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The Last Day of October

By Phil Hickes
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Bored with trick-or-treating, three friends venture into the woods on Halloween night to hunt for the haunted McBride house in this spine-tingling horror story from Phil Hickes. If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a nasty surprise … Seeking creepy thrills instead... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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The Last Day of October

Bored with trick-or-treating, three friends venture into the woods on Halloween night to hunt for the haunted McBride House in this spine-tingling horror story from Phil Hickes.

A spine-tingling middle-grade horror perfect for Halloween! (Dyslexia-friendly)

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Bored with trick-or-treating, three friends venture into the woods on Halloween night to hunt for the haunted McBride house in this spine-tingling horror story from Phil Hickes.

If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a nasty surprise …

Seeking creepy thrills instead of candy, Cody and his friends set out on Halloween to search for the ruins of the haunted McBride House in the woods near his home in Oregon.

The house has taken on a sinister legendary status after it burned down a hundred years ago with tragic consequences, and it’s said that the ghosts of the family who lived there return each year on the last day of October.

But when they find the house, the truth of what is happening on this eerie autumn night is more terrifying than the three teenagers could ever have imagined …

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780008748517

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 09 October 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd

Illustration: 14 b/w, illus

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Oriol Vidal

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 6.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 96

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Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Phil Hickes Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Young Adult

About the Author

Born in the UK, Phil now lives with his wife in Portland, Oregon, where he works as an advertising copywriter. He has a passion for horror, ghosts, and all things that go bump in the night. His short stories have been published in adult horror anthologies, but Phil turned his hand to writing middle grade as he wanted to create the same visceral thrill he remembers from reading Alan Garner, Clive King and Roald Dahl. The Haunting of Aveline Jones is his first middle grade novel.

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