The Creeps

The Creeps - Hardcover

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The Creeps

The Creeps - Hardcover

by Tehlor Mejia
$17.99
Sale price  $17.99 Regular price 

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by Tehlor Mejia (Author)

Front Desk meets Stephen King! In this perfectly frightening middle grade read, a twelve-year-old boy moves into a creepy motel where breaking the rules doesn't just mean getting kicked out--it means disappearing for good.

Dylan has a bad feeling about the Good Night Motel. Ever since he and his mom got kicked out of their apartment, their new living arrangements have given him a serious case of the creeps. The roof is sagging; the wallpaper is peeling. The weird twin owners have painted-on smiles like Victorian dolls, and the handyman always seems to be lurking.

And, of course, there are the Rules. Break three, and you're out for good.

Dylan couldn't care less until he's cornered by a kid who claims to know the truth about this place. The real truth. You see, when people break the rules, they don't just get kicked out of the motel. They disappear.

And Dylan and his mom could be next.

Author Biography

TEHLOR KAY MEJIA is the bestselling and award-winning author of middle grade and young adult fiction, including It Happened to Anna and Paola Santiago and the River of Tears, which is in development at Disney as a television series to be produced by Eva Longoria. Tehlor strives to create stories which showcase the importance of community, radical inclusion, and abolitionist values. He lives with his child, wife, and two small dogs in Oregon.

Number of Pages: 288
Dimensions: 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.6 IN
Publication Date: October 06, 2026
ISBN9798217031450
Author Tehlor Mejia
PublisherDelacorte Press
GenreChildren
FormatHardcover
PublishedOctober 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages288
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Tehlor Mejia

Tehlor Kay Mejia is a bestselling and award-winning author of young adult and middle-grade fiction. Their debut young adult novel, We Set the Dark on Fire, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner-up honor for debut speculative fiction. It has been featured on Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O, the Oprah Magazine's best books lists and was a book of the year selection by Kirkus Reviews and School Library Journal. Tehlor's debut middle-grade novel, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears, was published by the Rick Riordan Presents imprint at Disney/Hyperion. It received four starred reviews and was named Amazon's best book of the year in the 9-12 age range. It is in development at Disney as a television series to be produced by Eva Longoria. Tehlor strives to create stories that showcase the importance of community, radical inclusion, and abolitionist values. They live with their child, partner, and two small dogs in their home state of Oregon and are active on Instagram at @tehlorkay. The Wednesday TV Show WritersWednesday Season One Episodes Written ByAlfred Gough & Miles Millar (101, 102, 108)Kayla Alpert (103, 104)April Blair (105, 106)Alfred Gough & Miles Millar and Matt Lambert (107)Series Created by Alfred Gough & Miles MillarBased on the Characters Created by Charles Addams

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