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The Crawl Space
The Crawl Space: An Interactive Ghost Story
Features 24 choices and 11 alternate endings
Bullying is receiving a lot of attention in the media, but it's never had the repercussions that middle school bullies Bruce, Mark, and Charles will face. Trapped in a haunted school as their punishment, these bullies find their fates in the hands of their readers in Arthur Mills’ children's novel The Crawl Space.
Read The Crawl Space if you...
• like interactive stories
• want to get revenge on bullies
• enjoy scary children stories
• like illustrated books (85 illustrations)
The Crawl Space storyline
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 their fellow student, Johnny, enter the dreaded crawl space under the school cafeteria's stage. Everyone knows the crawl space is haunted by a boy who entered it and never returned, and Johnny is terrified. But fortunately, the school principal catches the boys before it's too late. As punishment, she offers them the choice of notes to their parents or spending the weekend cleaning out the crawl space. More scared of their parents than the rumor of a ghost, they choose the latter.
But once they are alone in the school, the boys discover that not only is the crawl space haunted, but so is the rest of the school. When the ghost gives the boys a riddle to solve, they must make many difficult choices to ensure their survival. However, the reader gets to participate in making these choices, which range from which hallway to go down to which key to use to open a mysterious box. Whether the boys survive their punishment is as much the reader's responsibility as it is that of the boys' themselves, but just as the boys can't control the supernatural events happening to them, even the reader won't be able to control the storyline completely.
Why did Mills write The Crawl Space?
Mills decided to write The Crawl Space because in his youth, he didn't like adults making decisions for him. He tried to escape into the world of books, only to find authors were just as controlling as the adults in his life. Now that he is an author, he has vowed to let readers have control of the story. In The Crawl Space, readers have up to twenty-four choices and eleven possible endings to choose. In addition, over eighty-five exciting illustrations accompany the story, representing every supernatural, terrifying, and bizarre experience the main characters endure before their weekend in a haunted middle school comes to an end.
What are the professionals saying?
Destined to please adults and kids alike, The Crawl Space is a hit among all generations. Tyler R. Tichelaar, author of the award-winning Narrow Lives states, "The Crawl Space is as much fun as the Choose Your Own Adventure books from when I was a kid. Beyond being a great adventure story, The Crawl Space teaches readers lessons about bullying and friendship and the difficult choices we all have to make in life."
Features 24 choices and 11 alternate endings
Bullying is receiving a lot of attention in the media, but it's never had the repercussions that middle school bullies Bruce, Mark, and Charles will face. Trapped in a haunted school as their punishment, these bullies find their fates in the hands of their readers in Arthur Mills’ children's novel The Crawl Space.
Read The Crawl Space if you...
• like interactive stories
• want to get revenge on bullies
• enjoy scary children stories
• like illustrated books (85 illustrations)
The Crawl Space storyline
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 their fellow student, Johnny, enter the dreaded crawl space under the school cafeteria's stage. Everyone knows the crawl space is haunted by a boy who entered it and never returned, and Johnny is terrified. But fortunately, the school principal catches the boys before it's too late. As punishment, she offers them the choice of notes to their parents or spending the weekend cleaning out the crawl space. More scared of their parents than the rumor of a ghost, they choose the latter.
But once they are alone in the school, the boys discover that not only is the crawl space haunted, but so is the rest of the school. When the ghost gives the boys a riddle to solve, they must make many difficult choices to ensure their survival. However, the reader gets to participate in making these choices, which range from which hallway to go down to which key to use to open a mysterious box. Whether the boys survive their punishment is as much the reader's responsibility as it is that of the boys' themselves, but just as the boys can't control the supernatural events happening to them, even the reader won't be able to control the storyline completely.
Why did Mills write The Crawl Space?
Mills decided to write The Crawl Space because in his youth, he didn't like adults making decisions for him. He tried to escape into the world of books, only to find authors were just as controlling as the adults in his life. Now that he is an author, he has vowed to let readers have control of the story. In The Crawl Space, readers have up to twenty-four choices and eleven possible endings to choose. In addition, over eighty-five exciting illustrations accompany the story, representing every supernatural, terrifying, and bizarre experience the main characters endure before their weekend in a haunted middle school comes to an end.
What are the professionals saying?
Destined to please adults and kids alike, The Crawl Space is a hit among all generations. Tyler R. Tichelaar, author of the award-winning Narrow Lives states, "The Crawl Space is as much fun as the Choose Your Own Adventure books from when I was a kid. Beyond being a great adventure story, The Crawl Space teaches readers lessons about bullying and friendship and the difficult choices we all have to make in life."
250 pages, Paperback
First published July 18, 2012
190 people want to read
About the author
Arthur Mills
8 books12 followersArthur Mills has covered the world, both literally and figuratively. As a traveler, he’s visited dozens of countries. As a reader, he’s been able to visit a hundred 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 the power of reader interpretation and interactive storytelling. 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 primary goal in writing has always been to develop a deeper means of communication with the world—both real and imagined.
Arthur is the creator of Branching Plot Books, a book series devoted to the power of reader interpretation and interactive storytelling. 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 primary goal in writing has always been to develop a deeper means of communication with the world—both real and imagined.
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January 12, 2014
The Crawl Space is about three young boys caught in the most unpredictable and most dangerous adventure of their lives. The story is written in a manner that is both interesting and enthralling for readers of different age groups. Children will enjoy the adventure and the ghosts while older teens and adults will enjoy watching the bullies get a taste of their own medicine. My two boys (9 and 13) loved the story. I highly recommend reading the book not just because it’s fun, but because there is a strong anti-bully message all throughout the book.
January 12, 2014
Hours of Fun - And a Great Teaching Tool
Finally a novel-length interactive story. All other interactive stories are only 50-90 pages long. The Crawl Space is nearly 250 pages with 24 choices and 11 alternate endings. I read the book but I didn’t really care for the storyline but my two little girls (10 and 13) loved it. It was fun watching them sitting down next to each other as they decided on the choices to make for the characters.
Finally a novel-length interactive story. All other interactive stories are only 50-90 pages long. The Crawl Space is nearly 250 pages with 24 choices and 11 alternate endings. I read the book but I didn’t really care for the storyline but my two little girls (10 and 13) loved it. It was fun watching them sitting down next to each other as they decided on the choices to make for the characters.
October 15, 2014
Wonderful story!
From beginning to end this amazing book is a page turner. Indeed the high graphics and captivating illustrations encourages readers to read to the very end. Certainly this adventurous story embarks readers on a fascinating tale. The story line is thrilling like a roller-coaster ride with many ups and downs. Amazingly, the use of humor had me hooked. Surely the exciting characters were well developed. Unquestionably, such an electrifying story is a must have!
From beginning to end this amazing book is a page turner. Indeed the high graphics and captivating illustrations encourages readers to read to the very end. Certainly this adventurous story embarks readers on a fascinating tale. The story line is thrilling like a roller-coaster ride with many ups and downs. Amazingly, the use of humor had me hooked. Surely the exciting characters were well developed. Unquestionably, such an electrifying story is a must have!
December 2, 2014
Captivating, Fascinating, Creative & Action-Packed! Outstanding Book!
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