Last year, I wrote a creepy little book called Down Came the Spiders. What’s it about? I’ll tell 🕷️ you!

Twelve-year-old Andi loves everything about spiders—they're endlessly fascinating creatures. So when she finds a species she's never seen before at a classmate's Halloween party, she's over the moon. 🕷️ Until the spiders start to behave in unusual and threatening ways, that is. They can camouflage themselves incredibly well, they can jump higher than she's ever seen, and their webs are strong. Maybe even strong 🕷️ enough to trap a person . . .

Andi and her friends Carly and Devon try to find an adult to help, but make a terrifying discovery: the parent chaperones have been immobilized by the spiders. As the only ones who know 🕷️ what's going on, Andi, Carly, and Devon will have to take on the spiders themselves—before it's too late!

Why am I telling you about this book now? 🕷️ Because we have a cover!

A COVER!

A frightening cover.

🕷️ A perfectly spooky cover.

A cover that will give you heebie jeebies.

(Can you tell that I’m stalling? That’s because this cover has a big, HUGE spider on it, so if you are arachnophobic, now is your chance to run away…)

Go! Run!

I can’t hold it off for much longer! Get out of here!

Okay, if you’re still here, that means you want to see the cover of Down Came the Spiders. Prepare yourself!

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Arachnophobia meets Five Nights at Freddy's in this middle grade horror novel perfect for fans of K.R. Alexander and Mary Downing Hahn.

This creepy, crawly cover was illustrated by Jai McFerran and designed by Stephanie Yang.

Look for Down Came the Spiders at a Scholastic book fair or a bookstore near you this December! 🕷️

And Now for Something Actually Scary…

Head over to the Spooky Middle Grade blog to read a five-question interview with the star of this cover reveal…the spider.