Horror - Kids Fiction

Liz is staying with her grandmother in her old house in the woods of northern Minnesota when one night a noise awakens her. It is someone calling her name, calling for Elizabeth. Liz opens her eyes. There is a blue ghost in her room...

True love and destiny collide in the conclusion to the Haven trilogy, which Booklist called "a blend of the Gemma Doyle trilogy, the Twilight saga, and Lois Duncan's thrillers." Forced to endure the violent punishment of the Tribunal for murders he has no recollection...

During a round of Truth or Dare, Abby Miller confesses her crush on Jake Chilson. The only people who know her secret are her friends at the sleepover--and whoever sent her a text message in the middle of the night warning her to stay...

At seventeen, Sherman Andrews has been accepted in the Missouri Scholars' Academy. Sherman has had a ten-year plan since he was eight, and he is determined to become an award-winning investigative journalist. He is going places, unlike his low-brow plumber father or his absent...

Is Roseas fate to kill the person she loves most? Itas springtime at St. Vladimiras Academy, and Rose Hathaway is this close to graduation. Since Masonas death, Rose hasnat been feeling quite right. She has dark flashbacks in the middle of practice, canat concentrate...

Goosebumps meets The Last Kids on Earth in the second action-packed adventure in a hilariously scary series about a secret society of monster-bashing babysitters."This shining gem in the campy monster drama genre is a step up from R.L. Stine's Goosebumps." --School Library JournalKelly's been...

"An irreverent illustrated chapter book that features a ton of gore and zombie mayhem, but portrayed in such a cartoony, over-the-top style that it will make kids chuckle more than scream." (Brightly.com)This is the first book in the heavily illustrated Zombie Chasers series by...

Criminal Cynthia Cyber finds the most sinister video game monster and pulls him out of the digital world into reality! As the Terror Beast tears down buildings all over the city and creates nightmares for the citizens, the Gamer must use new strategy to...

Jordan isn't thrilled about spending a seaside summer with his grizzled grandpa, Captain Joe. He barely knows the guy--and he knows even less about the ocean. But his grandpa's nautical charm soon hooks Jordan on a summer at sea. After all, who could resist...

When a young locksmith finds his way into the Merge, he discovers a parallel universe filled with an infinite number of bizarre, remarkable worlds. Setting off on the adventure of a lifetime, he soon makes allies and friends who help inform and direct him,...

YUCKERS WHAT SMELLS LIKE COTTON CANDY AND GOES THUMP, THUMP, THUMP?Stevie Brickwald is so gross. He even eats Yuckers cereal, and everyone knows it's full of weird chemicals. Then Stevie mixes Yuckers with a secret ingredient, and very strange things start happening at school.All...

A MICROCHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCKAll his fifth grade friends at P.S. 13 think Frankie Stein has inherited the electronic genius of his namesake, Baron Frankenstein. But Frankie isn'tso sure. When he hears his father complain about the younger generation, he knows he is...

The Hunger Games meets Goosebumps in this chilling Creeptown adventure!After a crunching tackle sees 12-year-old Rebecca red-carded from her soccer vacation, she's sent to a mysterious camp for America's most vicious and brutal young athletes. "I'm not a monster!" says Rebecca. But the camp's...

Four boys, sleep-away camp, and an adventure of a lifetime. A page-turning horror for children aged 8-12. Now enjoyed by thousands of young readers!Only read Sleep Away Camp if you have a strong constitution. Otherwise, you might be afraid to go out in the...

A 2020 Newbery Honor Recipient! Christian McKay Heidicker, author of the Thieves of Weirdwood trilogy, draws inspiration from Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe for his debut middle-grade novel, a thrilling portrait of survival and an unforgettable tale of friendship. Clever...

What would happen if the fortunes in fortune cookies started coming true? Confucius says something very weird is going on! Could his thirteenth adventure be Zack's unlikely number?Author: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448417480ISBN-13: 9780448417486Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/08/1998Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 7.59h x 5.18w x...

Allie Nichols has hardly laid the last spirit to rest when she's sure that another one is trying to reach her. But how can Allie help a ghost who won't speak? All she has to go on is a sound--a sort of whine--and a...

Praised as a "perfect book to gobble up in a single, sweaty sitting" by Booklist, this chilling middle grade novel from acclaimed author Joseph Bruchac is infused with suspense and heart-stopping action. Give it to fans of R. L. Stine's Goosebumps series and readers...

The rugged west coast of Ireland seems like the perfect place for a holiday. Then everything starts to go wrong. Colin is aware of an awful smell coming off the land, a smell of death and decay...Colin and Prill were looking forward to a...

The ghost of Sir Simon has been haunting Canterville Chase since his disappearance three hundred years ago. He terrifies all who come there determined to not let anyone live in peace. However, this ghost has not dealt with the tough, American family who have...

The War That Saved My Life meets Coraline in this "deliciously creepy" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) middle grade historical novel following an anxious young girl learning to face her fears--and her ghosts--against the backdrop of the typhoid epidemic. Essie O'Neill is afraid of everything....

Jump into these spine-chilling stories from New York Times bestselling author Max Brallier, perfect for beginning readers!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story...

Why is our trio beset with trolls? The shrieks keep coming as the spine-tingling series surges ahead Luke, Resus, and Cleo are eager to begin their new quest. First stop, Count Negatov's castle As the three make their way through the bleak, murky wilds...

Is this a normal invasion on Scream Street? The shrieks keep coming as the spine-tingling series surges ahead Opening a doorway out of Scream Street seems to have brought with it a whole new set of problem -- and now Luke, Resus, and Cleo...

Make no bones about it! There's a headhunt underway -- as the Scream Street series screeches ahead! None other than the Headless Horseman, the world's most famous ghost, is appearing at Everwell's Emporium to launch his new perfume, "Decapitation pour l'Homme." Unfortunately, the celebrity's...

When the darkness, tolls the hour, I shall have you in my power... Lynn and her best friend, Mouse, are positive their neighbor, Mrs. Tuggle, is a witch. And they suspect the old woman is forcing Lynn's sister, Judith, to join her coven to...

Uncover the mystery and excitement in this thrilling adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Join Stewart and his friend Andy as they embark on a spine-tingling ghost investigation that leads to an unforgettable journey. Packed with eerie surprises, kidnappings,...

Pick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books...

Kaz and Claire's new detective agency is a success Their latest case, though, is proving to be the hardest yet. When Claire's classmate says he saw a ghost backstage while rehearsing the school play, Kaz goes to school with Claire to investigate. From the...

The Ultimate Stocking Stuffer for YA Fans Young Adult Fiction Best Sellers collects four #1 best selling horror, paranormal, and dystopian short stories by USA TODAY bestselling author Jackson Dean Chase into one-power-packed book. This is not bland, boring YA. These are realistic, mature...

A mysterious cat causes chaos in the tenth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike's Spooksville series. Adam and his friends are exploring the area around Spooksville when they come across a black cat. It seems friendly: it purrs when they rub...

The Nightmare Club is not for just ANYBODY. Only the spookiest, scariest stories get told at Annie's Halloween sleepovers―and if you can't take it, well, tough! Abbey's best friend is her reflection―Bee, the mysterious girl who looks just like her and lives on the...

In the conclusion to the Saranormal series, Sara discovers the connections between the past, the present, and her powers. Sara was absolutely thrilled to find the diary that her mother left hidden away so long ago--but she's quickly disappointed by what she reads. She...

From the author of Don't Hurt Laurie and The Minden Curse comes a thrilling and frightening story about a teenage boy who sets out to solve the death of a man who fell from a bridge onto the hood of the boy's car. When...

Sara discovers a new psychic power--and a world of secrets at her fingertips.... Sara's abilities have been growing ever since she moved to Stellamar. First she was able to communicate with the ghosts. Next came the visions. And then the mind reading started. It...

Four teens struggle to survive in an apocalyptic world gone mad in this "brilliant novel that is a fascinating blend between I Am Legend and The Hunger Games" (VOYA). Since the beginning of mankind, civilizations have fallen: the Romans, the Greeks, the Aztecs...and now...

Sin is coming... Prepare to Swoon. Torn from her native New York City and dumped in the land of cookie-cutter preps, Candice is resigned to accept her posh, dull fate. Nothing ever happens in Swoon, Connecticut...until Dice's perfect, privileged cousin Penelope nearly dies in...

The song "Grim Grinning Ghosts," composed in the late 1960s, continues to reside in the dark corridors and spooky cemetery of the Haunted Mansion. Millions of guests leave the mansion with not only a hitchhiking ghost but also this jaunty tune catching a ride...

Is the fourth time a charm for October and her ghost detective friends? While investigating the cause of the long-dead Tabetha Scott's death way back in the 1860s, October and the Dead Kids discover that Sticksville, Ontario, served as an endpoint for the Underground...

This used to be such a nice, quiet town. But that was before all the zombies. When twelve-year-old Mike and his friend, Karen, go to see a horror movie called Zombie Town, the last thing they expect is for the title characters to come...

In the tradition of Memento and Inception comes a thrilling and scary young adult novel about blurred reality where characters in a story find that a deadly and horrifying world exists in the space between the written lines. Emma Lindsay has problems: no parents,...

This collection of graphic short stories written by Dan Bar-el contains three separate tales of strange and surprising events that all happen one Halloween night. In "Broom with a View," a girl's broom for her witch costume mistakenly gets switched with a broom belonging...

Zelda is staying at her late grandmother's house when she rediscovers the doll she was given. It's old-fashioned and frayed, and Zelda doesn't think much of it.Until she realizes the doll is alive and is looking for revenge...Author: Joel SutherlandISBN-10: 1728225914ISBN-13: 9781728225913Publisher: Sourcebooks Young...

Everyone in Evie's east-coast school is obsessed with Kill Screen, one of the scariest, most intense video games on the market But no one has ever beat the game and many believe there must be a defect in the last level, making victory impossible...

No one was at the bus stop to get the children out of the violent winds, so they were on their own. Where were their parents? Why were the lights out and the phone lines cut at Mrs. Brown's house? What had happened to...

"I'm all alone...Please come find me!" When Maddie opens her notebook in class, she sees these words scrawled in blood-red ink on every page. When the same words mysteriously appear on the classroom chalkboard, Maddie begins to realize that someone--or something--in her new school...

Winner of the Bram Stoker Award(R) for Superior Achievement in a YA Novel. It's the summer of 1983 and the suburbs of Houston are reeling from a disastrous hurricane. But the storm brought more than wind and floodwaters. In the swamps that surround Clear...

In a place Abby calls the Dead Lands, she aids individuals trapped by unfinished Earthly business and helps them move on. Abby meets Megan McGowan there, a sixteen-year-old girl who fell to her death on the rocky shores of Mockingbird Bay. Megan can't remember...

BORN TO HOWLONCE A WEREWOLF ALWAYS A WEREWOLF?Fifth grader Howie Wolfner comes from a long line of hairy relatives, but lately he's found his sudden transformations into a wolfboy embarrassing. He wants to be a real boy like his friend Danny Keegan. The only...

WEREWOLF, COME HOMEIT'S A DOG'S LIFEWhat happens when a werewolf gets sick? He turns into a dog When Howie Wolfner comes down with the mongrels, Danny Keegan and his monster pals are worried. What if Howie the werewolf never becomes a boy again?Danny and...