Newspapers are ripe with headlines about bullied children being assaulted, murdered, and even taking their own lives. I have lived through the dangerous effects bullying can have, my 12 year old brother tragically took his own life in Austin, Texas in 1984 because of playground antics gone too far.
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247 pages with 24 thought-provoking choices and 11 alternate endings!
"The Crawl Space is as much fun as the Choose Your Own Adventure and Goosebumps books that enthralled children in recent decades. Beyond being a great adventure story, The Crawl Space teaches children lessons about bullying and friendship and the difficult choices we all have to make in life."
-- Tyler R. Tichelaar, Ph.D. and author of the award-winning Narrow Lives
Bruce, Mark, and Charles have long been the school bullies, tormenting younger and weaker kids. But they go too far the day they try to make a student enter the dreaded crawl space under the school stage. Everyone knows the crawl space is haunted by a boy who entered it and never came out. When the school principal catches the boys, she punishes them by having them clean out the crawl space by themselves over the weekend. Alone in the school at night, the three boys soon discover that the crawl space is not the only part of the school that is haunted. Together, the boys must make difficult choices if they are to survive, and they need the reader to help them make those decisions.
About the Author
Arthur Mills has traveled the world, both literally and figuratively. In his military life as a Chief Warrant Officer, he was stationed in several countries the world over. In his life as a reader, he's been able to visit hundreds more. And as a writer? He's been able to create a world all his own.
Arthur is the creator of Branching Plot Books, a book series devoted to reader interaction and double entendre. Aided by voice recognition software, Arthur has been able to pen novels to captivate people of all ages. Whether it's the horror of The Empty Lot Next Door, or the interactivity of The Crawl Space, Arthur's main goal in writing has always been to develop a deeper means of communication with the world - both real and imagined.
When not working on his latest novel, Arthur is a full-time husband and father. He and his wife, Yonsun, have two children, Arthur and Allen and live within the lush Washington landscape.
