After receiving a chain letter, a group of teens decides it must be a joke--after all, the perpetrator of the original chain letter is dead and buried. But when Fran refuses to perform her deed, she is almost immediately killed, and the group realizes that the power behind the letters is still alive. [This book description comes from a different edition of this title. Please report any inaccuracies].

 

 

This book features in the following series: Archway, Avon Flare, Lightning Series .

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12-17 years.

There are 496 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2013 by Simon & Schuster .

Christopher Pike is a bestselling author of YA and children's thriller fiction. He was born in New York but now lives in California. He has various jobs before becoming a writer. He is also the author of the Spooksville series.