You Can't Come in Here!

You're Invited to a Creepover #2

by P.J. Night, Michael Teitelbaum (Real Name)

Perfect for tweens who love a good scare, don’t miss this all-new series from Simon Spotlight that combines the fun of sleepovers with the thrill of chilling tales. Readers will get more than goosebumps from these stories that infuse modern middle-school life with a helping of horror.

In You Can’t Come in Here!, Emily Hunter is super excited when the new neighbors move in, especially because they have two kids her age. She loves hanging out with Drew and Vicky and plans for them to meet her other friends at a sleepover party at her house. But as Emily prepares for the sleepover, strange things start happening at Drew and Vicky’s—they only let Emily see into one room of their house, and there’s a wolf that howls in their yard every night. Is Emily’s overactive imagination running wild, or is there something really creepy about the new neighbors?

Genres: Middle Grade, Horror, Childrens, Paranormal, Vampires, Fantasy, Thriller

134 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2011

About the author

P.J. Night Revealed
Revealing Questions

Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
A. Reading, writing, and scaring up new ideas!

Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. There are mysteries everywhere . . . you just have to know where to look.

Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
A. Sitting with my cat on my lap and reading a book I just can't put down.

Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. Flowers and teddy bears :)

Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
A. At some very old and very haunted place. Transylvania or the Tower of London, anyone?

Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?
A. Psychic powers

Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be?
A. A black cat

Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero?
A. Nancy Drew

Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain?
A. The Wicked Witch of the West

Q. What’s your fantasy profession?
A. Ghost hunter

Reviews

[Alex (The Bookubus) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Hayley · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEEEEDDDDDD it!! It was so mysterious and scary. This book was rated "4 - Sleep With Lights On". The main character, Emily, hangs out with the new, mystrious kids across the street named Drew and Vicky. They are definitely are not normal. They won't let people in certain parts of their house and I wondered what they could be hiding... The answer really surprised me! Drew and Vicky are NOT human!! They wanted Emily to be a part of their family and had a very creepy way of showing her.
I'm looking forward to my next review! It will be book #3 in this series... "Ready For A Scare?"




Hayley

[Froggy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH!!! This is the second time I read this and I LOVED IT!!!

[Elizabeth Sagewood · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series continues to put such a smile on my face. 3.5 stars

[Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* · Rating 4 out of 5]

This Middle Grade horror series was recommended to me from some Book Vloggers on youtube for good nostalgic feel that is more modern. They weren't wrong, this was a fun visit, well written for this type and age group. I won't read the full series - it's long- but have another on hold with library. And of course these follow the classic real art that similar books used to in the 80s and 90s - so Cover Love.

[~just one hopeless romantic~ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I SERIOUSLY LOVED LOVED LOVED THIS BOOOOOKKKKKKK!!!!!! It was super scary and suspenseful. But, I kinda new that Vicky and Drew were vamps. The cover was a little to obvious, and from Drew and Vicky’s eyes, you could tell they were vamps. Anyways, this book was rated number 4 on the Creep-o-meter. I definitely enjoyed this book.

[Dona · Rating 5 out of 5]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Leinissa T · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade/interest level: Elementary/MS
Reading level: 7th
Genre: Scary
Main Characters: Emily Hunter
Setting: Home,school, outside
POV: Change Characters

Emily Hunter love her new neighbors Drew and Vicky Strigs. Emily mostly hang out with them in weekends. The only bummer thing that bothers Emily is that there homeschool and Emily's other friend's haven'y got to know them yet. Emily comes up with idea setting up sleepover at last day of school. But as Emily began's the to be ready the party at the last day of school with her friend's. She begin's to wonder about Vicky and Drew. Things got a little bit strange, like Vicky and Drew won't let Emily go to the certain room at there house and random wolf howls every night at there lawns. Is it Emily imagination or are the new neighbors more than just a little strange?

This part 2 of the creeper is great, it get's little bit mysterious when you read it. It make me want to thousand of them.

[Jess - The Hexed Library · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 Stars

This one was more predictable than the first but I did enjoy it. Also, we're talking about a book written for 9-12 y/o's so I get it.

This one definitely had a way creepier ending than the first one! Like the end of the first one was open to interpretation but this one definitely wasn't and it was spooky.

Overall, I really enjoyed the story and I'm sure the kids that it is targeted to would love it!

[Booksr4me · Rating 5 out of 5]

i loooooooooooooooooove this book it was awesome

[Angel Dallas · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE THIS BOOK! READ IT!!!

[Rejiika Soma]

love all the books

[Bell Maken · Rating 5 out of 5]

an amazing book
i would recommend it to people who enjoy reading about creatures of the night

[Tanibunny · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was freaking amazing

[Thomas · Rating 3 out of 5]

For today’s random read, I wanted to do something interesting. For Halloween back in 2021, I dipped into the Creepover series. You can check my review of “No trick or treating” for details on the series. It does intruige me and I have been wanting to cover it again, even outside of the camp book.

And since then, they have launched a graphic novel series of it. Yep, each is getting a comic adapation and these recently started and are still going. Impressive for a series like this for it it still exist even if the main series seems to be done. I was curious about the graphic novel versions but I also wanted to look a regular book from the series. …So why not both?

Yes, for this I am reading both versions. I tried to do both at once, I read a few chapters of the og then the comic, going back and forth. Being a comic it’s not too hard. I’ll review the book as is and compare it to the comic to note any chances or the like.

As noted before, PJ Night is an MT Coffin type and our actual writer today is Michael Teitelbaum. He’s done a bunch of younger reader stuff, nothing too crazy. The comic’s artist is Giusi Lo Piccolo. Jesus that name. I couldn’t find anything on them easily which is weird for someone working on something currently.

Anyway ontop the book. Emily Hunter has made some new friends in Drew and Vicki. They are a bit aloof and she's never seen their parents but they're cool. They hang out every day and at this point Emily wants to include them in her offical friend group. So they plan this sleepover. However, Emily starts hearing strange howls and even sees a wolf outside a few times.

She starts to think something is off both in general and with her new friends. So this book was good, in a basic way. I'd say it's better than some of there more mid level ones I've read lately but I'd still put it as just a mid level good. Not because of major flaws, it just doesn't do anything too special.

It's basic and mostly goes in the directions you'd expect. They do throw you for a loop with what Drew/Vicki but that's mostly at as far as the main plot goes. It mostly flows well as it gets started early on. It does keep to its chest for most of it even though it's obvious where it's going so Emily does seem a tad slow. I can see others being more ants-y even if it things are indeed happening.

Not a ton for scares but there's decent atmosphere here. I mostly like it for the characters. They're basic but Emily is likeable and decently proactive/brave. The interactions with her family and friends are charming. Not every quip works but most work well enough. Parents are good, there's no/minimal disbelieving stuff and they are nice. We get some with the friends but Emily knows when to calm down.

The best part is the ending. It does rob us of a bigger climax but the nature of the ending is different from the usual and I thought that was cool and creepy. You may recall No Trick or Treating also had a different type of ending than usual so that seems to be a trend. This isn't as good as that one but the ending is still cool.

As for the graphic novel, it's mostly the same. The artwork is good, it's appealing and able to capture the spooky bits well. There's nothing crazy impressive beyond a couple neat transformation pages but nothing looks off to me at least. There are few rushed bits due to truncating the story to comic form and there's unneeded caption boxes. Not new problems for book to comic adaptations but it's not especially bad at least.

There isn't a ton of changes. A few minor bits are removed for pacing and while those bits worked for the book, not too much is lost aside maybe some fun character bits. They add in a few bits of their own that actually do work better in some cases, mostly early on. Nothing crazy but I like it. There is one added scene about missing kids that doesn't make sense with what we learn later on, I don't know why that's there.

I like the bits they add to the end which is thankfully kept intact, as well as the small bits of blood we see. Otherwise the story is the same so your opinion won't be swayed too much. I'd argue the comic is a tad better since the medium just makes it flow a bit quicker, even with a couple lost bits.

Overall, in both versions it's just a good book that isn't anything crazy. It's fairly basic but not a wholly bad way. The characters are decent and the ending is cool which does help it. It's not a high recommendation, it's one of the great kid horror books by any means. But compared to some other more mid level ones, it works fairy level. For what it is, I like it, and the graphic novel honors that well.

Worth noting the ghostwriter is credited in the same way in that version, they stick to the PJ Night Facade. Found that interesting. So there ya go, not much more to add.

As usual, not sure what is next but we'll see what happens. I do wanna re-visit this series outside of that camp book, not sure about the graphic novels. That aside...that's about it. See ya.

[Bookish Devil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okay, This one was genuinely creepy !!

Emily is excited at the prospect of making friends with the neighbors who recently moved in. She is relived to find that they have two kids, Drew and Vicky, who are of her age. Emily soon establishes a cordial relationship with them. Concerns about their milieu spurt in her mind when she starts to hear mysterious howling originating from their house every night. Even though she has spent a fair amount of time hanging out with Drew and Vicky, not once she spoke or even saw their parents whilst at their home. Even when she invited them for the end-of-the-school-year party, they were nonchalant about the whole thing, which further aroused Emily's suspicions about their backdrop.

Who are her neighbors? How come their parents never show themselves to Emily?
Why is there a mysterious aura surrounding them? Will Emily uncover the mystery before its too late?

Read this one to find the answers and if you're expecting a book with a happy ending then you'd better give this a pass and move on.

[✧˚ · meda * ˚ ✦ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the quirky yet promising cover, somehow reminds me of the 90's (even though I'm a 2000 baby lol). Read it in one sitting so it does probably says a lot. The book made me wonder half of the time of whatever's yet to come, I thought to myself that I was just bored until I got bitten in the butt by the unexpected jumpscare. Predictable, I guess. Not so scary and very age appropriate for little children but I'll prefer to have my lights on for today, that's all.

[KoleckOLP · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read a snipet of this book in the prequel and I didn't really like it,
I mean the book in the end wan't too bad, but the ending is kinda bad.
Yeah it's cool that the neigbours are vampires, and that she unknowingly invited them in,
but this all was rushed at the end of the story.
And there was no reaction from the other girls at the sleepover,
or the boy on the phone, to me the ending was extremely rushed in.
And than there is an epilogue that was that Emily went to turn someone vampire too.

[Kiara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a nice read, this a type of creepover that I can read and be okay with everything that transpired in the book. This was rather enjoyable, cause believe me when I say that not all the books are like this, some really will have you thinking it over due to how either creepy or just downright sad the endings are.

However, due to it not being all that creepy or far from sad - in my eyes - I rated it a 3/5.

[Vilma Diaz · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty good. It was pretty clear to me what Emily was dealing with, even before the big reveal. A lot of monster lore is very old, and has evolved over the years so that a creature from one legend can do things that are different from the same creature in a different legend. That was the only thing that really threw me. I was surprised by the ending, though. I'm looking forward to the next book in the series.

[Elizabeth Rose · Rating 5 out of 5]

Is this a children's book? That does not matter.
Something about this book is so comforting to me and I've read it most likely 10+ times since the 4th grade and I'll never tire of it. Plus this is the first physical book I've read in at least a week and anything that gets me in the mood to read again deserves all the praise.

[Saanvi Shankar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Emily Hunter loves her new neighbors, Drew and Vicky. Drew and Vicky are homeschooled, because of which none of Emily's friends know them. So Emily organises a big end-of-year sleepover party, to which Drew and Vicky are invited, but they refuse. But during the sleepover, after a scary story by Declan, her best friend Ethan's cousin, she realises that her neighbors could be more than human. . .

[Yaeesh Ibrahim · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, so this family moves into this cute little neighborhood, right? Everything’s chill until the neighbors start acting all weird and pale. Like, girl, that’s not bad lighting that’s vampire lighting. Then someone goes, “you can’t come in here!!”and I’m like, oh cool, we’re doing bloodsucker house rules now. Low key kinda excitinggg

[Skylynn Lessentine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very good. I would definetly recommend this book to people who like scary, haunted things that happen in books. This is an especially great Halloween book because Halloween is coming up in the blink of an eye.

[Krystl Louwagie · Rating 2 out of 5]

The ending was kind of fun and the art worked ok, but for the most part it's all very surface level stuff here. Wish there was more believability of the characters, even if the story is supernatural.

[Shadow.Jinxx · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect for tweens and young adults, read it back in my freshman year and i still remember it to this day (6 almost 7 years later)

[Elaine Skinner · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter and I both thought the story lagged a bit at the end but we liked it enough to continue the series. My five year old finds this series entertaining without being overly scary.

[Noah]

i want to read hahahahalmaololoolollololololololololll9ll

[Eefje Van · Rating 1 out of 5]

Saai

[Melody · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kid creepy …