Seven baby Siberian snow spiders, frozen since the Ice Age, defrost on their way to a science lab. They wake up in a wood where the Tattletales girls club are planning for the school Halloween Horror Pageant. Their goal is to wipe the floor with their arch-enemies the Copycats (all boys, naturally).

For the spiders it's love at first sight! And one by one, the talented TARANTULAS find their way to the school, each in search of his special Tattletale. But, as each one fails to return, the others become sadder, and madder, so when the final three reach the school it's not love, but MURDER they have in mind!

Will this be the scariest Hallowee'n Pageant ever? And can the Tattletales and Copycats join forces to save their school from disaster?

A hilariously hair-raising story, full of suspense.

 

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 1996 by O'Brien Press Ltd .

Gregory Maguire is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which was made into a hit musical. He is also America's premier interpreter of the fairy-tale world. He lives with his family in Boston, US.