Horror - Kids Fiction

Down on the Bayou there is Cajun folklore, with a mysterious creature like never before-a legend so mesmerizing, chilling and true about how the Rougarou is going to get you.As the readers are guided through a tale of superstition, they will learn about a...

In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is...

Weeks after watching her principal try to chew up her teacher, and minutes after she'd just lost her family, 12-year-old Aurora Bonsall begins her escape. Alongside Max Random in his hand-built go-kart, they set off across a ruined landscape of studio backlots, wrecked shopping...

"In a lightning-storm of beautiful writing, P?draig Kenny brings his extraordinary cast of characters to perfect, charming life. A marvelously delicate parable of friendship and compassion, Stitch is witty, elegant, and profound." --Jonathan Stroud In a Frankenstein-inspired adventure, Stitch and his friend Henry Oaf...

Author: Erin FalligantISBN-10: 1250388945ISBN-13: 9781250388940Publisher: Castle Point BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/20/2025Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d

An interactive adventure featuring a deadly curse, a rival school, and a traitor in your ranks. The Great Winter Academy for the Extraordinarily Talented is made up of students with paranormal and fantastical abilities. This year, YOU are one of three students who are...

The race is on for the Gamer! Villain Cynthia Cyber has captured two victims in her video game Space Racers. The helpless players cannot escape their speeding cars. Even worse, a monster racer is threatening to destroy them. The Gamer must drive on to...

A lonely farmhouse on a deserted dirt road holds a terrible secret. A young boy is held captive by his family. But it's for his own good. They are trying to protect him from a dangerous creature. A creature that screams in the night.Author:...

Will and his mom are caught in a blinding blizzard. A shadow is hiding in the snow. A shadow that roars. Giant claws grip the car. Will wishes his older and stronger brother was with them now.Author: Michael DahlISBN-10: 1434223086ISBN-13: 9781434223081Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage:...

Previously published as Curse of the Boggin. A fast-paced, thrilling series opener from bestselling author D. J. MacHale. Check out a book--and unlock an adventure There's a place filled with tales that don't have an ending. Puzzles that won't be solved until someone steps...

It's a whole new ride from master of horror and bestselling author R.L. Stine--with a story so fiendish that it can't be contained in just one book FORMAT: 2 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: TBDThe kids who are trapped in HorrorLand thought they had reason enough to...

It's a whole new ride from master of horror and bestselling author R.L. Stine--with a story so fiendish that it can't be contained in just one book FORMAT: 2 CDs, UnabridgedNARRATOR: TBDNot long ago, Luke and Lizzy Morris dared to spend one day at...

It's Halloween, and ten timid ghosts in a haunted house have a problem: a mean witch is preparing to move in and scare them away, one by one Young trick-or-treaters learn to count backwards from ten to one as each ghost flies away to...

Weeks after watching her principal try to chew up her teacher, and minutes after she'd just lost her family, 12-year-old Aurora Bonsall begins her escape. Alongside Max Random in his hand-built go-kart, they set off across a ruined landscape of studio backlots, wrecked shopping...

Alex Moore is less than thrilled when his family decides to leave their bustling city life behind for the sleepy, rural town of Grand Darbeth, Vermont. With its quaint charm and serene landscape, Grand Darbeth seems harmless, if a little too quiet for Alex's...

Penelope Yee is a little girl who has too many things to do. So many things, in fact, that she would rather die than do them all, and so she does-over and over again. She simply can't stop dying. The problem is that every...

The ultimate scare for readers aged 9-12. Do your kids love scary books and spine-tingling stories? Then you're in the right place. Ghosts. Bad dreams. Creepy spiders. Alien infections. We all have something we're afraid of. And, of course, there are many other things...

Perfect for fans of Lisa Frankenstein and Bones and All, this "brutally beautiful" (Cassandra Clare) coming-of-rage horror novel about girl villains and monstrosity follows two sisters...and their growing body count--now with a brand-new look! Kit and Fancy Cordelle are sisters of the best kind:...

When Delores Mackenzie is chased home by a restless spirit, she is sent to the mysterious Uncles in Edinburgh Old Town to learn how to control her unusual 'gifts'. Scared and alone, she finds her new home at the Tolbooth Book Store is full...

Fifteen-year-old Tom lives in the murky city of London where he helps his father run a print shop. Among the customers is wise old Dr. Harker, a retired physician and seafarer, whose patient demeanor and fascinating tales endear him to Tom. Both Tom and...

A chilling middle school novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Mystery of Locked Rooms, three kids must discover who--or what--is terrorizing them after receiving an ominous meme on Halloween night. "A creepy, freaky, fun-as-anything tale."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author...

Horrific tales of Horrifying Horror is a collection of 6 stories from authors and 5 stories from guest authors aged between 4 and 12. The stories are not cute. they are not sweet. They are blood-curdling, eyeball-popping, face-biting, scream-inducing tales of horror They are...

A new terror descends upon the haunted town of Beacon Point in the sequel to Scarewaves by Internet horror superstar Trevor Henderson, complete with new spine-tingling illustrations!It's been six months since the events of Scarewaves, and in that time, Beacon Point has enjoyed an...

In the enchanting children's fairy tale Mishap, young Michael, along with his adventurous friends, find themselves inspired by action movies and daring heists. Fueled by their imaginations, they set out to embark on their own thrilling escapade by robbing a bank. However, as they...

13 writing prompts and story starters to kick start your own horror stories. Need some inspiration to get your creepy crawlies out on the paper? Here it is!Author: M. A. BursonISBN-10: 8745422524ISBN-13: 9798745422522Publisher: Independently PublishedLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/27/2021Pages: 86Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x...

Freddie Figg has a problem. A pink, tentacled, slime-covered problem. And he's the only one that can solve it.It started as an ordinary day for Freddie Figg, but science class, and a special dissection experiment, has brought a monster to school. With no one...

A YA horror anthology for teens. Turn off the lights. Get under the covers. Grab a flashlight. Be quiet, or they'll hear you. Because in this spine-tingling collection of unnerving original stories, you won't know who to trust as you navigate through horrific tales...

The final confrontation. The Lord of Nightmares casts his shadow over the Dreamland. Everywhere his creations spread, malign, baleful, terrifying... Steven and Jessica must return to the Dreamland one final time. They must enter the lair of dread, tread the blighted halls of the...

A virtual battle between two gamers could mean death IRL.Author: Jason StrangeISBN-10: 1434230961ISBN-13: 9781434230966Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2011Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.30h x 5.20w x 0.20dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 1Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 141378 / Realm of Ghosts

Author: Adam B. FordISBN-10: 1965139019ISBN-13: 9781965139011Publisher: H Bar PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/30/2024Pages: 44Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.11d

Author: Lora SenfISBN-10: 1665934611ISBN-13: 9781665934619Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young ReadersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/15/2025Pages: 384Format: PaperbackSize: 7.63h x 5.13w x 0.64d

From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes three chilling novellas, all set in the small town of Hollow Hills. Tony has a love of old comics... but when he goes poking around where he doesn't belong, will he find himself...

A hidden lab.A grisly discovery.An eerie swamp.Can Sadie and Newt uncover the secret of the swamp before it's too late?Sadie is not impressed by her latest school holiday destination - a cabin in a mud-infested swamp in the middle of nowhere aka "Sanctuary DeVolfe".Sadie...

The timeless, genre-defying classics Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Raven & Other Writings are now available together in this bone-chilling paperback boxed set. In...

A chilling, compelling mystery from the internationally bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind. When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and...

It's war time, and the Carver family decides to leave the capital where they live and move to a small coastal village where they've recently bought a home. But from the minute they cross the threshold, strange things begin to happen. In that mysterious...

It's a whole new ride from master of horror and bestselling author R.L. Stine--with a story so fiendish that it can't be contained to just one book Format: 2CDs, UnabridgedBilly and his sister, Sheena, unwittingly dive into a terrifying mystery when they accept a...

A truly captivating spooky adventure from the outstanding Eva Ibbotson, bestselling author of Journey to the River Sea.Author: Eva IbbotsonISBN-10: 1447265637ISBN-13: 9781447265634Publisher: MacMillan Children's BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/09/2014Pages: 210Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.48dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 6.1Point Value: 8Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name:...

Last Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this monster mash of a series featuring all your favorite creatures going head-to-head in epic battles. We found out in the first book in the Versus Universe what happens when a vampire goes up against a werewolf,...

Spooky and Beautiful Creepy Stories - for Children "Step into the realm of enchanting spookiness with '20 Spine-Chilling Stories for Children.'This captivating collection is crafted to ignite the thrill-seeking imagination of young readers, offering tales that balance the line between shivers and delights. From...

2017 Silver Birch Express Award Honour Book - 2017 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award -- Shortlisted - 2017 Diamond Willow Award -- ShortlistedThe second instalment in a series of scary tall tales from acclaimed children's novelist Philippa Dowding. I will never leave this car,...

The first in a series of scary tall tales from award-winning children's novelist Philippa Dowding.Why is Grandpa acting so weird? And why are there so many giant flies?Jake spends every summer on his grandpa's farm. But this year, things are a little weird. First,...

When Arlie, Ty, and the ever-present Mr. Boots discover an old dragonfly pendant, they don't think much of it -- it's just another thing to keep mr. Boots from trying to swallow. But when the pendant turns out to have odd powers -- powers...

Prepare yourself for a spine-chilling collection of eerie tales that will keep you up at night! In Billie's Very Creepy Stories, you'll be pulled into a series of terrifying adventures filled with haunted houses, cursed objects, and encounters with the supernatural. Each story brings...

A girl gets caught in a deadly game of hide-and-seek in this first book in the Ghosts of Fear Street series from the master of children's horror, R.L. Stine--now with a reimagined look! Do you believe in ghosts? Don't say no until you take...

A boy suspects his substitute teacher is hiding a sinister secret in this second book in the Ghosts of Fear Street series from the master of children's horror, R.L. Stine--now with a reimagined look! Do you believe in ghosts? Don't say no until you...

Last Kids on Earth meets Goosebumps in this monster mash of a series featuring all your favorite creatures going head-to-head in epic battles. We found out in the first book in the Versus Universe what happens when a vampire goes up against a werewolf,...

When a brother and sister go trick-or-treating, they stumble upon a mysterious carnical of happy ghosts and goblins and enjoy the most fun-filled Halloween ever.Author: Mary Ann FraserISBN-10: 1590788575ISBN-13: 9781590788578Publisher: Astra Young ReadersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 32Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 10.33h x 11.37w x 0.39dAccelerated Reader:Reading...

Nate and Patrice are on Zombie Patrol but get more than they bargained for when they find Zomboss, who is gleefully reliving his college days. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.Author: Paul TobinISBN-10: 1614795347ISBN-13:...

Author: Claire McFallISBN-10: 1471404870ISBN-13: 9781471404870Publisher: Hot Key BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/06/2015Pages: 272Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.59lbsSize: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.61d