Creepazoids Creepazoids - Paperback

Eleven-year-old Sam just wanted to earn a little pocket money. Instead, at a rainy car boot sale, he finds something else entirely - an old, battered handheld console with a game cartridge jammed inside, sold to him by an old man with a warning.Wanting will get you nowhere in life, boy.The console shouldn't even switch on. No batteries make it work. But when the thunder rolls in, the screen flickers to life - and Sam finds himself fighting for his life in a coliseum that feels far too real.Win, and Sam's whole life gets better. Better grades. Better friends. Better everything. Lose, and the pain follows him home - invisible bruises no one else can see, and a world that starts forgetting he exists.As the hearts run out and the stakes climb higher, Sam has to figure out the rules of a game that was never meant to be won - before the game decides it's done with him for good.A chilling, addictive read for fans of classic scary stories - the first book in the Creepazoids series.