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How I got my shrunken head
by R. L. Stine
When he receives a wrinkled, green shrunken head as a gift from his aunt, Mark cannot wait to show the gruesome object to his friends at school, but when night falls, the head begins to glow, and Mark is given a strange power. AR: 3.2-4.1
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Small spaces
by Katherine Arden
"After eleven-year-old Ollie's school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through scary woods, and must use all of her wits to survive. She must stick to small sp4.1aces" AR: 4.1
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Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery
by Deborah Howe
Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. AR: 4.2
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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. AR: 4.3
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The Inn Between
by Marina Cohen
Unstrung by the disappearance of her little sister, 11-year-old Quinn accompanies her best friend on a farewell trip that is overshadowed by bizarre events, ghostly manifestations and the disappearances of her friend's family at the Victorian inn where they are staying. Simultaneous eBook. AR: 4.3
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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. AR: 4.6
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The Riverman
by Aaron Starmer
The first book in a new trilogy tells the story of a girl who claims she is visiting a parallel universe where a nefarious being called The Riverman is stealing the souls of children, and because she fears her soul may be next, she asks Alistair Cleary, a boy everyone trusts, to write her biography before it's too late. AR 4.9
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The Night Gardener
by Jonathan Auxier
Irish orphans Molly, 14, and Kip, 10, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and the secrets of the cursed house. By the author of Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes. AR: 4.9
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The Danger Box
by Blue Balliett
A science-enhanced historical tale by the Edgar Award- and Agatha Award-winning author of Chasing Vermeer follows the adventures of a sight-impaired boy from a small town whose life is upended by a mischievous girl, a mysterious notebook and a menacing stranger. 75,000 first printing AR: 5.0.
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The house with a clock in its walls
by John Bellairs
A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. AR: 5.0
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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. AR: 5.1
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The seer of shadows
by Avi
In trying to make money off grieving families by taking photos of the ghosts of the dead, a photographer's young apprentice frees the ghost of a dead girl determined to seek her revenge on people from her past. 25,000 first printing. AR: 5.2
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Be afraid! : tales of horror
by Edo Van Belkom
An anthology of fifteen horror stories--twelve of them original--includes works by such award-winning authors as Monica Hughes, Tim Wynne-Jones, Ed Gorman, Nancy Kilpatrick, and others. Original. AR: 5.3
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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. AR: 5.4
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Frenzy
by Robert Lettrick
Enduring a summer camp experience of mischief, bullies and unrequited crushes, 14-year-old Heath discovers that the animals in the surrounding forest are infected with a virulent new form of rabies, a situation that forces the campers to rely on a brilliant but unsettling bunkmate. 35,000 first printing. AR: 5.4
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Ask the bones : scary stories from around the world
by Arielle North Olson
Culled from various cultures and master storytellers around the world, this collection of twenty-two frightening tales gives substance to reader's deepest fears and includes appropriately creepy black-and-white drawings. AR: 5.6
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The Egypt game
by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Remembering the warnings against entering the abandoned gold mines in Pyramid Hill, fourteen-year-old Rudy and his best friend, Barney, keep far away, until Tyler Lewis comes to town with a map and a reckless sense of adventure. AR: 6.4
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