Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Hero archetypes
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Synopsis
Bridgewater High junior Jordan, eager to fit in with a popular crowd, takes part in a series of pranks that go horribly wrong, and as she and her friend Charlie investigate, they begin to wonder if the spirit of a prank victim who died twenty years earlier is to blame.
Is The Prank appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
A supernatural mystery where pranks escalate into dangerous territory involving a vengeful ghost. Contains themes of bullying, peer pressure, and the death of a student twenty years prior, with moderate supernatural scares.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include death, bullying, and hazing (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens will be drawn to the creepy mystery of whether a ghost is haunting the pranksters and the suspenseful investigation Jordan and Charlie undertake.