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After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.
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While in Paris, France on a class trip, Colette Iselin enlists the help of her charming French tour guide to help uncover a possible connection between Marie Antoinette, a series of gruesome murders, and perhaps her own family history.
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It's an annual tradition in Gold River for kids to try to stay a night in the Carlisle Hotel without being scared away. Jasmine convinces her friends to join her, but they soon discover the Carlisle is far from abandoned. Does anyone who volunteers to spend a night in a derelict haunted hotel on a dare deserve what they get? "The hotel is hungry. And we aren't leaving here until it's fed."
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A bully named Samantha seeks revenge on her former friend Rachel, pushing her into lake and leaving her to drown. However, her friend resurfaces at school the next day as if nothing happened, tormenting Samantha about her crime. Samantha comes to realize that whatever is inhabiting Rachel, is not her friend and it is seeking to destroy her.
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Josie must discover the connection between a strange house in the woods, her grandmother's stories, and missing children, or risk losing her sister to dark magic.
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It's been five years since Josie squared off against the evil Beryl and her killer haunted dolls. She hasn't talked about it since, and likes to pretend it didn't happen. Too bad she didn't tell her younger sister, Anna because Anna is now the one being drawn in to the evil -- and the evil has some new tricks this time.
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Five kids are invited to a cemetery at midnight and told to dig up a grave. They think it's a prank but instead they unwittingly unleash an evil force that takes the shape of their worst fears: a shark in the water; a ghost in the walls; a nightmare of being buried alive; a snake about to strike; a sinister clown waiting in the woods. Once these fears are released, they won't go away. Not without a fight. . . .
Interest Level: Grades 4 to 8
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They thought the fears were gone.
They thought the nightmares would stop haunting them.
But the five of them were wrong.
They’re older now. They’re friends. But that friendship can be shattered so easily when life turns scary again.
It was bad enough when it was just clowns and sharks and snakes. Back then, they had to conquer their own fear.
Now . . . they have to conquer everyone else’s.
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Iris and her best friend Daniel sneak outside to play in the woods behind their homes to experience the first snowfall. The pair discover the grave of a young girl named Avery who was their age when she died. Avery begins to haunt Iris in her dreams. The pair make a plan to give the cemetery the proper respect and recognition it deserves in order to help Avery attain peace. But they have awakened a jealous and demanding ghost, one that's not satisfied with their plans for getting recognition. One that is searching for a best friend forever—no matter what the cost.
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Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Graylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is said to be haunted by the evil ghost of Nurse Janet.
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Due in large part to his belief that a monster only he could see killed his grandfather, 16-year-old Jacob becomes overwhelmed by fear. When his paranoia finally prevents him from going outside, his therapist recommends a trip to Welsh island where his grandfather grew up. Once known as Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, the school now lays tattered after being destroyed in World War II. As Jacob wanders the ruins and begins to unearth the secrets it holds, he discovers that the children who once lived there may have been separated from the rest of society for a reason and they may be still alive and very dangerous.
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Alexis, a self-described anti-cheerleader, defiantly embraces her role as bad student and social outcast, until the increasingly odd behavior of her little sister, Kasey, draws her into a world of evil spirits and dangerous games.
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A sinister problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see-and eradicate-these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic Detection Agencies have cropped up to handle the dangerous work, and they are in fierce competition for business.
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The Night Gardener follows two abandoned Irish siblings who travel to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house. But the house and its family are not quite what they seem. Soon the children are confronted by a mysterious spectre and an ancient curse that threatens their very lives.
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It's been forty-two days since the monster apocalypse hit town and pretty much everyone ran away or got zombified. Jack Sullivan is holed up in his tree house, which he's armed to the teeth with catapults, a moat, video games, and an endless supply of Oreos and Mountain Dew. Jack alone is no match for the monsters--especially not for the eerily intelligent gargantuan menace known only as Blarg. Jack needs to build a team of whatever kids he can find and whichever monsters will show him loyalty. With their help, Jack is going to slay Blarg, prove himself the ultimate post-apocalyptic action hero, and be average no longer!
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Rebecca couldn't feel more out of place in New Orleans, where she comes to spend the year while her dad is traveling. She's staying in a creepy old house with her aunt. And at the snooty prep school, the filthy-rich girls treat Rebecca like she's invisible. Only gorgeous, unavailable Anton Grey seems to give Rebecca the time of day, but she wonders if he's got a hidden agenda. Then one night, in Lafayette Cemetery, Rebecca makes a friend. Sweet, mysterious Lisette is eager to talk to Rebecca, and to show her the nooks and crannies of the city. There's just one catch: Lisette is a ghost. A ghost with a deep, dark secret, and a serious score to settle.
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While spending the summer at their grandmother's Vermont inn, two prankster siblings awaken young ghosts from the inn's distant past who refuse to "rest in peace."
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Molly, 12, and her brother Michael, 10, are wary of their sneaky seven-year-old stepsister, Heather. Ever since they became a blended family, Heather has lied, tattled, and created tension between their parents. Worst of all, Heather claims she has been talking to a ghost named Helen, and she warns Molly and Michael that Helen is coming for them.
Interest Level: Grades 8 and Up
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Manga Version
Obsessed with natural philosophy, the young Victor Frankenstein succeeds in creating life from its basic elements - and abandons the newborn monster in terror. The rejected creature vanishes, and Victor attempts to forget what he has done... But the monster survives. It learns. Deprived of everything, fated to forever be alone, the monster has nothing left but revenge.
Interest Level: Grades 7 and Up
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Manga Version
An ancient evil lurks in the dark heart of Transylvania - but it won't lurk there forever. Now Count Dracula's immortal eyes look towards London, a new land full of opportunity and unsuspecting victims. A ragged band of survivors must stop him before it is too late... but how?