in this book you will meet …
scary the ghost
Scary is actually called Seraphin Cary. He’s an alchemist – a mix between magician and scientist. He died 300 years ago, when the Stormfall Mansion burned down. Since then, he’s been haunting the place. These days, it’s home to Stormfall Primary School.
magical creatures
Magical creatures don’t belong in our world. They belong in fairytales and other old stories. But sometimes, in certain places, they turn up! Stormfall Primary School is one of those places. Luckily, Scary has a magic crystal ball he can trap the creatures in. the twins: jack and jill Jack’s real name is Jackson, but Jill is just Jill. They both attend Stormfall Primary School. Since Scary is their great-great-great-great-great-
great grandfather, they can see him. They help him trap the creatures in his crystal ball. Inside the ball, the creatures can’t hurt anyone.
head teacher ivan cary
Ivan Cary is not just the head teacher, he’s also Jack and Jill’s dad. He doesn’t know anything about magical creatures. Whenever he spots Scary or something strange happens around him, Scary and the kids give him special forget-me-drops.
mr.
raja
Mr. Raja is Jack and Jill’s teacher. He thinks they talk far too much during lessons. He also doesn’t know about the creatures. Only Jack and Jill do.
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scary thrills with jack and jill
The Deep End
ILLUSTRATED BY håvard heggenhougen
25 kids splashed and laughed in the school pool.
The teacher blew the whistle and told them to calm down. No one listened. They were having too much fun.
They were only allowed to swim where they could touch the bottom. But one girl was headed for the deep end. She looked around quickly, drew her breath, and ducked under. The water stung her eyes. She swam four strokes underwater. Just as she was about to
come up for air, she felt something close around her ankle.
The grip tightened and pulled her down. She panicked.
The girl struggled and managed to kick free of whatever was holding her. Finally, she got her head above water. She gasped and coughed up water, then swam towards the ladder and clung to it.
A moment later, she screamed.
NEW CASE
The first lesson had just started.
Mr. Raja was talking, but Jill and Jack weren’t paying attention.
‘Did you hear about Mina in third grade?’ whispered Jill. ‘Someone scared her in swim class. And held her under water!’
‘Someone or something?’ said a deep voice nearby.
The twins jumped. Scary’s shaggy head was poking out from the wall.
‘Scary!’ hissed Jack. ‘Must you always try to scare us?’
‘You’ve heard about the creature,’ said Scary as the rest of his body slid out through the wall. ‘Excellent. Let’s have a
meeting right now.’
‘Not in the middle of class,’ whispered Jill and rolled her eyes.
‘Jackson and Jill!’ called Mr. Raja. ‘If you have something to share, please share it with the whole class.’
hair floated to the surface, looking like threads of silver.
‘Her hair!’ shouted Scary. ‘Mermaids hate having their hair pulled!’
Jill grabbed the silver hair and yanked as hard as she could. The mermaid shot to the surface. She opened a blood-red mouth and hissed at Jill. But before she
