Year 10 English - Danse Macabre
Patrick Carman
Patrick Carman is the award-winning author of many books for young adults and children. He grew up in Salem, Oregon, and graduated from Willamette University. His birthday is February 27th, 1966. He spent a decade living in Portland, where he worked in advertising, game design, and technology.
Strange things are happening in Skeleton Creek … and Ryan and Sarah are trying to get to the heart of it. But after an eerie accident leaves Ryan housebound and forbidden to see Sarah, their investigation takes two tracks: Ryan records everything in his journal, while Sarah uses her videocam to search things out … and then emails the clips for Ryan to see.
In a new, groundbreaking format, the story is broken into two parts -- Ryan's text in the book, and Sarah's videos on a special website, with links and passwords given throughout the book.
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Patrick Carman - Personal WebsiteThis is the personal website of Patrick Carman - the best-selling author of "The Land of Elyon" series, and his new "Skeleton Creek" series. Learn more about the author, get downloads, and listen to interviews explaining more about his V-Books (video-books). |
Patrick Carman's Skeleton CreekThis is Patrick Carman's website dedicated to his "Skeleton Creek" series. Here you can access videos of trailers, new stories, and an interview showing the project overview... interesting stuff that can help develop your understanding of the V-Book medium. |
Skeleton Creek is RealEnter this Blog-Site to access all of Sarah Fincher's Videocam clips that follow on from Ryan's journal in the novel "Skeleton Creek". You can then post your comments and join in on the forum discussing the text. |
The Stacks - ScholasticView this site to access the second novel in the "Skeleton Creek" series - "Ghost in the Machine". Access a preview clip which picks up the story where "Skeleton Creek" left off...
Was it Old Joe Bush in the dredge? What happened to Ryan and Sarah? Does Ryan's dad have a secret? Is Skeleton Creek trying to hide a terrible past? |
Radio Interview with CarmanListen to Patrick Carman as he discusses "Skeleton Creek" and "Ghost in the Machine" in this MP3, taken from the radio show "On The Grapevine". |