Horror - Kids Fiction

One minute I was looking for my retainer in the bathroom. The next, I was staring at a boy who looked just like me. And I don't mean my reflection What's going on here?Author: Dan Greenburg, Jack E. DavisISBN-10: 0448412624ISBN-13: 9780448412627Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage:...

Meet the girl who ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE is trying to avoid The completely unreliable and totally irrepressible Ivy Pocket must orchestrate a most daring and brilliant rescue in the wickedly funny conclusion to the Ivy Pocket trilogy. Neil Gaiman meets Lemony Snicket and the Series...

Dragged fresh from the grave and pulled out of the haunted corners of a school locker, these thirteen new stories are a nod to the storytelling style of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone. Most kids don't have to stress about things...

Emmy's new doll has strange powers over her best friend in this entrancing addition to the You're Invited to a Creepover series. Emmy Spencer and Lizzy Draper have been best friends since birth, but now that they're in seventh grade, they've begun to drift...

A thrilling bind-up of two classics from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike. Epic love crosses space and time in these two sexy, suspenseful stories from #1 bestselling author Christopher Pike. In Spellbound, weeks ago, a girl's body was found in the...

Three boys discover something terrifying in their school basement. ZombiesAuthor: Jason StrangeISBN-10: 1434234339ISBN-13: 9781434234339Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.30h x 5.20w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.3Point Value: 1Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 145321 / Basement of the Undead

*NOW A NETFLIX SERIES* Dive into the first book of this frightfully fun series and join the ghost-hunting gang as they defend our world from the most fearsome phantoms! A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters...

A dark family secret prompts a ghost to wreak havoc in this spooky novel in the spirit of Mary Downing Hahn.The only life 12-year-old Emily has ever known is the cold, unloved existence of being an orphan. But everything changes when the Thorntons, a...

In this delightfully creepy novel from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Ronald L. Smith, twelve-year-old Simon thinks he was abducted by aliens. But is it real, or just his overactive imagination? Perfect for fans of Mary Downing Hahn and Louis Sachar....

Something is wrong with Cooper. He's plagued by a fear he doesn't understand and can't control. Cooper just wants to escape, and a summer vacation aboard the restored cabin cruiser, The Getaway, with best friends Gordy, Hiro, and Lunk seems like the perfect way...

In the final episode of the ZomBert Chronicles, can Bert and Mellie foil a plot to turn the entire town of Lambert into ravenous zombie consumers? A thrilling finale to an arch mystery-adventure series pits Bert the cat against the infamous YummCo Labs. Bert...

Mike, Lucas, Will, and Dustin bond for the first time over Dungeons & Dragons, where they come together as a team to learn lessons about friendship. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Graphic Novels is an imprint of Spotlight, a...

In this modern-day retelling of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," an angry ghost haunts a small-town road in search of revenge...When Brianna Jenson agreed to move in with her cruel uncle Shane in rural Pennsylvania, she didn't expect to find herself in the middle...

A body on the tracksA teenage terroristA mysterious wish-granting machineThe world's worst private detectiveThe second volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading is chock-full of mystery, intrigue, and nefarious activity. Featuring some of the best writers around, and compiled by certified guy...

Sit, stay, die. Dogs aren't always man's best friend.When Amy sees a dog stranded on the side of the highway, she knows what she has to do. She tells her dad to stop the car. She can't understand why anyone would abandon a dog...

The news from Ghastly, Illinois, is grave--and that's something to laugh about The International Movement for the Safety & Protection Of Our Kids & Youth (IMSPOOKY) dictates that Seymour cannot live in the mansion at 43 Old Cemetery Road "without the benefit of parents."...

Thirteen-year-old Natalie Minks loves machines, particularly automata--self-operating mechanical devices, usually powered by clockwork. When Jake Limberleg and his traveling medicine show arrive in her small Missouri town with a mysterious vehicle under a tarp and an uncanny ability to make Natalie's half-built automaton move,...

Nore Roberts didn't ask for a new life, but now that her mom is gone and her dad is newly married, she has to settle in at Shadow Grove, the old Civil War mansion her stepfamily calls home. When she meets her stepmother, Lisette,...

In the Rot & Ruin, it's a matter of death and life. All five books in the action-packed zombie series Booklist calls "an impressive mix of meaning and mayhem" are now available in one paperback boxed set. In the zombie-infested world Benny has grown...

Welcome to Frightville... one-stop shopping for all your fears Tucker has just been invited to the birthday party of the year. The only catch is that you have to come in costume.Luckily, Tucker knows just the place to buy the perfect mask -- that...

Welcome to Frightville... one-stop shopping for all your fears When Sofia buys a cool skeleton key from a creepy store, Frightville, it quickly becomes her favorite possession. It seems to open any lock she tries it on - even the rusted old lock on...

This Newbery Honor Book and Coretta Scott King Award Winner from beloved author Patricia McKissack offers a "stellar collection" of "ten original stories, all with a foundation in African-American history or culture" (School Library Journal). In that special half-hour of twilight--the dark-thirty--there are stories...

"Bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie only finds solace in books. So when she happens upon a crazed...

A barely scary story about friendship and respect.Author: Bonnie GrubmanISBN-10: 1605375144ISBN-13: 9781605375144Publisher: ClavisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/31/2020Pages: 32Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 10.30h x 9.80w x 0.40d

According to Chinese tradition, those who die hungry or unjustly come back to haunt the living. Some are appeased with food, but not all ghosts are successfully mollified. In this chilling collection of stories, Ying Chang Compestine takes readers on an exhilarating journey through...

Bunker the Pug: Creatures of the Couch is a largely exaggerated telling of our actual family dog. In this story, as Bunker waits for his beloved daddy to return home from work, strange events begin to unfold. Before long, Bunker finds himself in an...

"I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two."In a quest to discover his inner self, celebrated physician Dr Henry Jekyll, uncovers a monster. At first he attempts to conceal this but gradually Hyde becomes...

Which door would you go through to save the world?David, Xander, and Toria King never know what new adventures--and dangers--await them beyond the mysterious portals hidden on the top floor of their new house. They have battled gladiators and the German army, dodged soldiers...

Four boys run out of gas late at night, and the moon is full. The night ripe for adventure - or terrorAuthor: Jason StrangeISBN-10: 1434234347ISBN-13: 9781434234346Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.30h x 5.20w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3Point Value: 1Interest...

No one recognizes Chase at school one day. Who did this to him, and why?Author: Jason StrangeISBN-10: 1434234312ISBN-13: 9781434234315Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.30h x 5.20w x 0.30dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.3Point Value: 1Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 145322 / Faceless...

Secrets taken to the grave don't always stay buried. In No Time to Die, Jenny is devastated by the recent death of her sister, Liza. Looking for a sense of closure, she secretly signs up for the drama camp where Liza died. Jenny knows...

Girl meets boy. Girl loses boy. Girl gets boy back... ...sort of. Ava can't see him or touch him, unless she's dreaming. She can't hear his voice, except for the faint whispers in her mind. Most would think she's crazy, but she knows he's...

Goultown. The sort of place where kids could walk down the street in the middle of the night. Or accept sweets from strangers because strangers were just friends you hadn't met yet. A place where grown-ups got tattoos of smiley faces and if kids...

A campout in the Haunted Woods is scary enough! But the Camp Creepy Lake campers must also worry about the fire-breathing Dark Monster. It doesn't take long for the Dark Monster to find the campers. Will has a plan to get rid of him....

Sometimes, Christmas can be scarier than Halloween.Ho, ho, hoYou better tip-toeHo, ho, hoWe need to goUp on the rooftopClick, click, clickHere for the naughty kidsBad Saint NickSiblings Hannah and Jack are new in town. But their problems are much bigger than just adjusting to...

The annual outside art festival is nearly a bust for Sapphire Williams and her best friend, Cierra. Over-heated and ready to leave, the two girls encounter a very mysterious woman by the name of Madam Dee. With one dark brown eye and one crystalline...

Jodie loves visiting her grandparents' farm. Okay, so it's not the most exciting place in the world. Still, Grandpa tells great scary stories. And Grandma's chocolate chip cookies are the best. But this summer the farm has really changed. The cornfields are sparse. Grandma...

Alexis is the last girl you'd expect to sell her soul. She already has everything she needs--an adorable boyfriend, the perfect best friend, and a little sister who's finally recovering after being possessed by an evil spirit, then institutionalized. Alexis is thrilled when her...

An impossible truth. An impossible love. After a summer spent reclaiming her sanity and trying to forget the boy she fell in love with--the boy who must not exist, cannot exist, because she knows that he is dead--Abbey returns to Sleepy Hollow, ready to...

What's your worst nightmare? For Ivy Jensen, it's the eyes of a killer that haunt her nights. For Parker Bradley, it's bloodthirsty sea serpents that slither in his dreams. And for seven essay contestants, it's their worst nightmares that win them an exclusive, behind-the-scenes...

An abandoned asylum holds the key to a frightful haunting.Everyone's heard the stories about Graylock Hall.It was meant to be a place of healing - a hospital where children and teenagers with mental disorders would be cared for and perhaps even cured. But something...

In this fifth volume from 43 Old Cemetery Road, the trio at Spence Mansion leaves Ghastly for Hollywood, California . . . and for a shot at stardom The film producer Moe Block Busters wants to make the 43 Old Cemetery Road story into...

Goosebumps meets The Last Kids on Earth as Kelly and the babysitters try to stop an evil plan to turn kids into monsters in the third action-packed book in this hilariously scary illustrated series."This shining gem in the campy monster drama genre is a...

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends. Folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark...

When the Camp Creepy Lake campers wake the morning of the color war, they learn the ghosts of color wars past have returned. And it's them against the campers! Will, Chase, and Nelly lead fellow campers to win the battle. But are they fighting...

What Alisa has desired for five thousand years has finally come true--she is once again human. But now she is defenseless, vulnerable, and for the first time in centuries, emotional. As she attempts to reconcile her actions as a vampire with her new connection...

When Abbey's best friend, Kristen, vanishes at the bridge near Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, everyone else is all too quick to accept that Kristen is dead...and rumors fly that her death was no accident. Abbey goes through the motions of mourning her best friend, but...

Welcome to the Weenie Zone! Acclaimed author David Lubar is back with Beware the Ninja Weenies, his sixth collection of Warped and Creepy Tales--a series of spooky stories for young readers Stranded aliens seek out Earth's most intelligent species. (Hint: It's not us.) A...

Goosebumps meets Lockwood & Co. meets Small Spaces in The Legend of Woman Hollering Creek, a middle grade horror story about a family in transition, a wandering ghost, and the forgiveness that might save them all.Eleven-year-old Julian Penn is not very happy about leaving...

From Apparitions to Zombies, Ryan Heshka's ABC Spookshow brings together weird words and creepy characters to create one devilishly entertaining alphabet book. A Witch stirs her cauldron, casting evil spells, while a pig moans in pain from too much Yucky candy. A Quagmire monster...