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Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault #2

Adam-Troy Castro - Grosset & Dunlap
Format: Hardcover

Hugo Award nominee Adam-Troy Castro's exciting new world full of shadows and mystery grows in book 2 of the Gustav Gloom series. In Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault, Fernie and Gustav find themselves battling another shadowy foe - The Shadow Eater. He is after one thing,...
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Return to Haunted House

R. A. Montgomery - Dragonlark/Chooseco
Format: Book

WATCH OUT!This book is different than every book you've ever read.Don't believe me? Have you ever read a book that's about you? This book is! YOU get to choose what happens next - and even how the story will end. When you followed Homer into the old abandoned house in your neighborhood,...
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A Greyhound of a Girl

Roddy Doyle - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

Mary O'Hara is a sharp and cheeky 12-year-old Dublin schoolgirl who is bravely facing the fact that her beloved Granny is dying. But Granny can't let go of life, and when a mysterious young woman turns up in Mary's street with a message for her Granny, Mary gets pulled into an unlikely...
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Juniper Berry

M. P. Kozlowsky - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover

Juniper Berry's parents are the most beloved actor and actress in the world - but Juniper can't help but feel they haven't been quite right lately. And she and her friend Giles are determined to find out why.On a cold and rainy night, Juniper follows her parents as they sneak out of the house...
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13 Hangmen

Art Corriveau - Amulet Books
Format: Print book

"Some people won't believe any of this story. You might be one of them. But every single word is true. Tony DiMarco does catch a murderer, solve a mystery, and find a treasure--all in the first few days after he moves, unexpectedly, to 13 Hangmen's Court in Boston. The fact that he also...
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On the Day I Died: Stories from the Grave

Candace Fleming - Schwartz & Wade Books
Format: Library Binding

"Positively tailor-made for reading - or reading aloud - by flashlight," declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author, Candace Fleming, gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines....
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Ghost Town

Phoebe Rivers - Simon Spotlight
Format: Book

In this start to a paranormal series, Sara's new town has a lot of history - and a lot of ghosts who want to tell her all about it.Sara Collins is a normal twelve-year-old girl with an abnormal secret: She is psychic. She's had her abilities for as long as she can remember, but she doesn't...
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Return of the Vampire (Creepella von Cacklefur #4): A Geronimo Stilton Adventure (4)

Ivan Bigarella - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Breakout star Creepella von Cacklefur is back in another fur-raising adventure!A mysterious old friend of Grandpa Frankenstein shows up one night on the doorstep of Cacklefur Castle. Hes a vampire . . . and he needs the von Cacklefur familys help. His ancient castle has been infested by strange...
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Rotten Apple #2: Zombie Dog

Clare Hutton - Scholastic
Format: Paperback

Rotten Apple Books: Unexpected. Unforgettable. Undead. Get bitten!Becky's family has moved right next door to the creepy, abandoned McNally house. Rumors fly around school about the ghosts and monsters that live there, and Becky isn't sure what to believe. Even her mischievous dog, Bear,...
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ParaNorman: A Novel Extended Free Preview

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel - Little
Format: Book

In a quaint New England town with a history of witches and pilgrims, misunderstood eleven-year-old Norman Babcock can see and talk to ghosts. No one believes him, of course-everyone just thinks he's weird (including his parents) . But when a folktale of a witch who cursed her accusers turns...
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The Legend Thief

E J Patten - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Sky has more monsters to fight - and lives to save - in the sequel to Return to Exile.Sky thought he had problems before. "Before" as in when his uncle disappeared, he had to move to an odd new town with his family, and, oh yeah, it was up to him to make sure the world's...
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Case File 13: Zombie Kid

J. Scott Savage - Harper
Format: Print book

For readers who like thrills with their laughs, Case File 13 is a satisfying new series that blends irreverent humor, page-turning adventure, a mysterious narrator, and the kind of authentic characters that will leave young readers convinced this story is about their own best friends.Case...
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Deadtime Stories: Grave Secrets

Annette Cascone - Starscape
Format: Hardcover

Another creepy tale for beside the campfire or beneath the covers from "Twisted Sisters" Annette and Gina Cascone's Deadtime Stories -- now a hit show on Nickelodeon!Amanda Peterson has a pet cemetery in her backyard. It's where she's buried all her family's dear departed pets,...
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Best Friends Forever

P.J. Night - Simon Spotlight
Format: Paperback

Katie's getting a new BFF - whether she likes it or not. Katie Walsh is majorly bummed when her BFF moves away. But her hopes soar when the new girl at school, Whitney, befriends her right away and invites her to spend the night at her house for a sleepover. Katie loved sleepovers with...
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Goosebumps Wanted: The Haunted Mask

R.L. Stine - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

For the first time ever, Goosebumps is in hard cover! Catch the series' most notorious characters--undead or alive...For the first time ever, Goosebumps is in hard cover! Catch the series' most notorious characters--undead or alive...From horror master R.L. Stine come two new chilling stories...
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Scream Street: Attack of the Trolls

Tommy Donbavand - Candlewick Pres
Format: Paperback

Why is our trio beset with trolls? The shrieks keep coming as the spine-tingling series surges ahead!Luke, Resus, and Cleo are eager to begin their new quest. First stop, Count Negatov's castle! As the three make their way through the bleak, murky wilds of Transylvania, it looks like this...
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The Sisters Eight Book 9: The Final Battle . . . for Now

Lauren Baratz-Logsted - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

It's the final book! Each of the Eights has received her power and gift and they even know where Daddy is - inside a snowglobe-shaped Christmas tree ornament. Now all they have to do is get inside the ornament and rescue Daddy. Hopefully, Mommy's in there with him. For heaven's sake, how are they...
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Scary School

Derek Taylor Kent - Harper
Format: Print book

You think your school's scary?Get a load of these teachers:Ms. Fang, an 850-year-old vampireDr. Dragonbreath, who just might eat you before recessMr. Snakeskin - science class is so much more fun when it's taught by someone who's half zombieMrs. T - break the rules and spend your detention...
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The Whispering House

Rebecca Wade - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Print book

Maisie Holt. This is her book.It's an old house, one her family plans to stay in for only a short while; but for Hannah Price, secrets soon come creeping out of every corner of Cowleigh Lodge.First there's the old and dusty book of children's fairy tales that belonged to a young girl named...
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13 Secrets (13 Treasures Trilogy)

Michelle Harrison - Little
Format: Print book

Happy with life at Elvesden Manor, Rowan is doing her best to put the past behind her. But it's tough to forget the past when fairy messengers won't leave her be, no matter how many magical boundaries are put in place to keep them away.
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The Ghost of Graylock

Dan Poblocki - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

Does an abandoned asylum hold the key to a frightful haunting?Everyone's heard the stories about Graylock Hall.It was meant to be a place of healing - a hospital where children and teenagers with mental disorders would be cared for and perhaps even cured. But something went wrong. Several...
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The Turning

Francine Prose - HarperTeen
Format: Print book

A dark house.An isolated island.Strange dreams and even stranger visions . . . Jack is spending the summer on a private island far from modern conveniences. No Wi-Fi, no cell service, no one else on the island but a housekeeper and the two very peculiar children in his care. The first time...
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Behind the Bookcase

Mark Steensland - Delacorte Press
Format: Hardcover

A girl stumbles into a fantastic world in this tale perfect for fans of Coraline, Alice inWonderland, and The TwilightZone.Spending the summer at her grandmothers house is the last thing Sarah wants to do - especially now that Grandma Winnie has died - but she has no choice. Her parents...
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The Black Heart Crypt: A Haunted Mystery

Chris Grabenstein - Random House Books for Young Readers

From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library comes a series of spine-tingling mysteries to keep you up long after the lights go out.Halloween is nearing, the one day of the year when the ghostly plane is close enough to the human plane...
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Ghost Hunt 2: MORE Chilling Tales of the Unknown

Jason Hawes - Little Brown & Co
Format: Book

Ghost Hunt 2 has more ghosts, more cases, and more chills!Is Alcatraz prison really haunted by ghostly inmates--or is something in the air causing hallucinations? Can the ocean be haunted? Are glowing red eyes in the woods just an animal--or something more sinister? Unlock these mysteries...
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