Hole Nineteen: Creep Street #3

Eighteen holes. That's what the scorecard says. So what is waiting out past the windmill?Desmond Wilkes has one problem, and it is his hands. Signs that say DO NOT TOUCH are basically invitations. Wet paint? He has to check. Velvet rope? He has to duck it. His cousin Junie keeps a little green notebook of every single thing he has ever broken, and the list is getting long.So when Desmond finds a WET PAINT card taped to the twelve-foot fiberglass clown at Putt-A-Round Adventure Golf on the last night of the summer season, his palm is already on that cracked painted cheek before Junie can finish saying his name.The paint isn't wet. The clown is cold as a freezer. And half the floodlights are burned out, so the whole course comes in stripes of bright and dark, bright and dark.Which is a problem. Because the things standing in the dark are not standing where they were a minute ago.A gorilla with chipped knuckles. A smiling whale. A clown with one clouded glass eye. They never move when you're watching. They only shuffle closer when nobody is keeping score. Junie's notebook fills up fast, and every page says the same thing: closer, closer, closer.There's a nineteenth hole out past the windmill. It isn't on the map. It isn't on the scorecard. And the statues have been guarding it for a very, very long time.Desmond broke the rules. Now he has to sink the impossible shot before the course finds room for one more statue.Inside this creepy-fun adventure: - A kid who cannot stop touching things he was told not to touch- A cousin with a notebook, a flashlight, and zero patience- Fiberglass monsters that move only when you look away- A half-dark mini-golf course on the last night of summer- Short chapters and a cliffhanger every few pages- An ending that will make you check the statue at your own putt-putt courseCREEP STREET is a series of standalone spooky novellas for readers 8-12 who like their scares fast, funny, and just this side of too much. Every book stars a new kid, a new monster, and a new bad idea. Read them in any order. Sleep with the light on either way.Perfect for reluctant readers in grades 3-6, classroom shelves, school libraries, and any kid who says they don't like reading yet.Your turn to tee off. Try not to look away.