What’s in the Walls?

Scritch, scratch...

One day after floor hockey practice, ten-year-old Zack hears some strange sounds in the school gym. But he’s the only one in there. It sounds like scratching...and it’s coming from inside the walls. As he investigates, he wonders what could be making the sound. Giant spiders? The ghost of a construction worker buried alive when the school was built? Zack soon discovers that the school custodian has not been doing a good job of keeping the school clean.

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In 2010, Julie Champagne left her career in marketing to become a full-time writer. She was an independent journalist for several years, writing articles on a variety of topics. She is now the editor-in-chief of the teen magazine Curium and has written a number of children’s books. She lives in Mirabel, Quebec.

Geneviève Bigué is an illustrator and comic artist who works in many fields, including publishing and advertising. What’s in the Walls? is her first book for young readers as an illustrator. Her first graphic novel as an author Parfois les lacs brûlent (When the Lake Burns) won many awards, including the 2023 Prix des libraires du Québec, and was nominated for the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Awards in Young People’s Literature. She lives in Montréal