Mia thinks she sees something strange and horrible under Lauren’s hair when she flicks it back. But when she looks again, it’s gone. She must have imagined it.

But Lauren’s friends, Savannah and Gabriella, seem equally weird. When Mia spies on them to find out what’s going on, she finds herself dragged into a sickening nightmare.

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!