Trevor Henderson’s novel follows children investigating local disappearances and creatures that adults overlook or avoid discussing.
The children in Scarewaves receive guidance from Alan Graves, a mysterious radio host. Their investigation concerns Beacon Point, a town where disappearances and sightings of strange creatures have become recurring events. Scholastic’s official synopsis and edition information.
Trevor Henderson’s premise separates what the children encounter from what the town’s adults acknowledge. Some adults do not notice the events; others avoid thinking or talking about them. The young investigators have to pursue a mystery that has no settled place in ordinary town conversation. Scholastic’s official synopsis and edition information.
The woods contain a secret, and the events unfold over several nights. Henderson’s literary agency also identifies the Beacon Point Ghost Lights among the town’s phenomena. Graves’ broadcasts provide a thread through a setting with several kinds of unexplained activity. Henderson’s literary agency description.
Scholastic lists the novel at 208 pages and markets it for ages nine to twelve. That is the publisher’s audience classification, rather than a promise about how any individual reader will respond to the horror. The story gives Henderson’s invented creatures a specific town and a group of children trying to understand what is happening there. Scholastic’s official synopsis and edition information.