Wickedpedia - Online Book Club
- Leanna Chappell
- Oct 1
- 2 min read
Welcome to our online book club for grades 9-12! We are excited for you to join us in reading Wickedpedia by Chris Van Etten.
Along with a free copy of the book, you will receive a review page so you can tell us what you thought of the book! You will also receive a questions page to consider, activity pages, and an information page with cool links related to the book!
Kits are ready for pickup today, Wednesday, October 1! Please remember that we have a limited number of kits available, so it's first come, first served. If you have any special requests or need accommodations, please let Leanna or Michelle know!
All we ask is that you read the book: do as much or as little of the rest of it as you want. No matter how much you do, the book is yours!
"Wickedpedia" by Chris Van Etten
"Cole and Gavin love playing practical jokes through Wikipedia. They edit key articles and watch their classmates crash and burn giving oral reports on historical figures like Genghis Khan, the first female astronaut on Jupiter. So after the star soccer player steals Cole's girlfriend, the boys take their revenge by creating a Wikipedia page for him, an entry full of outlandish information including details about his bizarre death on the soccer field. It's all in good fun, until the soccer player is killed in a freak accident...just as Cole and Gavin predicted. The uneasy boys vow to leave Wikipedia alone but someone continues to edit articles about classmates dying in gruesome ways...and those entries start to come true as well. To his horror, Cole soon discovers that someone has created a Wikipedia page for him, and included a date of death. He has one week to figure out who's behind the murders, or else he's set to meet a pretty grisly end.”
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
More about the author, Point Horror books, and Wickedpedia:
General Hospital Wiki’s page on Chris Van Etten, who is also their head writer:
Wikipedia’s page on Point Horror books:
The Devil’s Elbow, a snark site about Point Horror books:
Collins Dictionary’s English/German translator:
Find a Grave’s page on the real Walda Witchell:
Included as well: a word search, a message scramble, and an anagram activity.
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!