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Horror Stories for Teens Do you ever get the feeling something is watching you? These titles will have you peeking over your shoulder with chills and thrills!
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Supernatural & Paranormal
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And the trees crept in
by Dawn Kurtagich
Arriving in their aunt's blood-colored, cursed manor, sisters Silla and Nori wonder at dark secrets and the identity of people who nobody else can see while the surrounding woods creep closer and closer, trapping them away from the outside world. By the author of The Dead House.
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Asylum
by Madeleine Roux
Three teens at a summer program for gifted students uncover shocking secets in the sanatorium-turned-dorm where they're staying--secrets that link them all to the asylum's dark past
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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
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Bad girls don't die
by Katie Alender
When fifteen-year-old Lexi's younger sister Kasey begins behaving strangely and their old Victorian house seems to take on a life of its own, Lexi investigates and discovers some frightening facts about previous occupants of the house, leading her to believe that many lives are in danger
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The cemetery boys
by Heather Brewer
When Stephen moves to the small, midwestern town where his father grew up, he quickly falls in with punk girl Cara and her charismatic twin brother, Devon; but the town has a dark secret, and the twins are caught in the middle of it.
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Conjured
by Sarah Beth Durst
Haunted by disturbing dreams and terrifying visions, a teenaged girl with no memory of her past who has been placed in a paranormal witness protection program must regain her memory and discover why she has strange abilities before a magic-wielding serial killer hunts her down.
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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
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The dark descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White
A dark reimagining of Shelley's classic is told from the point of view of Elizabeth, Victor Frankenstein's adopted sister, who as they enter adulthood is challenged to manage her brother's dangerous temper and inclination to pursue depraved experiments. By the best-selling author of the And I Darken series. Simultaneous eBook.
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The dead boyfriend
by R. L Stine
A latest rerelease in the best-selling series follows the misadventures of Caitlin, who after throwing herself fervently into a first relationship kills her unfaithful boyfriend only to start seeing menacing visions of him everywhere she goes.
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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. By the author of the Bad Girls Don't Die series.
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Don't stay up late : a Fear Street novel
by R. L. Stine
Plagued by nightmares and hallucinations after a car accident kills her father, Lisa takes a seemingly straightforward babysitting job to distract herself only to discover horrifying truths about her young charge. By the best-selling author of the Goosebumps series.
Lexile Measure 460 L
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
In a classic story of good and evil, a gentle doctor's experiment into the duality of the soul goes awry and he is transformed into a hideous monster at night.
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Dread nation : rise up
by Justina Ireland
When families go missing in Baltimore County, Jane McKeene, who is studying to become an Attendant, finds herself in the middle of a conspiracy that has her fighting for her life against powerful enemies
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Dream house
by Marzia Bisognin
Invited to spend a night in her dream home, Amethyst encounters a creepy gardener, a secretive neighbor and a little girl who keeps appearing and disappearing, manifestations that compel the teen to investigate the house's secrets. Simultaneous eBook.
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Five midnights
by Ann Dávila Cardinal
A mystery set in modern-day Puerto Rico and based on the Caribbean boogeyman myth finds two rival teens struggling to set aside their differences to solve a series of grisly murders with ties to an otherworldly reality of myths, legends and killer monsters. Simultaneous eBook.
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Five Nights at Freddy's : The Silver Eyes
by Scott Cawthon
Ten years after the murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, Charlie and her childhood friends get together on the anniversary of the event at the abandoned pizza place to find that the four animatronic entertainment mascots have changed
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The Forest of Hands and Teeth
by Carrie Ryan
When the fence that surrounds her village and protects its residents from the Forest of Hands and Teeth is breached, danger strikes the only home Mary has ever known and forces her to decide between saving everything she loves or pursuing the life she has always dreamed of having.
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Frankenstein, or, The modern prometheus : Or, the Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Obsessed by creating life itself, Victor Frankenstein plunders graveyards for the material to fashion a new being, which he shocks into life by electricity. But his botched creature, rejected by Frankenstein and denied human companionship, sets out to destroy his maker and all that he holds dear.
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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
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Harmony House
by Nic Sheff
Relocating with her mentally ill father to the Jersey Shore in the aftermath of her alcoholic mother's death, Jen learns the creepy history of the manor house that becomes her new home and experiences strange visions that compel her to escape a past she didn't know was haunting her—and the mysterious, terrible power she didn't realize she had. By the best-selling author of Tweak.
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Hotel Ruby
by Suzanne Young
On the way to spend a summer with her grandmother after the sudden death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Audrey, her older brother Daniel, and their father happen upon the Hotel Ruby, a luxurious place filled with unusual guests and little chance of ever leaving
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House of furies
by Madeleine Roux
Escaping from her harsh school before taking work as a maid in a northern England boarding house, Louisa gradually realizes that her mysterious employer and his staff execute cruel judgments on the guests.
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The madman's daughter
by Megan Shepherd
Dr. Moreau's 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged father's island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors and a love triangle. Inspired by H. G. Wells' classic The Island of Dr. Moreau.
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The monstrumologist : William James Henry
by Richard Yancey
As an apprentice to a monster-hunting doctor in 1888, Will Henry and his boss are brought a corpse entwined with an Anthropophagus--a supposedly extinct monster that feeds through teeth in its chest--and the two must race to stop it and its kind from consuming the world.
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The Raven : tales and poems
by Edgar Allan Poe
This anthology of work from the master of mystery and the macabre includes “The Tell Tale Heart” and is one of six titles in a series of classic horror tales hand-picked by award-winning director Guillermo del Toro.
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Servants of the storm
by Delilah S Dawson
Living in a medicated haze for a year after a traumatizing hurricane kills her best friend, Dovey begins seeing things she knows cannot be real and discontinues her medication only to uncover horrifying secrets.
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Shallow graves
by Kali Wallace
After awakening in a shallow grave, Breezy, a high school senior, crosses the country seeking answers about her death and resurrection, discovering along the way a host of supernatural creatures, as well as a human cult determined to "free" them at any cost.
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Shutter
by Courtney Alameda
Seventeen-year-old Micheline Helsing is a tetrachcromat, able to see ghosts in color and capture them on film, but when a routine hunt goes awry, Micheline is infected with a curse known as a soulchain and if she is unable to exorcise the entity in sevendays, she will be destroyed, body and soul
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Teeth in the mist
by Dawn Kurtagich
An epic fantasy inspired by the legend of Faust traces the experiences of a teen photography enthusiast whose destiny is tied by an ancient pact to the lives of two women from other centuries. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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This is not a test
by Courtney Summers
Trapped inside her high school during a zombie takeover, Sloane Price, who has given up on living and wonders if being a zombie might bring relief from her emotional pain, witnesses the impact of the apocalypse on five fellow survivors who desperately want to live.
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Took : a ghost story
by Mary Downing Hahn
Dan's family moves next door to a woman called Old Auntie who claims she is a witch, and he finds he must take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years
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#MurderTrending
by Gretchen McNeil
In a near future world, where good and honest citizens enjoy watching the executions of society's most infamous convicted felons streamed live on The Postman app, 17-year-old Dee Guerrera and her newly formed posse, the Death Row Breakfast Club, must prove that she's innocent of committing a heinous crime before she ends up being wrongfully put to death for the world to see.
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Dangerous lies
by Becca Fitzpatrick
Stella Gordon’s life is a lie.
She does not belong in Thunder Basin, Nebraska. As the star witness in a murder trial against a drug dealer, Stella is now in the Witness Protection Program. Despite how hard Stella tries to stay under the radar, danger is fast approaching. Criminals have a way of getting rid of witnesses, and Stella may have made the one mistake that could lead the cold-blooded men hunting for her right to her doorstep.
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The hanging girl
by Eileen Cook
Assisting the police in tracking down a missing girl, Skye, a girl who has always faked her psychic abilities, hopes to earn enough money to start over elsewhere only to find herself in the middle of a sinister group of con artists who are willing to kill to get what they want.
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My sister Rosa
by Justine Larbalestier
Recognizing that his beloved 10-year-old sister is a troubled child who is becoming increasingly more violent, 17-year-old Che becomes alarmed when his dismissive parents move the family to New York City, where his sister spirals out of control. By the award-winning author of Razorhurst.
Lexile Measure HL 490 L
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No such person
by Caroline B. Cooney
A sibling rivalry between a free-spirited younger sister and her success-driven older sister escalates into tragedy and mystery for a family during a lakeside summer. By the best-selling author of The Face on the Milk Carton.
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Ten
by Gretchen McNeil
An edge-of-your-seat thriller loosely inspired by Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None finds best friends Meg and Minnie planning what they believe will be a luxury weekend of bonding and pursuing a cute boy at a house party on exclusive Henry Island, but once there, the guests receive sinister messages before they are systematically murdered.
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There's someone inside your house
by Stephanie Perkins
When incrementally more violent attacks overshadow life at Osborne High, an intense hunt for the killer leads to the revelation of astonishing secrets.
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Truly Devious
by Maureen Johnson
A first entry in a new series by the best-selling author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes introduces sharp and funny detective Stevie Bell, whose first year at an elite boarding school finds her unraveling two mysteries, including one from the school's past and one in the present.
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The Borden murders : Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century
by Sarah Elizabeth Miller
Draws on sensationalized, period newspaper articles to recreate the events of the infamous Borden murders and the trial and acquittal of Lizzie Borden, sorting out fact from fiction to explore Lizzie's story and consider what probably happened.
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Ghosts and haunted places
by Rosemary Guiley
With objective accounts of both fact and folklore, this series offers an even-handed look at mysterious phenomena, written by occult experts with firsthand experience in researching and investigating the paranormal.
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Historical serial killers
by Don Rauf
Presents an in-depth approach to evaluating the life and crimes of some of the worlds most notable serial killers in history, including Locusta of Gaul, Jack the Ripper, and H.H. Holmes
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Modern-day serial killers
by Don Rauf
Explores the crimes of notorious serial killers, including Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Richard Ramirez
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Witch-hunt : mysteries of the Salem witch trials
by Marc Aronson
Sifting through the facts, myths, half-truths, misinterpretations, and theories around the 1692 trials in Salem, Massachusetts, that claimed twenty-five lives, an acclaimed historian lets readers come to their own conclusions about what really happened during those terrifying months of accusations, trials, and executions.
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