What's in the Walls? - Paperback

by Julie Champagne (Author), Genevi?ve Bigu? (Illustrator), David Warriner (Translator)

Scritch, scratch...

One day after floor hockey practice, ten-year-old Zack hears some strange sounds in the school gym. But he's the only one in there. It sounds like scratching...and it's coming from inside the walls. As he investigates, he wonders what could be making the sound. Giant spiders? The ghost of a construction worker buried alive when the school was built? Zack soon discovers that the school custodian has not been doing a good job of keeping the school clean.

The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Back Jacket

Whatever you've imagined, this is worse. One day after floor-hockey practice, ten-year-old Zack hears some sounds in the school gym. But he's the only one in there. It sounds like scratching...and it's coming from inside the walls. What could be making the sound? Zack soon discovers that the school custodian may not have been doing a good job of keeping the school clean--and something uninvited has moved in.

Author Biography

In 2010, Julie Champagne left her career in marketing to become a full-time writer. She was an independent journalist for several years, writing articles on a variety of topics. She is now the editor-in-chief of the teen magazine Curium and has written a number of children's books. She lives in Mirabel, Quebec.

Genevi?ve Bigu? is an illustrator and comic artist based in Montreal. With a background in traditional animation and graphic design, she now works in many fields, including books, advertising and the cultural arts scene. What's in the Walls? is the first book for young readers that she illustrated. Since then she has published her first graphic novel as an author/illustrator, Parfois les lacs br?lent (When the Lake Burns), which has won many awards, including the 2023 Prix des libraires du Qu?bec. It was also nominated for the 2023 Governor General's Literary Award in Young People's Literature--Illustrated Books (French).