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Roald Dahl has selected fourteen of his favorite ghost stories that will deliver chills and goose bumps. "This is the best book of its kind in years."-The Washington Post Book World
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The Enemy
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Charlie Higson
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Charlie Higson's The Enemy is the first in a jaw-dropping zombie
horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has
succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep
themselves alive. When the sickness came, every parent, police
officer, politician - every adult fell ill. The lucky ones died.
The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under
fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Now there are
rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin
their quest across London, where all through the city - down
alleyways, in deserted houses, underground - the grown-ups lie in
wait. But can they make it there - alive? 'Higson has got the
balance of blood and gore just right' Daily Mirror
'Clever...fast-paced...inventive' Guardian Charlie Higson is the
author of the bestselling Young Bond series of novels for young
readers, including Silverfin and Double or Die, and the
spine-tingling, teen zombie-horror series The Enemy. Can't wait for
the next instalment? This edition contains the first chapter of the
mind-blowing first chapter of the second book The Dead. Check out
www.the-enemy.co.uk for more blood, more zombies and more terror.
From Julie Murphy, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Dumplin', comes a hilarious and creepy middle grade summer camp
story that takes a bite out of fat camp and diet culture. Perfect
for fans of Spooky Stories and Starfish. Magnolia "Maggie" Hagen is
determined to be in the spotlight . . . if she can just get over
her stage fright. This summer, though, she has big plans to finally
attend Camp Rising Star, the famous performing arts camp she's been
dying to go to for three whole summers. But on the last day of
school, her parents break the news: Maggie isn't going to Camp
Rising Star. She's being shipped off to fat camp-and not just any
fat camp. She's going to Camp Sylvania, run by world-famous
wellness influencer Sylvia Sylvania, who is known for her
soon-to-be-patented Scarlet Diet. When Maggie arrives at camp,
things are . . . weird. There are the humiliating weigh-ins and
grueling workouts, as expected. But the campers are also encouraged
to donate blood-at their age! The cafeteria serves only red foods
and the oddly specific rules change every day. There are even
rumors of a camp ghost. Despite these horrors, Maggie makes friends
and starts to actually enjoy herself. There are even tryouts for a
camp production of The Music Man! This place might not be so bad .
. . until campers start going missing and other suspicious things
begin happening-especially after dark. The camp ghost might be the
least scary thing about this place. . . .
Join Sam, Dean, and Castiel as they work together to dust a very spooky
monster in this officially licensed book inspired by the hit television
series.
Sam and Dean Winchester are more than brothers-they are brothers who
hunt and fight demons together! They learned from the best and are
practically pros, so when Dean finds their dad's journal and the tale
of the haunted Waverly Hills Boarding House, the brothers just have to
check it out. Dean and Sam meet up with their friend Castiel at the
house and are eager to get to work defeating whatever is luring inside;
however, after an encounter with a powerful yellow-eyed demon, the
brothers can't seem to agree on how to solve the problem and send this
monster packing. As they explore the house, they encounter even more
demons and creatures, (and even run into a few less spooky faces), but
will Sam and Dean be able to stop fighting and listen to each other in
order to break the curse on the house and save the day? Follow the
Winchester brothers on their adventure in this officially licensed book
inspired by the beloved television show Supernatural
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Seven Ghosts
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Chris Priestley; Illustrated by Chris Priestley
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Jake and the other finalists in a writing competition have been invited to a stately house for a tour like no other. As their guide leads them through grand rooms, hidden nooks and magnificent grounds, they hear the stories of seven ghosts who haunt the halls. But strange shapes and shadows follow Jake as he journeys through the house and with each tale that Jake hears, he begins to feel more uneasy. All is not as it seems and soon Jake will discover that something is very, very wrong ... Old ghosts are stirred-up for Halloween in this spine-tingling, multi-narrative horror. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+
The fun of Halloween comes alive in this beautifully illustrated
children's book. The drawings, done each year by the author on the
eve of Halloween, follow various "Halloween" characters as they
prepare to celebrate this mystical holiday -- pumpkins, witches,
bats, ravens, black cats, scarecrows, spiders, ghosts, and more.
Should they have their party in the graveyard or the pumpkin patch?
Should they dress up or simply go as themselves? Take a ride on the
witch's broom and enter the pumpkin for a magical trip both you and
your kids will not soon forget. Middle grades-ages 7-10.
Sunny Los Angeles can be a dark place indeed in Cassandra Clare’s Lord of Shadows, the sequel to the #1 New York Timesand USA TODAYbestselling Lady Midnight. Lord of Shadows is a Shadowhunters novel.
Emma Carstairs has finally avenged her parents. She thought she’d be at peace. But she is anything but calm. Torn between her desire for her parabatai Julian and her desire to protect him from the brutal consequences of parabatai relationships, she has begun dating his brother, Mark. But Mark has spent the past five years trapped in Faerie; can he ever truly be a Shadowhunter again?
And the faerie courts are not silent. The Unseelie King is tired of the Cold Peace, and will no longer concede to the Shadowhunters’ demands. Caught between the demands of faerie and the laws of the Clave, Emma, Julian, and Mark must find a way to come together to defend everything they hold dear—before it’s too late.
One dark night, the music and singing wake a monster from a swamp ... Warrior after warrior comes to slay the monster, but no one can outwit Grendel. Only the great hero Beowulf stands a chance - but even he is not prepared for the horror that lies in wait. A stunning prose retelling of a Beowulf tale from an author-illustrator dream-team. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8+
Written by Julia Donaldson, the author of The Gruffalo, and
illustrated by prize-winning Karen George, Wake Up Do, Lydia Lou!
is a gentle and playful bedtime read - full of fun sounds to join
in with time and time again. One night, a little ghost glides into
Lydia Lou's room to scare her. But no matter how hard he tries, he
just can't wake her up. He thinks perhaps some of his noisy animal
friends could help but they have no luck either. Not even a noisy
baby will do the trick! From ghosts booing to cats mewing, will
anything wake up Lydia Lou?
Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective,
powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name
of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there's
his sidekick, Stephanie. She's... well, she's a twelve-year-old
girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch
out... "So you won't keep anything from me again?" He put his hand
to his chest. "Cross my heart and hope to die." "Okay then. Though
you don't actually have a heart," she said. "I know." "And
technically, you've already died." "I know that too." "Just so
we're clear." Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror
fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie
learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't
fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious
key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking
skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose, it's lucky
for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to
discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being
tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if there's
anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture... Will evil win the day?
Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop
it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it.
The original series from the Master of Fright -- now a major motion
film with a sequel premiering October 12, 2018! PUMPKIN
POWER!Nothing beats Halloween. It's Drew Brockman's favorite
holiday. And this year will be awesome. Much better than last year.
Or the year Lee and Tabby played that joke. A nasty practical joke
on Drew and her best friend, Walker.Yes, this year Drew and Walker
have a plan. A plan for revenge. It involves two scary pumpkin
heads.But something's gone wrong. Way wrong. Because the pumpkin
heads are a little too scary. A little too real. With strange
hissing voices. And flames shooting out of their faces...
They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of
all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole
new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare!
Gabe is exploring the tunnels of an ancient Egyptian pyramid.
Unfortunately, he's also lost! And Gabe is not alone. Someone else
is in the pyramid, too. Someone. Or something. . .
Returning to a favourite Northwest Territories setting, Richard Van
Camp brings his exuberant style to a captivating teen novel that blends
the supernatural with 1980s-era nostalgia to reflect on friendship,
tradition and forgiveness.
For as long as Lawson can remember, his life in a small Northwest
Territories town has revolved around “the Treaty” between the Dogrib
and the Chipewyan, set down centuries ago to prevent the return of
bloody warfare between the two peoples.
On the Dogrib side, Lawson and his family have done their best to keep
the pact alive with the neighbouring Cranes, a family with ancestral
ties to a revered Chipewyan war chief. But even as Lawson and his
father dutifully tidy the Cranes’ property as an act of respect, their
counterparts offer little more than scowls and derision in return,
despite the fact that both families are responsible for protecting the
treaty.
Worse still, it seems that one of the Cranes’ boys is doing all he can
to revive the old conflict: Silver, fresh out of jail, has placed
himself in the service of a cruel, ghoulish spirit bent on destroying
the peace. Now it's up to Isaiah Valentine, a Cree Grass Dancer, Shari
Burns, a Metis psychic, and Lawson Sauron, a Dogrib Yabati—or
protector—to face what Silver Cranes has called back.
This latest feat of storytelling magic by celebrated author Richard Van
Camp blends sharply observed realism and hair-raising horror as it
plays out against a 1980s-era backdrop replete with Platinum Blonde
songs and episodes of Degrassi Junior High. Unfolding in the fictional
town of Fort Simmer—the setting of previous Van Camp stories—Beast
delivers a gripping, spirited tale that pits the powers of tradition
against the pull of a vengeful past.
Safety comes at a price. Change comes at a cost.The Key Corporation
has kept Westfall safe from pandemics for the last fifty years. But
that's not all they've done... After discovering the shocking truth
behind the Key Corporation, Elodie and Aiden have managed to escape
in search of New Dawn - the stronghold for the Eos resistance
movement. There, they can fight for a better world, one where
everyone can decide their own futures. But things aren't always as
they seem, and as they navigate the tricky paths between perception
and reality, freedom and fighting for survival, the two young
rebels must discover who they can trust, even as they learn more
about who they really are... Praise for The Key to Fear: 'Easy to
read and hard to put down... Powerful and satisfying' Grimdark
Magazine 'A powerful dystopian novel' Armadillo Magazine
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