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SCARY STORIES FOR YOUNG FOXES
Christian McKay Heidicker
The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. Featuring eight interconnected stories and sixteen hauntingly beautiful illustrations.
J RISS, A
HIDE AND DON’T SEEK: AND OTHER VERY SCARY STORIES
Anica Mrose Rissi
If you're feeling brave, turn the page. A game of hide-and-seek goes on far too long... A look-alike doll makes itself right at home... A school talent show act leaves the audience aghast... And a summer at camp takes a turn for the braaaains...
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STINETINGLERS: ALL NEW STORIES BY THE MASTER OF SCARY TALES
R.L. Stine
A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player's skin starts to almost drip off his hands, but no one else can see it. Three friends find a hole in the ground that just gets bigger, and bigger, and bigger... And each story is introduced by Stine himself, providing a personal touch sure to delight fans.
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J.A. White NIGHTBOOKS
A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy f rom J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling.
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THE CURSED MOON
Angela Cervantes
Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. Rafa's incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon. To take his mind off his mom's return, Rafa spends an evening crafting the scariest ghost story he's ever told. As an eerie blood moon hangs in the sky, Rafa tells a group of friends about The Caretaker. Rafa is really proud of his latest creation, until strange things start to happen around him.
GHOST GIRL J MALI, A
Ally Malinenko
Zee Puckett loves ghost stories. She just never expected to be living one. Perfect for fans of Small Spaces and Nightbooks, Ally Malinenko’s debut is an empowering and triumphant ghost story with spooky twists sure to give readers a few good goosebumps!
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Katherine Arden SMALL SPACES
After suffering a tragic loss, eleven-year-old Ollie who only finds solace in books discovers a chilling ghost story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who loved her, and a peculiar deal made with “the smiling man ” .
Elizabeth Eulberg SCARED SILLY #1 CURSES ARE THE WORST J EULB, E
Young middle-grade series about four unlikely friends who must band together to save their town from an evil curse! WARNING: This book contains a very scary and silly story about a long-dormant witch's curse that's been unleashed on an unsuspecting town.
Shakirah Bourne NIGHTMARE ISLAND J BOUR, S
Serenity has a recurring nightmare, but things get real when her parents take her brother to an island for "treatment" and she is confronted by creepy Dr. Whisper and the faceless douen children who are trapped between the living and the dead.
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ZOMBIE SEASON #1 J
Justin Weinberger
Summer is zombie season in California and there are some kids who do not evacuate: Joule searches for her missing father, Regina worries about the secrecy surrounding the new antizombie technology, and Oliver is trying to convince the grownups that the zombies are becoming stronger.
EERIE TALES FROM THE SCHOOL OF SCREAMS JGN ANNA, G
Graham Annable
Davis and Emily are not scared of school because of tough tests or merciless viceprincipals. No, they're scared because their teacher wants her students to present the class with the spookiest, most chilling stories they can think of.
Jen Bennett J BENN, J
Pixar's Coco meets Neil Gaiman in this middle grade novel about a girl whose quest to ensure her deceased grandmother is resting peacefully leads her to the magical and perilous kingdoms of the underworld.
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GARLIC & THE VAMPIRE
Bree Paulsen
Garlic must believe in herself to confront a bloodthirsty vampire who has moved into a nearby castle, in this humorous and heartwarming story that reminds readers that strangers are not always as scary as they seem.
J MARK, D
THE GHOST IN APARTMENT 2R GRUMBONES
Denis Markell
This is a kid-friendly mystery about three friends who try to help a restless spirit. It stinks that Danny's older brother moved out and went to college. But you know what's worse? He left behind an angry ghost in his room!
Lora Senf THE CLACKITY J SENF, L
This delightfully eerie middle grade novel tells the story of a girl who must rescue her aunt by entering a world of ghosts, witches, and monsters to play a game with deadly consequences.
