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The Girl in the Locked Room: A Ghost Story

Mary Downing Hahn · Clarion Books
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover

Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl imprisoned for more than a century, the terrifying events that put her there, and a friendship that crosses the boundary between past and present. A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules's...
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Lemons

Melissa Savage · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

The search for Bigfoot gets juicy in this funny and touching story that's perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo's Flora & Ulysses and the movie Smallfoot! Lemonade Liberty Witt's mama always told her: When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But Lem can't possibly make...
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Attack of the Jack

RL Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 137
Format: Paperback

Devin and his sister Violet are visiting their Uncle Jack for the summer. He lives in an old house by the seashore. Jack was a sailor and he has collected strange and fascinating items from the sea. Exploring a back room, Devin and Violet discover a locked trunk. A pirate's chest. The trunk...
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I Am Slappy's Evil Twin

R L Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Luke Harrison's dad makes horror movies. It's very fun to be around such scary stuff-especially when you have your own monster museum at home. But when two ventriloquist dummies join the collection, things get real creepy. Real-life creepy! Slappy and Snappy can walk and talk on their...
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Escape From Shudder Mansion

RL STINE · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

In an old-fashioned "trapped-in-a-haunted-house" story, twins Riley and Scarlett receive an interesting assignment from their teacher, Mrs. Stermon. Everyone in class needs to do a documentary video about an adventure, something exciting that they experienced. Mrs. Stermon gives...
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The Ghost of Slappy

RL STINE · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Slappy's back as a ghost! And this time, the only thing you'll play is hide-and-go-shriek!
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Please Do Not Feed the Weirdo

R. L. Stine · Scholastic Paperbacks
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Robby and his sister Karla beg their parents to take them to a big carnival that has opened on the other side of town. When they arrive, the two kids are delighted by the rides, the sideshow, the interesting displays, and the great food booths. They wander away from their parents and find...
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Ernestine, Catastrophe Queen

Merrill Wyatt · jimmy patterson
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

We all know and love Ramona, Matilda, and Harriet the Spy. Now meet Ernestine.Ernestine is the kind of kid who gets things done. Smart, clever, and armed with a take-charge personality, she's easily the most responsible member of her family. Her most important task? Helping her absent-minded...
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The Salem Witch Trials

Sarah Gilman · Enslow Publishing
Pages: 48
Format: Library Binding

Students will be fascinated by the events that transpired in seventeenth-century colonial Massachusetts, when a group of young girls accused several townspeople of witchcraft. Through colorful images and riveting text, this truth is stranger than fiction story will teach young readers much...
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Spooky Libraries

Jessica Rudolph · Bearport Publishing
Pages: 24
Format: Library Binding

It?s past midnight, and there isn?t a soul in the library. Moonlight fills the dusty shelves. Suddenly, the lights flicker on and off, and a book flies off the shelf! What unseen force is at work? Get ready to read four spine-chilling stories about spooky libraries! This 24-page book...
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