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Books > Children's & Educational > Fiction > Adventure stories > Horror & ghost stories, chillers
Thirteen year old Daniel Anderson doesn't believe Brody Mason's
crazy stories about the ghost witch who lives up on Brewster's Hill
with Bloody Bones, her man eating razorback hog. He figures Brody's
probably just trying to scare him since he's the new kid ...a
"stuck-up snot" from Connecticut. But Daniel's seven year old
sister Erica has become more and more withdrawn, talking to her
lookalike doll. When she disappears into the woods one day, he
knows something is terribly wrong. Did the witch strike? Has Erica
been "took"?
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Rogue
(Paperback)
Karen Lynch
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R379
Discovery Miles 3 790
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Ships in 10 - 17 working days
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Growing up in Slater, Isadora Chang never felt at ease in the repressive small town, even before she realized she was bisexual—but after the deaths of two childhood friends, Slater went from feeling claustrophobic to suffocating. So, Isa took off before the town could swallow her, too. Even though it meant leaving everything she knew behind, including her last surviving friend, Mason.
When Isa’s abusive father dies, however, she agrees to come back from art school just long enough to collect the inheritance. But then Mason turns up at the cemetery with a revelation and a plea: their friends were murdered by an evil that haunts the town, and he needs Isa to help stop it—before it takes anyone else.
When Isa begins to hear strange songs on the wind, and eerie artwork fills her sketchbook that she can’t recall drawing, she’s forced to stop running and confront her past. Because something is waiting in the shadows of Slater’s valleys, something that feeds on the pain and heartbreak of its children. Whatever it is, it knows Isa’s back . . . and it won’t let her escape again.
Wen-yi Lee’s young adult debut is an intimate and gripping exploration of trauma, healing, and the lasting power of friendship, as a runaway teen must finally face the sinister forces that defined her childhood, and in doing so, demand her right to survive.
In the zombie-infested, post-apocalyptic America where Benny Imura
lives, every teenager must find a job by the time they turn fifteen
or get their rations cut in half. Benny doesn't want to apprentice
as a zombie hunter with his boring older brother Tom, but he has no
choice. He expects a tedious job whacking zoms for cash, but what
he gets is a vocation that will teach him what it means to be
human.
The zombies are disappearing. This might seem like a good thing, since zombies eat your brains, but normal human kid Jack Sullivan is suspicious. He keeps hearing an eerie shrieking noise that seems to be almost summoning the zombies but to where, and for what (probably) foul purpose?
Jack, his three best friends (maybe the only people left on Earth), and their pet monster Rover need to get to the bottom of this. Along the way they encounter a lot more than they bargained for, including a giant Wormungulous, a pizza parlor monster hangout, an ancient evil who destroys worlds, and a stereo system that is totally the bomb. Can Jack figure out why the zombies are vanishing . . . before he and his friends are next?
Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this collection of
three chilling stories that will haunt even the bravest player...
In this fourth volume, Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott
Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length tales from uncharted
corners of his series' canon. In the world of Five Nights at
Freddy's, everything comes with a price to pay. Readers beware:
this collection of terrifying tales is enough to unsettle even the
most hardened Five Nights at Freddy's fans Perfect for video game
fans and fans of horror If you enjoy the FNAF series, check out
Bendy and the Ink Machine and Hello Neighbor.
When Pete, Krish and Nancy read a story in the local paper about
weird gunk being found in a field where sheep have gone missing
next to Hilltop House, they're sure there's a mystery to be
investigated. The new research farm at Hilltop is working on the
creation of new bio-fuels, but when a storm knocks out the power in
the local area and something escapes from the farm, it's clear that
the research has gone horribly wrong ... Can the brave trio save
the village in their most terrifying adventure yet?
For months, a gruesome killer has been plaguing the Midwest. The
murderer's calling card? The bodies they leave behind are
completely drained of blood. Aspiring journalist Michael Jensen,
desperate to escape his small-town life, can hardly believe it when
the Bloodless Murders come to sleepy Black Deer Falls, Minnesota.
Or that his father, the sheriff, located the only suspect:
fifteen-year-old Marie Catherine Hale. Tiny Marie doesn't look
capable of committing the grisly, inhumane attacks that are
gripping the nation. At least, not on her own. With Marie refusing
to talk to anyone but Michael, he agrees to tell her side of the
story. But how can Michael trust Marie's confession when it calls
into question everything he's ever known . . . when falling for her
lies may cost him his life? All These Bodies by Kendare Blake is
the bone-chilling supernatural thriller for older readers, perfect
for fans of Rory Power.
* Chosen as a 2020 Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers'
Literature! * A Malaysian folk tale comes to life in this
emotionally layered, chilling middle grade debut, perfect for fans
of The Book of Boy and The Jumbies. I am a dark spirit, the ghost
announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother's
legacy. I am yours to command. Suraya is delighted when her witch
grandmother gifts her a pelesit. She names her ghostly companion
Pink, and the two quickly become inseparable. But Suraya doesn't
know that pelesits have a dark side-and when Pink's shadows
threaten to consume them both, they must find enough light to
survive . . . before they are both lost to the darkness. Fans of
Holly Black's Doll Bones and Tahereh Mafi's Furthermore series will
love this ghostly middle grade debut that explores jealousy, love,
and the extraordinary power of friendship.
When Finn Learson literally stumbles out of a stormy sea into a
small village on the Shetland Isles, he steals the villagers'
hearts. He's handsome and charming, he helps with the fishing and
the harvest, and he's particularly drawn to Robbie's older sister
Elspeth, with her beautiful long golden hair. Yet there's something
about Finn that makes Robbie and his dog Tam feel uneasy. Haunted
by local tales of the Selkie folk, Robbie suspects there's more to
Finn than meets the eye. But who would believe Robbie's wild
suspicions? As the story reaches its explosive finale at the fire
festival of Up Helly Aa, can Robbie reveal the truth in time to
save his sister? One of Mollie Hunter's most popular novels for
children, A Stranger Came Ashore was first published in 1975 to
great acclaim. This new Kelpies Classics edition brings this
much-loved Scottish classic to a new generation of children.
Now in paperback, book 2 in the spine-chilling middle-grade series
that Stephen King called "the perfect book for kids to cool off
with on a hot summer day, because the chills come guaranteed"The
Ladies in White want you to join their family-forever . . .After
defeating the Oldies, Quinn and Mike thought that things would
settle down on Goodie Lane. But then new neighbors move in. Maybe
it's because they all work at the interior design firm, but
Abigail, Eleanor, Jade, Brea, and Cami seem to always be together,
dressed in only white. After everything that happened last summer,
Quinn's a bit wary of the Ladies in White, but her friend Lex is
thrilled that someone in town finally has some style. But when Lex
starts volunteering at the Ladies' design firm, things get strange.
Lex is acting less like herself, and Quinn begins seeing strange
shadows lurking in their neighborhood. She knows the Ladies are to
blame; she just has to prove it.
The Hollow sisters - Vivi, Grey and Iris - are as seductively glamorous
as they are mysterious. They have black eyes and hair as white as milk.
The Hollow sisters don't have friends - they don't need them. They move
through the corridors like sharks, the other little fish parting around
them, whispering behind their backs.
And everyone knows who the Hollow sisters are. Because one day the
three Hollow sisters simply disappeared. And when they came back, one
month later, with no memory of where they had been, it was as if
nothing had changed. Almost nothing, Apart from, for example, the
little scar that had appeared in the hollow of their throats ... and a
whispering sense that something is not quite right about them, despite
(or maybe because of) the terrible passion to be with them that they
can exert on anybody at will...
A thrilling, twisting, novel that is as seductive and glamorous as the
Hollow sisters themselves....
Puffin Clothbound Classics - stunningly beautiful hardback editions
of the most famous stories in the world Victor Frankenstein has
made a terrible mistake. In his desperate pursuit to create life,
he has created a monster. A monster which, abandoned by his master
and shunned by everyone it meets, follows Dr Frankenstein to the
very ends of the earth with horror and murder in its recycled
heart. Mary Shelley takes the reader on a journey through St
Petersburg, to the beautiful Swiss Alps, to the desolate waste of
the Arctic Circle, in a story that has sent a chill down the spines
of generations. 'A masterpiece' - Philip Pullman Also in Puffin
Clothbound Classics: Black Beauty The Secret Garden A Christmas
Carol The Wizard of Oz Treasure Island Dracula The Little Prince
Wuthering Heights Tales from Shakespeare
'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now.'
Patrick Ness Cuckoo Song by Frances Hardinge, Costa Award winning
author of The Lie Tree, is a fantastically eerie and beautifully
written novel, and was shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie
Medal. The first things to shift were the doll's eyes, the
beautiful grey-green glass eyes. Slowly they swivelled, until their
gaze was resting on Triss's face. Then the tiny mouth moved, opened
to speak. 'What are you doing here?' It was uttered in tones of
outrage and surprise, and in a voice as cold and musical as the
clinking of cups. 'Who do you think you are? This is my family.'
When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is
very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of
her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She looks through
her diary to try to remember, but the pages have been ripped out.
Soon Triss discovers that what happened to her is more strange and
terrible than she could ever have imagined, and that she is quite
literally not herself. In a quest find the truth she must travel
into the terrifying Underbelly of the city to meet a twisted
architect who has dark designs on her family - before it's too late
. . .
'It's dark monstrous fun!' Wondrous Reads Re-join Stitch Head, a
mad professor's forgotten creation, as he steps out of the shadows
into the adventure of an almost-lifetime... When Arabella lands up
in the orphanage, Stitch Head leaves Grotteskew and its creatures
behind and sets out on a daring rescue. But a far more gruesome
monster awaits, and soon Stitch Head is trapped in its web with no
chance of escape... The fourth book in the best-selling,
laugh-out-loud STITCH HEAD series by award-winning author Guy Bass,
with illustrations by Pete Williamson. Full of monstrous fun,
STITCH HEAD is perfect for fans of David Walliams, AMELIA FANG and
THE NOTHING TO SEE HERE HOTEL. Delve into Stitch Head's other
adventures: STITCH HEAD THE PIRATE'S EYE THE GHOST OF GROTTESKEW
THE BEAST OF GRUBBERS NUBBIN THE MONSTER HUNTER
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