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The Creek
by
Jennifer L. Holm (Goodreads Author)
Caleb Devlin is a legend on Mockingbird Lane, the boy who terrorized an entire town before he got sent away. They say he hurt other kids, tortured animals, set fires, and did things grown-ups speak of only in whispers. But that was all before Penny and her little brother moved here.
Now Caleb's back, older and more dangerous than ever, and terrible things have started happe...more
Now Caleb's back, older and more dangerous than ever, and terrible things have started happe...more
ebook, 100 pages
Published
December 14th 2010
by HarperCollins
(first published June 1st 2003)
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The neighborhood is tense and worried: Caleb Devlin is home again. Five years ago he did a heinous crime that the adults won’t talk about, so the kids’ imaginations run wild, and Penny starts to have panic attacks again because of all this. Penny and her brother Teddy are relatively new to the neighborhood, and Penny likes to hang with the guys. Their summer project is to build a summer fort by the creek. But thanks to Caleb being home again, the kids are forbidden to play in the woods or go by...more
Hmm! Very interesting novel for sure! Fast paced, good characters, interesting plot, jam-packed, not really a dull moment at all! Plus, it was a suspense novel which is the kind of novel that I really enjoy. It was scary! There were some brief moments in which I was literally feeling a chill! Albeit , a little graphic, and a little unrealistic in terms of the age of the characters that this is all happening to, it was a great suspense that I could easily see turned into a movie. For sure.
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Hm.. what to say about this book? Well, it honestly creeped me out. It wasn't really scary, but just.. creepy and odd.
Penny is the main character and she's very adventurous and she's a tomboy, which reminded me of when I was younger. She has 3 main guy friends: Oren, Mac, and Benji. She hangs out with them all the time.. who knows what happened to the girls in the neighborhood? I guess none of the neighbors had any around her age.. except for Amy, but they weren't friends anymore.
But then Caleb...more
Penny is the main character and she's very adventurous and she's a tomboy, which reminded me of when I was younger. She has 3 main guy friends: Oren, Mac, and Benji. She hangs out with them all the time.. who knows what happened to the girls in the neighborhood? I guess none of the neighbors had any around her age.. except for Amy, but they weren't friends anymore.
But then Caleb...more
This book gave me chills. Which is a really good sign because books ususally never actually manage to scare me. But this one, especially reading it before bed, makes shadows more sinister.
I thought the narration was really well done. If (and I know I'm going to sound arrogant and rude when I say this, but I'm not meaning to) I had written something like this, I would not have picked this age range. But, after finishing the book I really couldn't think of a better age to have this book written...more
I thought the narration was really well done. If (and I know I'm going to sound arrogant and rude when I say this, but I'm not meaning to) I had written something like this, I would not have picked this age range. But, after finishing the book I really couldn't think of a better age to have this book written...more
The Creek by Jennifer L. Holm was a interesting book. In the book there is a girl named Penny Carson, she doesn't know what she wants to do. Caleb is a boy in her neighborhood who is known for problems and destruction. Penny sees Caleb and starts to have hallucinations and she starts acting paranoid. This book is really not as good as it could be. It takes forever until anything really interesting happens. This book is more about penny than it is about the danger around her. The twist at the end...more
Yikes! How could this YA novel come from the same author as the one who wrote the May Amelia books and the Boston Jane series? Although the adventure is fun, the violence and murder were too much for me. Even in an adult novel, I would not enjoy reading about a child murder. It was creepy when they were burning ants and killing cats, but the weird sexual attraction and over-the-top assumptions about who was dangerous and who was not became creepy to me.
Pass on this one.
Pass on this one.
Dec 16, 2012
Josie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Any young adult that is prepared for a great read.
Recommended to Josie by:
Stacie Brown (My mother)
Shelves:
coming-of-age
I've never been as enthralled in a book as I was in this one. I love the author Jennifer L. Holm, and loved how she really made you feel like you were there watching everything happen before your very eyes. I felt as if I was in Penny's place having every traumatizing event happen to me. I would definitely recommend this book to any young adults whom want to read a book that they can simply not put down.
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my neighbor was the author of this book and she gave it to me. i read it and it was amazing. i usually dont read but we recently just got bac from hawaii and we had a 5 hour flight back and i just read the whole time. this book is perfect! and once you start, you can never put it down so buy it!
a bad boy comes back to town and beats up a fat kid named Zachery.......pets disappear......murder is attempted....and little girls die......first kisses also occur
find out who really is behind all the murders and petnapping after the bad boy is found dead
find out who really is behind all the murders and petnapping after the bad boy is found dead
This is a great book to suggest to struggling readers who are looking for a good thriller. The bad boy has moved back to a quiet neighborhood after years in juvenile detention. Terrible things start happening...but, who is really responsible?
I wouldn't really call this a kid book. I read in the 8th grade, but there were parts of it that were really scary. I remember really liking the book. It was suspenseful and interesting... but a little creepy.
When I read this book, it had a dark, menacing detail to every page. This is a book that will give a heart-pumping, exciting, thrill ride that will make a recurring existence to every piece.
Great book. It was such a ride. I was hooked on it for every page, and the ending is....very interesting. :DDDDD I recommend this book. This has become a great read for rainy days.
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I absolutley LOVE this book. Its everything i look for in a book. Its so exciting! This out of all the books i have read, by far is my favorite book!
don't read if you don't like death, murder, knives, creepers, or drowning.. otherwise is a pretty interesting creepy book
This book was very intense, and although I read it a while ago, I remember it being pretty scary and suspenseful.
Jan 18, 2012
Julie
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
2012-reading-challenge,
young-adult
The Creek was a great suspenseful book. I like a good suspenseful, mystery and the book, kept me engaged.
this book was and is really good so if you like suspense or surprise this book is for you to read.
insanely scary and disturbing. one of my favorites.
Feb 03, 2008
Elizabeth
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
6th-8th grade
This book is awesome. I remember reading it when I had a bad sprain on my ankle as a kid - when everyone else was playing, I read this. I was terrified. It stayed with me in my dreams. The story became real to me. I read it. I reread it. I think I've read it 3 or 4 times. And every time it's just plain cool. Scary. Enthralling. Entertaining.
This isn't a book with a big, deep, revealing truth. It's not going to give you a deeper understanding of the world. But if you're a kid, looking for a fun,...more
This isn't a book with a big, deep, revealing truth. It's not going to give you a deeper understanding of the world. But if you're a kid, looking for a fun,...more
Creepy book with a surprise (and sad) ending. A little jumbled at times. Recommended for 8th grade and up.
Great book! Will give you nightmares if you read before you go to sleep!
I definitely wasn't expecting that little twist near the end. Excellent plot and writing! I love curling up with a good suspense novel :)
This book is not for elementary kids!! I even question middle school kids! It’s a mystery (Who is the bad guy?) and throughout the whole book I wanted to scream, “Just tell an adult what’s going on!” OR “Parents, do you know what your kids are up to?” It’s engaging, but . . . creepy.
Well. Pretty much hated this one and not even sure why I finished it. I like spooky mysteries but the characters just didn't ... fit.
Half the time you don't even know if the main character is in her right mind or not. And she's only thirteen.
Half the time you don't even know if the main character is in her right mind or not. And she's only thirteen.
There were some parts in this that I didn't really like, like the fact that these are kids that are terrorizing a neigborhood, but it was ok. It was good in a creepy sort of way...
I read this with my son and he LOVED it. There is a lot of mystery and suspense and it was a really quick, entertaining read.
this book is so creepy! even if you like terror stories it's still disgusting
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Jennifer L. Holm is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling children's author and the recipient of three Newbery Honors for her novels OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA, PENNY FROM HEAVEN, and TURTLE IN PARADISE. Jennifer collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on two graphic novel series -- the popular Babymouse series and the bestselling Squish series. She is also the author of several other highly praised books, i...more
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