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Synopsis
An obsessive crush puts partygoers in danger in this frighteningly fun addition to the You’re Invited to a Creepover series. Kayla Evans wants to be part of the popular crowd. She wants it so much that she looks the other way whenever queen bee Alice Grafton is rude to her and to everyone else. It seems like Alice only likes one person: her crush, Nick Maroulis. She is totally obsessed with making him like her too, so much so that she mixes a love potion into the punch at her big party over the weekend. But when the party comes to a sudden halt, Kayla realizes that it was no love potion that Alice put in the punch. Now it’s up to Kayla to find the mysterious girl who sold the potion to Alice and get the antidote before everyone suffers from Alice’s mistakes…permanently. This terrifying tale is a level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter. Super scary
Is Don't Drink the Punch! appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 10 and up.
A middle grade horror story about a girl who must find an antidote after a classmate poisons party punch with what she thought was a love potion. Features themes of peer pressure, obsession, and social dynamics with age-appropriate scares.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and clean language. Content notes include obsession, manipulation, and poisoning.
Who'll love this
Readers will enjoy the race-against-time mystery as Kayla tries to save her classmates from a dangerous potion.