Creepy Classroom

Gr 4 Up–If there ever was a time for Matt not to fall asleep, it would be in French class. Poor Matt’s punishment is to help librarian Victor Leclerc in the basement library, a former dark and dingy chapel. Matt is welcomed as a “fine specimen” and tasked with boxing outdated library books. It is only after he loses track of time browsing through the tomes that Matt discovers zombie students as prisoners of the librarian, and he’s next in line! Gravel’s short horror novel is ideal for timid intermediate grade levels craving light scares and humor. Striving readers or English language learners will gravitate towards this 800 Lexile level work, translated from French. The plot concludes rather abruptly, perhaps in anticipation of a sequel. Educators could use this title to create figurative language lessons on metaphor or hyperbole.