Setting
The time period of this novel.
What is the present?
The main character of the novel.
Who is Cameron Weaver?
Jacky McTavish is either imaginary or this.
Fears about heights, darkness, and isolation.
What are universal fears?
This character apparently "left town" with her son, though Jacky denied it.
Who was Mrs. McTavish.
The name of the town where Cameron and his mother move.
What is Wolf Hollow?
The name of the protagonist's mother.
Who is Katherine Weaver?
Cameron and his mother are on the run because his father is this.
These are events or details in a story that offer a fake scare.
What is teasing the reader?
Despite the rumors, the police have found no evidence for this crime.
The murder of Mrs. and Jacky McTavish.
Where Ken Armstrong works.
What is the real-estate office?
The antagonist in the novel.
Who is Cameron's father?
Cameron's father used this to find them before.
What is Facebook?
These are story details, often given at the end of a chapter that encourage us to keep reading.
What are hooks?
Cameron is playing the part of the detective, while telling his mother he is collecting evidence for this.
Mr. Sinclair currently owns this.
What is the farmhouse?
The name of Jacky's father.
Mr. McTavish bought these after Mrs. McTavish left him.
"A giant hairy spider slowly creeps toward you from the end of a long dark tunnel" is an example of this.
What is Delaying of Forestalling the Scare.
One way that mystery writers create suspense is reflected in Mr. Sinclair's comment that Cameron asks too many of these.
What are questions?
The seniors home.
The name of Cody's great-grandmother.
Who is Mrs. Murphy?
The rumor about what happened to Mrs. McTavish and Jacky.
What is murder?
"The girl's face turned pale with fear and she began silently screaming, as tears of terror rolled down her cheeks!" is an example of this.
What is the Power of Suggestion.
This theme is really being explored in the novel and adds quite a bit of tension and mystery.
What is reality vs. illusion?