Books with title Crickets in the Dark

A secluded mountain lodge. The perfect getaway. So remote no one will ever find you. The promise of a luxury vacation at a secluded wilderness spa has brought together eight lucky guests. But nothing is what they were led to believe. As a fierce storm barrels down and all contact with the outside is cut off, the guests fear that it's not a getaway. It's a trap. Each one has a secret. Each one has something to hide. And now, as darkness closes in, they all have something to fear - including one another. Alerted to the vanished party of strangers, homicide cop Mason Deniaud and search and rescue expert Callie Sutton must brave the brutal elements of the mountains to find them. But even Mason and Callie have no idea how precious time is. Because the clock is ticking, and one by one, the guests of Forest Shadow Lodge are being hunted. For them, surviving becomes part of a diabolical game.

A secluded mountain lodge. The perfect getaway. So remote no one will ever find you.The promise of a luxury vacation at a secluded wilderness spa has brought together eight lucky guests. But nothing is what they were led to believe. As a fierce storm barrels down and all contact with the outside is cut off, the guests fear that it’s not a getaway. It’s a trap.Each one has a secret. Each one has something to hide. And now, as darkness closes in, they all have something to fear—including one another.Alerted to the vanished party of strangers, homicide cop Mason Deniaud and search and rescue expert Callie Sutton must brave the brutal elements of the mountains to find them. But even Mason and Callie have no idea how precious time is. Because the clock is ticking, and one by one, the guests of Forest Shadow Lodge are being hunted. For them, surviving becomes part of a diabolical game.

A time-slip ghost story based in the gritty reality of Victorian London. Ben breaks into the empty house next door and discovers a family of children suffering at the hands of their drunk and abusive father. Ben has to befriend someone from the family's own time to contact their relatives and rescue them, hence a combination of modern sleuthing and contemporary letter-writing to achieve the desired end.

When fifteen year old Drazen's mother dies in a plane crash, he's left with his dad, sister, stepmother, and two stepsisters. His dad dies mysteriously; sending Drazen and his sister to an orphanage because their stepmother doesn't want them. His only hope becomes a couple of very strange orphans, his dog Goby, and his own wits while he lingers on the edge of complete darkness. Even though he gets pampered to death at this new orphanage, he still feels the endless sorrow approaching. Could he be left in the dark forever?

When fifteen year old Drazen's mother dies in a plane crash, he's left with his dad, sister, stepmother, and two stepsisters. His dad dies mysteriously; sending Drazen and his sister to an orphanage because their stepmother doesn't want them. His only hope becomes a couple of very strange orphans, his dog Goby, and his own wits while he lingers on the edge of complete darkness. Even though he gets pampered to death at this new orphanage, he still feels the endless sorrow approaching. Could he be left in the dark forever?

In the Dark Escaping the bombs and flames of Liverpool, thousands of children are evacuated to the relative safety of the British countryside. Rochel Sharfer, a young Jewish girl, is sent far away from the Torah life she knows, and finds herself alone with her little brother, Daniel, in the sleepy country village. Unlike the others, she isn?t taken in by kindly farmers. Rochel and Daniel are placed with Miss Darwen in Gorshuch Hall, where secrets abound and danger stalks. As the war continues, the British efforts are consistently sabotaged by German spies. There is a strong suspicion that the spies are hiding out in Burroclough. Rochel is quickly drawn into a web of suspense and intrigue, unsure whom she can trust. She has only her faith and her wits to rely on. The danger mounts and the puzzle deepens. Rochel is in the dark.

In this survival story our main characters must use science to solve problems to find their way through the dark. They inquire and selfconsult, they settle debates on how best to survive tricky situations. Page spreads include suitable experiments that linked to the narrative. Predicting outcomes is the nature of science and in these books readers must think critically and are offered explanations of the scienctific principles at play. This is STEAM teaching in a great format.