The Hollow Hour #8 Quiet Game

Never accept a star you didn't earn.The new substitute is the best teacher anyone at school has ever had. Mrs. Vale knows everyone's name by lunch. She never yells. She crouches down to look you right in the eye.And every afternoon, she asks the class to play a very old game.The rules are simple: go quiet. Completely quiet. The last one still silent when the bell rings wins a gold star from the jar on her desk - and every kid in the room wants one.Harper Reyes-can't-explain-why she pulled her hand back when Mrs. Vale offered her a star of her own. She just knows the stars are wrong. They're warm. They don't peel off like stickers should. And the kids who win them are getting quieter. At school. At home.Then one morning, the seat by the window is empty - and Harper is the only person in the whole school who remembers the boy who sat there. His jokes. His terrible dragon drawings. His name.Everyone else has simply... forgotten.Now Harper is racing against her own fading memory to save her best friend - armed with nothing but a list hidden in her shoe, a school legend about a boy who writes HELP in the dust, and one terrible question: what's inside the prize box on Mrs. Vale's desk - and why does it keep getting bigger?From Iris Vale comes the eighth chilling standalone tale in The Hollow Hour - a story about gold stars, quiet games, and the one thing more frightening than any monster: being forgotten while you're still standing in the room.Perfect for fans of Coraline*, * Small Spaces*, and* Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark*

Pagina's: 94, Paperback, Independently published