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The Vanquishers
by Kalynn Bayron
"Idolizing The Vanquishers, vampire hunters who wiped out the undead decades before, 12-year-old Malika and her crew suspect a vampire is involved when a new student goes missing and know who to call to protect their town. 100,000 first printing."
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Tales to keep you up at night
by Dan Poblocki
Ignoring a handwritten warning from her grandmother, Amelia reads an old book she finds in the attic, and as elements from the stories begin to come to life around her, she realizes that she may be in a spooky story of her own
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Felice and the wailing woman
by Diana Lâopez
Arriving in Tres Leches to free her mother, the most famous monstruo of US-Mexico border lore, the 12-year-old daughter of La Llorona and her new friends work together to free the magical town from the curses that have haunted its people for generations. Simultaneous eBook.
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The ghosts of Rancho Espanto
by Adrianna Cuevas
After a school prank gone wrong, Rafael is sent to a ranch in New Mexico where he is sabotaged by a strangely familiar man and, with the help of his new friends, gets to the bottom of this troubling supernatural mystery. 40,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Whispering Pines
by Heidi Lang
Relocated to a new community a year after her fathers unexplained disappearance, a girl who is convinced her father left against his will races to uncover secrets about the eerie transformations of several local kids. By the author of the Mystic Cooking Chronicles. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The stars did wander darkling
by Colin Meloy
"When the cliff beneath the old??some say cursed??Langdon place is opened up, horror movie fanatic Archie Coomes and friends must save the town from the deadly grip of an ancient, long-buried evil. 125,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook."
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Nightmares!
by Jason Segel
Twelve-year-old Charlie and his friends must stop nightmares from taking over their town before it's too late
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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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A tale dark & Grimm
by Adam Gidwitz
In a mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales that have never been more irreverent or subversive, as the siblings learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.
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Took : a ghost story
by Mary Downing Hahn
"A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is 'took' to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years"
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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. By the co-author of the best-selling Spiderwick Chronicles.
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The haunting of Falcon House
by Eugene Yelchin
Moving to the home of his aunt to take his rightful place as heir to the family estate, 12-year-old Prince Lev dreams of becoming a hero like his great Russian ancestor only to discover dark secrets haunting the house. Simultaneous eBook.
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Charlie and the grandmothers
by Katy Towell
Charlie and Georgie have been sent to visit a grandmother they never knew they had, and his fears about her are confirmed when Grandmother Pearl reveals her sinister purpose and the children are thrust into a creepy underworld created from stolen nightmares, where monsters disguised as grandmothers serve an ancient, evil queen by holding children captive as they slowly sap each one of their memories and dreams. Simultaneous eBook.
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The nest
by Kenneth Oppel
Agonizing over his sick baby brother's struggles to survive, Steve is visited in his dreams by a mysterious wasp queen who offers to save his brother at a formidable cost. Illustrated by the Caldecott Medal-winning artist of This Is Not My Hat.
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The jumbies
by Tracey Baptiste
In a spine-tingling tale that is rooted in Caribbean folklore, 11-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home. Simultaneous eBook.
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Hoodoo
by Ronald L. Smith
In 1930s Alabama, 12-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher is the only member of his family who seems unable to practice folk magic, but when a mysterious man called the Stranger puts the entire town at risk with his black magic, Hoodoo must learn to conjure in order to defeat him. Simultaneous eBook. 20,000 first printing.
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A babysitter's guide to monster hunting
by Joe Ballarini
A debut entry in a rollicking series about a secret society of babysitters who protect children from the monsters that really live under their beds introduces reluctant middle school babysitter Kelly, who on Halloween must rescue her spoiled charge from the Bogeyman's nightmare gang. Simultaneous eBook. 30,000 first printing.
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Monsterland
by James Crowley
Preferring to spend Halloween alone after losing his cousin, Charlie runs into the woods to escape a band of candy-stealing bullies and follows a kid who eerily resembles his cousin before finding himself in a mysterious world of monsters who offer to help him see his cousin again. By the author of Starfish.
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The doll's eye
by Marina Cohen
Discovering a glass eye in the empty attic of a new home where she lives with her dull stepfather and annoying stepbrother, Hadley meets an eccentric baker before finding a doll house replica of her own home and making a wish that changes everything she knows to be true. Simultaneous eBook.
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Beanstalker and other hilarious scary tales
by Kiersten White
A wacky collection of fractured fairy tales by the best-selling author of the Paranormalcy trilogy features characters who prove less than virtuous in the face of spooky, hilarious and often icky challenges, from a girl who emerges from the forest as a zombie to a prince whose efforts to find a wife pit him against furry vampires. Simultaneous eBook.
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Spirit hunters
by Ellen Oh
Feeling uncomfortable from the moment she arrives in her new home, Harper is dismayed by local rumors that her house is haunted and that every family that has ever lived there has suffered terrible tragedies, a situation that turns sinister when her cheerful little brother begins acting in alarming ways. Simultaneous eBook.
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Out of the wild night
by Blue Balliett
Mary W. Chase died on Nantucket Island just over one hundred years ago, but she is still there, in the house she once lived in, and she wants to keep it that way--but first she must somehow contact a group of children who are interested in preserving historic homes on the island
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Where the woods end
by Charlotte Salter
Twelve-year-old Kestrel lives in a seemingly endless forest, and in order to escape she will need to defeat her Grabber, a creature that builds its body to reflect her greatest fear
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Nightbooks
by J. A White
A young boy is imprisoned by a witch in a New York apartment and must tell her a new scary story each night in order to stay alive. By the author of the Thickety series. Simultaneous eBook.
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The girl in the locked room : a ghost story
by Mary Downing Hahn
Feeling a sense of foreboding when her family moves into an old, abandoned house, Jules forges an unexpected friendship with the ghost of a girl who was imprisoned in the house more than a century earlier. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Darkdeep
by Allyson Braithwaite Condie
Pushed by a bullying incident onto a forbidden island, four 12-year-old students are unnerved by the island's eerie mysteries before their lives become intertwined in very personal and threatening ways. By the best-selling author of the Matched trilogy and the best-selling author of the Virals series.
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City of ghosts
by Victoria Schwab
Surviving a near-fatal accident that gives her the ability to enter the spirit world, the daughter of television ghost-hunters visits with her ghost best friend and meets another girl who shares her abilities before realizing the dangers that come with her powers.
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The vampire knife
by Jack Henseleit
"Anna and Max love scary stories - but when they find a mysterious knife on a dark and stormy night, truth soon becomes stranger than fiction. Dragged into a world of monsters and magic, will the siblings find a way to survive?
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The griffins of Castle Cary
by Heather Shumaker
A first children's novel by the award-winning author of Saving Arcadia finds siblings Meg, Will and Ariel visiting their eccentric aunt in England, where they investigate local secrets about troublesome thieving ghosts. 25,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook
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Guest : a changeling tale
by Mary Downing Hahn
When her infant brother is snatched by malicious sprites and replaced by a hideous changeling, Mollie embarks on a perilous rescue mission in the eerie land of the Kinde Folke. By the award-winning author of Took. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook
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The haunting of Henry Davis
by Kathryn Siebel
Curious about a small, pale newcomer to her class, Barbara Anne discovers that the boy, Henry Davis, is being haunted by a mysterious ghost named Edgar. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Ghost : thirteen haunting tales to tell
by Illustratus
A collection of thirteen original ghost stories, some in rhyme, by Blaise Hemingway and Jesse Reffsin, accompanied by illustrations by Chris Sasaki and Jeff Turley
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Too bright to see
by Kyle Lukoff
In the summer before middle school, eleven-year-old Bug must contend with best friend Moira suddenly caring about clothes, makeup, and boys; a ghost haunting; and the truth about Bug's gender identity
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Rowley Jefferson's awesome spooky stories
by Jeff Kinney
Jeff Kinney, the #1 international best-selling author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, returns with another hilarious offering from the world of Rowley Jefferson: a collection of comically terrifying tales, straight from Rowley’s imagination, that are guaranteed to make kids laugh—and maybe even sleep with the lights on! Illustrations.
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Paola Santiago and the river of tears
by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Carefully avoiding a local river where a schoolmate drowned a year earlier, a space-loving 12-year-old and her best friends organize a night of telescope stargazing before spotting a being who superstitious locals believe to be a malevolent ghost. 150,000 first printing.
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Fiends on the other side
by Vera Strange
A sequel to Part of Your Nightmare follows the experiences of a boy who turns into a shadow after striking a dark bargain with Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog. 75,000 first printing. Movie tie-in. Original.
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No place for monsters
by Kory Merritt
When children start disappearing, nobody looks for the children because nobody can remember them, except Levi and Kat, and now they must figure out what terrible presence is taking the chilren and fight it to save the missing kids, before the whole town disappears
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