The Snipe Hunt

By Jen Crane

Book Overview

If Coraline grew up in the South, this would be her story. Friendship, folklore, and fear collide in a haunting adventure.

When a prank in the woods turns deadly, five kids must face ancient horrors and their own buried secrets. No one makes it out unchanged.

Hunter becomes the hunted in this chilling Southern gothic survival story. The Snipe Hunt weaves new folklore and Southern grit into a suspenseful tale of fear, friendship, and finding courage in the dark. Stranger Things meets Where the Crawdads Sing as a band of misfits stumble into a gritty Southern folktale.

When new girl Clover Portis agrees to join four classmates for a snipe hunt, she expects a night around the campfire and a chance to fit in. Instead she gets a fight for her life. What starts as a prank takes a terrifying turn when something ancient and ravenous wakes in the woods.

Trapped deep in Karma Creek Woods, the teens must rely on their wits-and each other-to survive the night. As secrets unravel and tensions rise, Clover finds strength she didn't know she had and realizes the greatest threats aren't always the ones with claws.

Part Southern folklore, part survival thriller, The Snipe Hunt is a gripping coming-of-age story about fear, friendship, and finding courage in the dark.

For fans of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Hatchet and Holes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950032035
• ISBN13: 9781950032037
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Carpe Noctem Publishing, LLC
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary