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  They did as she asked.

  And a great power filled the cave.

  Then they heard a voice in the midst of the magic.

  A complaining voice.

  “Cindy,” Sally said. “I wanted the rest of that chicken. And I think you knew that.”

  About the Author

  Little is known about Christopher Pike, although he is supposed to be a strange man. It is rumored that he was born in New York but grew up in Los Angeles. He has been seen in Santa Barbara lately, so he probably lives there now. But no one really knows what he looks like, or how old he is. It is possible that he is not a real person, but an eccentric creature visiting from another world. When he is not writing, he sits and stares at the walls of his huge haunted house. A short, ugly troll wanders around him in the dark and whispers scary stories in his ear.

  Christopher Pike is one of this planet’s bestselling authors of young adult fiction.

  Books by Christopher Pike

  Spooksville #1: The Secret Path

  Spooksville #2: The Howling Ghost

  Spooksville #3: The Haunted Cave

  Spooksville #4: Aliens in the Sky

  Spooksville #5: The Cold People

  Spooksville #6: The Witch’s Revenge

  Spooksville #7: The Dark Corner

  Spooksville #8: The Little People

  Spooksville #9: The Wishing Stone

  Spooksville #10: The Wicked Cat

  Available from MINSTREL Books

  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  A MINSTREL PAPERBACK Original

  A Minstrel Book published by

  POCKET BOOKS, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc.

  1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

  www.SimonandSchuster.com

  Copyright © 1996 by Christopher Pike

  All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever. For information address Pocket Books, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

  ISBN: 0-671-55069-1

  ISBN-13: 978-1-4814-1088-5 (eBook)

  First Minstrel Books printing July 1996

  A MINSTREL BOOK and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc.

  SPOOKSVILLE is a trademark of Christopher Pike.

  Cover art by Lee MacLeod