Bracegirdle, P. J

When the star of a horror movie filming in the town of Spooking disappears, twelve-year-old Joy Wells steps into the role--and into real-life horror when her co-star gives a terrifying and unscripted performance.

As eleven-year-old Joy Wells, a proud resident of the nearly-abandoned town of Spooking, tries to stop construction of a water park in a bog she believes is home to a monster--and the setting of her favorite horror story--a man with his own mysterious connection to Spooking will do anything to stop her.

When twelve-year-old Joy's pet frog gets away, she, her brother, and their elusive friend Poppy sneak onto the grounds of the town's asylum and discover mysteries that only reinforce Joy's beliefs that there are supernatural forces at work in the town of Spooking.

As eleven-year-old Joy Wells, proud resident of the nearly-abandoned town of Spooking, tries to stop construction of a water park in a bog she believes is home to a monster and the setting of her favorite horror story, a man with his own mysterious connection to Spooking will do anything to stop her.