Black Sand Beach #1

Richard Fairgray's Black Sand Beach: Are You Afraid of the Light? sets an immediately eerie tone, with four anxious kids navigating a rickety wooden dock and staircase while glowing, ghost-filled waves surge around them and a lighthouse looms as a silhouette in the distance. One blond kid clings nervously to a post in the background, while a boy in a red jacket and ghost-print tee stands at the fore flanked by two companions — none of them looking entirely convinced this was a good idea. It's a wonderfully creepy, kid-friendly adventure that delivers atmosphere to spare.