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Halloween Edition: Includes scary and suspenseful stories for kids. Arranged by age.
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Doll bones
by Holly Black
Playing an endless make-believe game about pirates, mermaids and warriors under the rule of a formidable Great Queen china doll, best friends Zach, Poppy and Alice find their bond tested when Zach is compelled to give up their shared adventures and Poppy begins having dreams about the doll and embark on a journey to find the truth about the doll.
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Trixie, the Halloween fairy
by Daisy Meadows
When they discover that Jack Frost has stolen three pieces of candy that hold the magic of Halloween from Trixie, the Halloween fairy, Rachel and Kirsty help Trixie find the stolen candy in order to save Halloween
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My Friend Slappy
by R. L. Stine
This is Slappy's world -- You only scream in it!
Barton Suggs has it rough. He only has one friend, Lizzie Hellman. The school bullies are out to get him. And nobody believes him about it! After Barton gets pranked again, he's had enough! So when Barton brings Slappy to life, he's thrilled to find a new "friend" that's willing to help him get revenge on the bullies. Slappy's never had someone like him before. What's up with this Barton kid? Will Slappy's new Best Friend Forever end up his Worst Nightmare Ever?
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School of the dead
by Avi
Unexpectedly befriending the supernatural-enthusiast uncle he previously found eccentric, Tony is devastated when his uncle dies suddenly and appears to him in ghost form at Tony's new school, where rumors are circulating about a missing student.
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The most frightening story ever told
by Philip Kerr
Loner and avid reader Billy Shivers is unexpectedly drawn into a competition that challenges daring readers to survive an entire night in a purportedly haunted bookstore while navigating creepy booby traps, avoiding the store's ill-tempered owner and reading books with terrifying plots.
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Trace
by Pat Cummings
When Trace sees a ghost wearing old-fashioned clothing in the basement of the New York Public Library, he discovers that the boy has ties to Trace's own history, and that Trace may be the key to setting the dead to rest
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The Night Gardener
by Jonathan Auxier
Horror/Fantasy. Despite rumors that the place is haunted, newly orphaned siblings Molly and Kip have little choice but to accept jobs at the run-down Windsor family estate. What they find at the eerie manor house is curious indeed: the family is pale and secretive, mysterious footprints appear in the night, and a giant, menacing tree grows inside the house, granting wishes to the inhabitants…at a terrible price
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The Puppet's Payback and Other Chilling Tales
by Mary Downing Hahn
From ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn, an assortment of eerie short stories to thrill and chill young readers. Hahn transforms everyday people, animals and objects into scary links to the supernatural. Included is an author’s note about how she became a writer of ghost stories.
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The graveyard book
by Neil Gaiman
Raised since he was a baby by ghosts, werewolves, and other residents of the cemetery in which he has always resided, Bod wonders how he will manage to survive amongst the living with only the lessons he has learned from the dead.
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The ghost prison
by Joseph Delaney
Fifteen-year-old Billy guards a castle prison. But it isn't just criminals he's guarding-the ghosts of executed prisoners haunt the place. When Billy is given the task of feeding the prisoner in The Witch Well, a ghost named Long-Neck Netty decides to play a trick on Billy during the feeding...a trick that could cost Billy his life.
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