets is still not OK with Karim (though we do find out that has a different reason than normal).