Crater Lake is a fast-paced, high action read full of suspense, scares, twists and turns. Alongside the action, there’s witty dialogue and a strong message about staying loyal to your friends and how to stand up for yourself against bullies, whether they’re mean kids, monstrous teachers – or even body-snatching aliens. Immensely enjoyable; light and dark perfectly balanced.

I could probably talk about this book for more and more because DANG it was a whirlwind of awesomeness. Aliens, friendship, action, and more! But I will keep it to this one. Highly recommended to all. The winners of The Farshore Reading for Pleasure Teacher Awards 2023, highlighting the work schools are doing to encourage a love of reading, have... Author Luke Palmer introduces his new book, Play (Firefly Press) about four boys growing up together, the challenges, the friendships, and what hap... I loved this book because the genre suited what I liked. I also like that 2 school enemy's have to work together. I love the plot and also think that the villain/monster of the book is very creative. 5 stars, worth a read.This inaugural stay at Crater Lake is going to be a fight for survival between a bunch of mismatched teens and a swarm of unexpected enemies. Welcome to Crater Lake, a newly opened leisure and activity centre far, far away from anywhere, deep in the English countryside. This innovative facility has been built in remote woodland in a crater formed when a meteor hit Earth millennia ago. CRATE LAKE EVOLUTION is a horror sequel that successfully takes an already established monster and makes it scarier and fresh-feeling in the sequel. I don’t know,’ I say. ‘But, to use the words of every great Star Wars hero, I have a really bad feeling about this.’ And it’s funny, cos a part of me is freaking out, but the bigger part of me feels calm, like I’ve been waiting for this for the past six months.

When a disturbance occurs in the town and strange things start happening, Lance knows it is related to the activities at Crater Lake. His suspicions become stronger when Miss Hoche reappears on the scene. Who is the mysterious bloodstained man who stops their coach? Why is no one around when Lance and the rest of Year Six arrive at the brand new Crater Lake activity centre? But this is just the beginning of the school trip from hell; a fight for survival that sees five pupils band together to save their classmates from an alien fate far worse than death. But whatever happens, they must Never. Ever. Fall asleep! Flying solo This book is about friendship, secrets and bonding. We recommend it to 9+ readers. Although it seems scary, it is mixed in with lots of humour and you have to read it! Don’t fall asleep we are told, don’t fall asleep they are told – you just can’t fall asleep! You want to keep reading until the end. All of them then had to get off the bus and walk all the way to the gate. It seemed a bit odd that they were not greeted by any Crater Lake staff and that they had to wait half an hour to meet Digger, the manager of Crater Lake. There was something creepy about this place!Each of the group is withholding information about themselves as they are embarrassed about what their friends will think of them. Why do they choose to reveal their secrets at Crater Lake? Montmorency School’s Form Six students are fortunate to be the first school party to spend a few days at Crater Lake. Or are they?