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Horror Supernatural: Scary
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Horror/Supernatural: Scary
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Almond, David Clay
Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. When Stephen Rose, a gifted sculptor, comes to down, he quickly takes Davie under his wing. One day as Davie looks on, Stephen brings a tiny figure to life. It’s a talent he has, the gift of creation—and he knows that Davie has this talent, too. Davie allows Stephen to convince him to help bring a life-size figure to life—and Clay is born. Clay is innocent, but Stephen has special plans for him. What has Davie helped to unleash on the world? (M,J,S)
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Andrews, V.C. Flowers in the Attic
Dreams of an inheritance turn into a nightmare for four innocent children when they are locked in the deserted north wing of the family mansion, beaten by a vicious grandmother, and starved and left alone to wither - and perhaps die - like flowers in the attic. (A/YA)
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Avi Devil's Race
Sixteen-year-old John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancestor, with his own name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon. (J,S)
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Aycliffe, Jonathan The Lost
Bored prep school teacher Michael Feraru is tired of his life, tired of his job, tired of dreary England. And though he doesn't know it yet, tired of his fiancee and her safe, undemanding love. When Michael takes a sabbatical and travels to Romania, he finds he is a titled lord, and more, the owner of an ancient stronghold in the Transylvanian Alps. At Castel Vliacu, Michael becomes Count Mihai Vlahuta...and discovers an evil far worse than mere vampires. And far, far more seductive. (A/YA)
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Bellairs, John The Drum, The Doll, and the Zombie
When thirteen-year-old Johnny Dixon and his friend Professor Childermass try to save the life of the elderly Dr. Coote, they find themselves facing the forces of a menacing voodoo cult. (M)
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Butler, Beverly Witch's Fire
Thirteen-year-old Kirsty, confined to a wheelchair by a car accident two years ago, finds herself living with a new stepmother and stepsister in a strange old house formerly inhabited by a witch - who wants it back. (M)
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Carmody, Isobelle The Gathering
When fifteen-year-old Nathanial moves to a sinister town that has been bruised by an ancient evil, he finds himself one of those Chosen to fight the cycle of darkness. (J)
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Clement-Moore, Rosemary Prom Dates from Hell
High school senior and yearbook photographer Maggie thought she would rather die than go to prom, but when a classmate summons a revenge-seeking demon, she has no choice but to buy herself a dress and prepare to face jocks, cheerleaders, and Evil Incarnate. (S)
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Cormier, Robert Fade
It is the summer of 1938 when young Paul Moreaux discovers he can "fade." First bewildered, then thrilled with the power of invisibility, Paul experiments. But his gift soon shows him shocking secrets and drives him toward a chilling act. (S)
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Cormier, Robert Tenderness
Eighteen-year-old ERIC HAS just been released from juvenile detention for murdering his mother and stepfather. Now he’s looking for some tenderness — tenderness he finds in caressing and killing beautiful girls. Fifteen-year-old Lori has run away from home again. Emotionally naive but sexually precocious, she is also looking for tenderness — tenderness she finds in Eric. Will Lori and Eric be each other’s salvation or destruction? (S)
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King, Stephen Carrie
Everybody abused Carrie. Her fanatical mother forbade her everything that was young and fun. She was taunted by her classmates, misunderstood by her teachers, and given up as hopeless by almost everyone. But Carrie had a secret: she could make all kinds of startling, bizarre, and malevolent things happen. And one night, when feeling scorned and humiliated, and growing angrier and angrier, she became the vengeful demon who let the whole town feel her power. (A/YA)
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Libby, Alisa The Blood Confession
Obsessed with staying young and beautiful, the Countess Erzebet Bathory devises a blood ritual that endangers the lives of all the beautiful young women around her. (S)
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Littke, Lael Haunted Sister
A sixteen-year-old girl suffers a near-death experience in which her twin sister, who died in an accident twelve years before, returns to forcibly share her body. (J,S)
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Mullarkey, Lisa The Witch's Portraits
When twelve-year-old Laura and her friend Cara discover that their neighbor is a witch who entraps her enemies in portraits, the girls attempt to free the victims. (M)
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Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds Jade Green: A Ghost Story
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings. (M)
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Prince, Maggie The House on Hound Hill
Soon after she, her mother, and her younger brother move into an old house on what was once known as Beggarsgate, Emily begins to have terrifyingly real glimpses of scenes of 17th century London devastated by the plague. (M,J)
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Shan, Darren Cirque du Freak: A Living Nightmare
Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices. (M)
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Sleator, William The Beasties
At first Doug doesn't believe the rumors about bloodthirsty creatures who are said to have left a trail of amputated victims across the northern woods. Then, he and his younger sister find signs of a mysterious presence in the land behind their home. They are about to meet the Beasties, a "family" of beings with war on their minds--war against the human race! (M)
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Stine, R.L. The Nightmare Room series
You hold in your hand the key to a shadow world of shivers and screams. Take a step away from the safe, comfortable world you know. Unlock the door to terror. There's always room for one more in...The Nightmare Room. (M)
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Windsor, Patricia The Blooding
Maris' summer job as an au pair in England starts out well. But when she discovers the truth about her employer, the truth about his transformations and his plans for her, Maris must make the most terrifying decision of her life. (J,S)
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Zindel, Paul The Doom Stone
When fifteen-year-old Jackson visits his aunt in England, he becomes caught up in a chase to capture an unknown creature who is stalking and killing people on the plains surrounding ancient Stonehenge. (M,J)
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Zindel,Paul Loch
Fifteen-year-old Loch and his younger sister join their father on a scientific expedition searching for enormous prehistoric creatures sighted in a Vermont lake, but soon discover that the expedition's leaders aren't interested in preserving the creatures. (M,J)
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Zindel, Paul Raptor
Zack and his Ute Indian friend find themselves trapped in a cave with a living dinosaur--the deadly Utahraptor. (M,J)
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Grade Level Interest |
| M |
Middle School (defined as grades 6-8). |
| J |
Junior High (defined as grades 7-9). |
| S |
Senior High (defined as grades 10-12). |
| A/YA |
Adult-marketed book recommended for teens. |
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