The Cul-De-Sac Kids

Three kids. One creepy app. A mystery no adult can solve. Sam Whitaker never expected moving to Oakwood Estates would lead to his first real mystery. But when a strange new app called Dreamscape starts spreading through school, kids who download it act like zombies. Lost in their screens, forgetting their friends, and slipping further away each day.

Sam's sharp eye for details and the way his autistic perspective helps him notice patterns others miss make him the first to realize something is wrong. With the help of his new friends Ava and Logan, he follows the trail of clues from classrooms to an abandoned warehouse and uncovers a chilling secret: the app's new update, Nightmare Mode, is more than a game. It's an experiment.

The three friends must race to expose the truth before Halloween night, when Oakwood's kids risk being lost forever.

Perfect for fans of Holes, Hatchet, and Goosebumps.