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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Adventure stories > Horror & ghost stories, chillers
At five thousand years old, the vampire Alisa thought she was smart
enough to stay out of trouble. But when her creator returns to hunt
her, she must protect herself by befriending Ray, the boy who may
be her only chance at finding her maker. When she begins to fall in
love with Ray, all of a sudden there is more at stake than her own
life. Originally published in 1994, this series netted more than
500,000 copies as individual titles and later as bind-ups. This hot
new repackage will revive the series for today's teen.
In a strange house, "anything" might happen. In all the fairy tales
Hortense read, the houses were deliriously strange . . . and now
she was going to stay in one, with her grandparents!
It stood at the foot of a steep mountain -- three stories high,
with high, shuttered windows. Inside, the old-fashioned furniture
along the walls seemed to smile at her. A spidery staircase with
dark wood banisters rose steeply from one side and wound away out
of sight.
Later, a great tortoise-shell cat sauntered in while her
grandparents were talking -- about ghosts! "That cat . . . he
understands every word," Hortense said to herself with
conviction.
She began to be a little afraid of the cat . . . for everything
in the room disliked him, she sensed. The lowboy no longer smiled
but looked rather solemn and foolish. The chairs stood stiffly, as
though offended at his presence. The white owl on the shelf glared
fiercely with his yellow eyes, and the firedogs in the hearth
fairly snapped their teeth!
'Twisty and unnerving' - Holly Jackson, author of A Good Girl's
Guide to Murder. From the author of the bestselling Wilder Girls
comes a twisty thriller about a girl whose past has always been a
mystery - until she decides to return to her mother's hometown,
where history has a tendency to repeat itself . . . Ever since
Margot was born, it's been just her and her mother. No answers to
Margot's questions. No history to hold on to. Just the two of them,
stuck in their run-down apartment, struggling to get along. But
that's not enough for Margot. She wants family. She wants a past.
And when she finds a photograph pointing her to a town called
Phalene, she leaves. But when Margot gets there, it's not what she
bargained for. Margot's mother left for a reason. But was it to
hide her past? Or was it to protect Margot from what's still there?
Burn Our Bodies Down is a blistering horror-thriller from Rory
Power that will grip you from its very first page, and won't let
you go until long after you've put it down . . .
When a playground scrap becomes a fight to the death, and an
ancient curse is awakened, Jack, Skuli and Emma must uncover the
arrowhead's secrets - before a terrible evil is unleashed.
Award-winning children's author Ruth Eastham weaves twists, turns
and adventures into the rollercoaster ride that is Arrowhead:
aspects of Norse mythology, the importance of friendship and
teamwork, race-against-the-clock tension, and terror as the world
as you know it is turned upside down. Follow the three friends on
their mission to save the world from an evil curse, as you are
drawn into an emotional and thrilling journey - one not to be
missed.
A boy sneaks into an old church to confront a mad ghost in this
adventure by the author of The House with a Clock in Its Walls It's
the 1950s when Johnny Dixon's mother dies, his father goes to fight
in the Korean War, and he goes to live with his grandparents.
Although life in a new house is strange, Johnny's "Grampa" listens
to his favorite ballgames, takes him on long walks, and tells him
stories of the strange mysteries that lurk in the shadows. Best of
all, he's friends with Professor Childermass, an eccentric academic
who's about to take Johnny on the adventure of a lifetime. When the
professor learns Johnny loves ghost stories, he tells the boy the
spookiest legend in Duston Heights, Massachusetts-the tale of the
haunted church on the edge of town, with demonic carvings on its
altar, and the troubled spirit of mad Father Baart, who is said to
have killed two people before vanishing long ago. With the
professor as his guide, Johnny sets out on a quest that will put
him face-to-face with the crazy, long-dead priest. The first book
in the delightful Johnny Dixon series by the author who provides
"suspense and action aplenty" (Booklist), The Curse of the Blue
Figurine is a good old-fashioned Gothic adventure.
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Influencer
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Adam Cesare
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FOLLOW HIM OR DIE.
When The Speaker posts, his followers must listen ... no matter the
consequences.
Exposed as the masked social media influencer The Speaker by shy misfit
Crystal, Aaron Fortin embarks on an insidious campaign to erase her -
permanently.
Having already committed multiple brutal murders to try and feel some
form of emotion, he charms and recruits Crystal's friends as his latest
loyal followers. Aaron's influence is powerful and wide-reaching, and
so begins his deadliest and most gruesome plan yet.
But has Aaron underestimated quiet Crystal? And can she stop him before
it's too late?
A dark and twisted psychological horror for fans of You, from Bram
Stoker Award-winning author Adam Cesare, adapted from the Audible
Original.
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Lobizona
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Romina Garber
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Heir
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Melissa a Craven
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From the creator of the horror video game sensation Five Nights at
Freddy's comes this pulse-pounding graphic novel adaptation of the
bestselling trilogy's thrilling conclusion! What really happened to
Charlie? It's the question that John can't seem to shake, along
with the nightmares of Charlie's seeming death and miraculous
reappearance. John just wants to forget the whole terrifying saga
of Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, but the past isn't so easily buried.
Meanwhile, there's a new animatronic pizzeria opening in Hurricane,
along with a new rash of kidnappings that feel all too familiar.
Bound together by their childhood loss, John reluctantly teams up
with Jessica, Marla and Carlton to solve the case and find the
missing children. Along the way, they'll unravel the twisted
mystery of what really happened to Charlie, and the haunting legacy
of her father's creations. Told through delightfully scary artwork
from artist Diana Camero With even more horror than ever before
Fans won't want to miss this graphic novel adaptation straight from
the mind of Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon.
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A Shadow
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