Skip to content

2,072,081 books read so far

Thunderstruck

Ali Sparkes (, Southampton, UK)

Thunderstruck

Subjects

  • Action Adventures - chills, thrills and plenty of spills
  • Spinetinglers - shivers up the spine time

Average rating

5 out 5

8 reviews

What if your new best friend was a ghost? Getting struck by lightning whilst huddling under a tree isn't exactly the way Alisha and Theo would have chosen to get out of sports day . . . Surviving the strike makes them see life differently. It also makes them notice Doug and Lizzie. Struck by lightning under that same tree on the common in 1975, the two teenagers have been hanging out there ever since. Doug and Lizzie are funny, clever, brave - and quite happy about making friends with a pair of ten-year-olds. OK, fair point, they are dead, and Doug's trousers are worryingly flared. But you can't have everything. But something sinister is going on at school - although only Theo and Alisha seem to be able to see it. What can it mean when ragged faceless entities keep staring in through the windows? Not all ghosts are friendly like Doug and Lizzie . . . but are these phantoms really the harbingers of doom for all the kids at Beechwood Junior? A fun and fast-paced ghostly mystery with lightning strikes, floating phantoms, and four fantastic friends just trying to get on with their everyday lives . . . or deaths . . . From the prize-winning author of Frozen in Time, the Shapeshifter series, and many more!

Reviews

avatars/evie-2.png

Two people get struck by lightning and can see ghosts and builders uncover a plague pit and they stop everyone from getting the plague.

Principal Ursula Menace 20.02.2023

Star Reviewer

Star Reviewer

avatars/maggie.png

This was an excellent book. I love how it doesn’t bother Theo and Alisha that their friends are ghosts! The storyline to this book is Fantastic! We’ll done Ali Sparkes!

Coach Panther Custard 31.08.2021

avatars/space-chase-girl.png

at first i thought thunder was fireworks but i learned from this book thunder is not safe

Fairy Blueberry Quagmire 04.07.2021

avatars/aesop-1.png

Engaging, funny and some plague history.

Anonymous 02.09.2020

avatars/will-1.png

This book is amazing so other people should definetely read this book

Anonymous 25.08.2017

avatars/dragon.png

A good book for you if you like fantasy and intriguing stories.

Anonymous 21.08.2017

avatars/baskerville.png

I had to read this for my book club and enjoyed it so much

Anonymous 13.08.2017

avatars/will-2.png

expecting more drama

Anonymous 03.08.2017

Information for adults

Schools

Visit our School Zone to access free resources and Challenge ideas for your class.

Families

Visit our Home Zone, full of useful Challenge information for parents, grandparents and carers. For information about supporting reading in the early years visit our Pre-School Zone.

Libraries

Visit our Library Zone to find libraries near you running the challenge, and how to take part.