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HORROR J AUGUST

An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers’ imaginations.

MYS J CARMEN

Ryan continues to investigate the strange occurrences in his hometown of Skeleton Creek, recording his findings in a journal and viewing email video clips sent by fellow detective Sarah. The reader may view Sarah’s videos on a website by using links and passwords found in the text.

JE DADEY

The third grade at Bailey Elementary was very hard to handle, until a strange new teacher named Mrs. Jeepers arrived.

HORROR J EMERSON

Oliver, a young vampire, discovers that he is a little more human than his vampire family and classmates.

GRAPHIC J GAIMAN

Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own.

NEWBERY TEEN GAIMAN

Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.

HORROR J GRABENSTEIN

Zack Jennings enlists his dog Zipper to try to find a lost Confederate treasure, but first they must deal with a brain-eating zombie that lives under Zack’s new school.

HORROR J HOROWITZ

A collection of fourteen horror tales, including the story of a teen gang leader taken for a ride by a deadly car with a mind of its own, a boy haunted by a phantom cobra and a reality television show pitting teenagers against adults.

J HOROWITZ

In London, England, twelve-year-old Joe discovers that his grandmother is not just physically repulsive and horribly mean, she is also involved in an evil plot against him, but the adults around them fail to see behind her mask.

HORROR TEEN HOROWITZ

After being expelled from school, thirteen-year-old David Eliot is sent to Groosham Grange, a spooky and sinister boarding school where nothing seems quite right.

J KLISE

In this story told mostly through letters, children’s book author, I.B. Grumply, gets more than he bargained for when he rents a quiet place to write for the summer.

SF TEEN LANDY

When twelve-year-old Stephanie inherits her weird uncle’s estate, she must join forces with Skulduggery Pleasant, a skeleton mage, to save the world from the Faceless Ones.

HORROR J LUBAR

Thirty creepy stories about warped technology, revengeful ants, sadistic gym teachers, and other terrifying things.

HORROR J MACHALE

Sixteen-year-old Marshall Seaver is expecting a boring summer when his best friend goes away, but instead he finds himself haunted—and hunted—by ghosts that want something from him which he cannot decipher.

HORROR J MOULD

Eleven-year-old Stanley Buggle, happily anticipating a long summer vacation in the house he inherits from his great-uncle, discovers, soon after arriving in the seemingly peaceful village of Crampton Rock, that along with the house he has also inherited some sinister neighbors, a talking stuffed fish, and a host of mysteries surrounding his great-uncle’s death.

SF TEEN PATTERSON

The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. While trapped in this totalitarian nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they’d never dreamed of. Can they master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents—and maybe the world?

HORROR J SAN SOUCI

A collection of ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts.

HORROR J STINE

Everyone knows about Hill House. It’s the biggest tourist attraction in town. That’s because it’s haunted. Haunted by the ghost of a thirteen-year-old boy. A boy with no head!