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Looking for something creepy or scary? Check out these titles from our Young Adult section.
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The Dead Girls of Hysteria Hall
by Katie Alender
Murdered by the angry spirit of a mentally ill woman who lived in her house when it was an insane asylum, Delia, now a ghost, meets the ghosts of other trapped teens before learning that her bereaved sister is being targeted. YF ALENDER
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Long Lankin
by Lindsey Barraclough
Coldly accepted into the isolated village home of an elderly and eccentric aunt to protect them from an evil force, Cora and her younger sister, Mimi, team up with local boys Roger and Peter to uncover a dark truth that has held the community in a cruel grip for centuries. YF BARRACLOUGH
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The Killing Jar
by Jennifer Bosworth
When she was 10 years old, Kenna discovered that she had the ability to drain the life from another human being, and ever since, she has been afraid to touch anyone—but when she uses that power to save her mother and twin sister from an attacker, her mother finally reveals the secret origin of her power and Kenna is forced to choose between the Kalyptra and a human life. YF BOSWORTH
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The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
by Holly Black
Living in a world of walled cities where quarantined monsters and humans endure dangerous predatory existences, Tana, one of three survivors of a horrifying massacre, safeguards their lives by visiting the evil heart of her city. YF BLACK
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Nightstruck
by Jenna Black
Struggling with her parents' divorce and high expectations while working on her college applications, Becket is tricked into opening a door between worlds and unleashing magical monsters into her Philadelphia community. YF BLACK
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Anna Dressed in Blood
by Kendare Blake
For three years, seventeen-year-old Cas Lowood has carried on his father's work of dispatching the murderous dead, traveling with his kitchen-witch mother and their spirit-sniffing cat, but everything changes when he meets Anna, a girl unlike any ghost he has faced before. YF BLAKE
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The Diviners
by Libba Bray
The award-winning author of Beauty Queens presents an evocative mystery in New York City of the Roaring 20s, where Evie O'Neill immerses herself in the world of glamorous Ziegfield girls and speakeasies before helping her uncle, a folklore museum curator, solve a rash of occult-based murders. YF BRAY
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Through the Woods
by Emily Carroll
A collection of five spine-tingling short stories. YF CARROLL
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The Girl from the Well
by Rin Chupeco
Okiku has wandered the world for centuries, freeing the innocent ghosts of the murdered-dead and taking the lives of killers with the vengeance they are due, but when she meets Tark she knows the moody teen with the series of intricate tattoos is not a monster and needs to be freed from the demonic malevolence that clings to him. YF CHUPECO
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Something Strange and Deadly
by Susan Dennard
A debut installment in a planned trilogy introduces 16-year-old Eleanor Fitt, who enlists the help of motley Spirit-Hunters and handsome inventor Daniel when her brother goes missing at the same time Philadelphia is overcome by a Dead uprising. YF DENNARD
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Nightfall
by Jake Halpern
Accidentally left behind on an island where the sun only rises once every several years, three children discover that they are not alone and flee through an alien landscape of deadly hazards, unexpected transformations and dark truths. YF HALPERN
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Cuckoo Song
by Frances Hardinge
In post-World War I England, eleven-year-old Triss nearly drowns in a millpond known as "The Grimmer" and emerges with memory gaps, aware that something is terribly wrong, and to try to set things right, she must meet a twisted architect who has designs on her family. YF HARDINGE
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The Enemy
by Charles Higson
In the wake of a devastating disease, everyone older than 16 is either dead or a decomposing, brainless creature with a ravenous appetite for flesh--teens have barricaded themselves in buildings throughout London and venture outside only when they need to scavenge for food; when a mysterious traveler offers them safe haven at Buckingham Palace, they begin a harrowing journey across London. YF HIGSON
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The Name of the Star
by Maureen Johnson
Rory, a teenager from Louisiana, is spending a year at a London boarding school when she witnesses a murder by a Jack the Ripper copycat and becomes involved in the highly unusual investigation. YF JOHNSON
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