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Author: Goebel, Jenny Crime & mysteryPublished on 13 February 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 176 pages196 x 130 x 15 | 122g A spooky tale of virtual school go ne very, very wrong... Lucyis eager to leave her bullies behind and start over at a new schoolwhen she moves to Alaska with her parents. Her first days atschool are all remote learning; how is she going to make friendswhen she can't meet anyone in person? White Pine Secondary Schoolis made up of just thirteen students who all seem really welcomingwhen they start chatting online. She grows excited about meetingher new friends I.R.L.! But when she turns up at her school, sheis met with a crumbling, abandoned building. There's nothing there,apart from a tiny cemetery with thirteen small headstones pokingout of the frozen ground. Headstones with some very familiarnames on them... Lucy doesn't know what to believe. Are her new'friends' playing a mean trick, or is there something far more horrifyingat play? Show more