Content levels
Trigger warnings
Positive tags
Heroine archetypes
Protagonist archetypes
Tropes
Synopsis
From the author of The Lifeguard comes the exciting suspense novel about Martha. Not long after Martha moved into the Bedford house, the phone calls began: Trick or treat, Martha. You're dead. Elizabeth Bedford had been murdered one year earlier, on Halloween night, in the very same room. The murderer was never found, and now the killer is back--for Martha.
Is Trick or Treat appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 13 and up.
Teen thriller featuring stalking, threatening phone calls, and the aftermath of an unsolved murder. Violence is suspenseful rather than graphic, appropriate for mature middle schoolers and up.
What to know going in
This book has moderate violence, no sexual content, and mild language. Content notes include murder, death, and stalking (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who love suspenseful page-turners will be hooked by Martha's race against time to survive a killer targeting her in a house where another girl was murdered.