Alice

The storm outside passed and the late evening was calmly turning into night. As the light of the moon shone through Alice’s bedroom window, the cat looked up and smiled a wide, toothy smile. “This is the Alice I have been looking for.” Papercuts is an eerie and haunting series written to appeal to students aged 13+ who are intimidated by full-length novels. These sinister titles have a reading age of 8–9 and an accessible word count of 5,000–6,000. Written by respected and accomplished authors, they are packed with horror and elements of the supernatural. But be warned, they're not for the faint-hearted!