Something is loose in the jungle, and the investigators of the Creeper Files are the ones sent to find out what it is.
Hacker Murphy tells it at speed, with the mystery growing stranger the further the team goes, and Lucie Ebrey's cartoon-style artwork keeps the tone closer to comedy than to horror. Short bursts of text, heavy illustration and frequent visual jokes make the book approachable for children who find long prose off-putting, while the puzzle at the centre gives stronger readers something to work out ahead of the characters.
The essentials:
• Heavily illustrated mystery for children who like creepy comedy
• Cartoon artwork by Lucie Ebrey on most pages
• Designed to suit reluctant readers as well as confident ones
• Published by Oxford University Press as part of the Creeper Files series
A sound choice for children roughly seven to eleven and for classroom libraries, available at Boipoka.