Horror - Kids Fiction

Joseph Bruchac, the award-winning author of Skeleton Man, puts a contemporary spin on Native American lore to create a spine-tingling tale of monsters and darkness.What kind of sinister creature lurks in the dark pond in the forest? Armie can feel it calling to him...

There's something up with the ghost Lavender, Rosie, and Ethan trapped at the corn maze. With it rattling around Lavender's house and sending her spooky text messages, she's determined to learn more about the lore in the ghost's past. What better place for research...

Ever since Lacey and Cal's adventure through the Neitherswarth, the two stepsisters have never been closer. But when Cal comes to visit Lacey at St. Agatha's Boarding School for Girls, Lacey can't help but feel nervous. She wants to embrace her new family, but...

More Scary Stories for Creepy Kids - still short and spooky with a side of silly!Cozy Little Bedtime Stories - If You Dare!! We're baaaaack ... with more scary stories, recipes, and now games! Your favorite young authors Ayla, nine, and sister Calla, seven,...

Author: Johnathan RandISBN-10: 0756935520ISBN-13: 9780756935528Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2002Pages: 203Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 7.40h x 5.10w x 0.70dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 3Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 73511 / Michigan Mega-Monsters

There's something for everyone in this anthology of scary stories. Featuring tales that range from creepy to bone-chilling, from suspicious and strange to downright frightening, Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories will come back to haunt you again and again.Author: Xavier Bonet, Michael DahlISBN-10: 149654918XISBN-13:...

Outer space is a happy place...except for the evil space monkeys!Halloween is ruined after Mr. Boggarty injures his foot just a few days before his favorite spooktacular holiday of the year. Grumpy, upset, and not in the mood to celebrate, Mr. Boggarty still asks...

Ghosts and goblins abound in Sleepy Hollow. The haunting tales of the Headless Horseman entranced Ichabod Crane. During the day, he found the stories exciting. But at night he was afraid. His fear reached new heights the night he was chased by the mysterious...

Discover a World of Adventure with Captivating Tales: A Book of Short Stories for Young Readers! This collection of over 100 short stories is perfect for kids aged 9-11 and is packed with an exciting mix of genres, including fantasy, mystery, relationships, and more....

When darkness falls and the air turns cold, ghosts come out to play. Heather Beck presents Haunted, an anthology of ghostly encounters and paranormal events. Ghost Park After discovering a mysterious playground in the woods, Chase is stalked by angry ghost children. A Haunting...

When Hannah Green's dog comes out of the woods carrying a sneaker that contains a partially decomposed foot, she thinks it's the worst thing that could ever happen to her. She is wrong. Hannah and her best friend, Ashley, decide to play detective but...

The Earth shook and a monster rose, but together Eric Del Bosque and Heather Foster put the creature down. They returned Ashen Forest Estates back to a peaceful neighborhood outside the small town of Grizzlydale. With summer ending, the only real challenge facing Eric...

THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN THE BOOGEYMAN... The internet is full of creepypastas, cryptid sightings, tales of paranormal activity, and unsolved disappearances. These are mostly rumors and pranks fueled by trolls--entertainment. But the unlucky few learn the hard way that some legends are true....

Kelly has a virtual sleepover for her birthday in this scary You're Invited to a Creepover tale. Birthday girl and queen of all things spooky, Kelly Garcia is all set to have the perfect night. First her parents are going out of town. And...

Jacob and his friends set out for a fun Halloween with their older siblings begrudgingly serving as their chaperones for "Trick or Treat". The older sisters hatch a wicked plot to detour the younger kids through the neighborhood's notorious "Hollow". Inspiring shivers in the...

Reid isn't sure if he's grateful to be alive. He's managed to save a small group of kids from the hunters, but only by trapping them all underground without food or water or a way out. If starvation doesn't kill them, thirst will. Still,...

Is death the only way off McGraw Island? Bret Carver has been through a lot lately. First, his big sister died. Then his parents began fighting non-stop. His life couldn't get any worse. At least, that's what he thought before his mother won a...

The Breakfast Club meets Stranger Things in this middle grade horror novel for fans of Goosebumps! Detention turns even scarier when a group of classmates discover dangers lurking in their school. When classmates Hallie, Angelo, Gustav and Naira are forced to come to school...

What happens when your math homework unlocks the door to a haunted adventure? Join Emily, Zara, and Leo -- three friends with a knack for mysteries and a homework assignment like no other. Designed for readers ages 8-12, "The Haunted Homework" is where arithmetic...

The Hunger Games meets Goosebumps in this chilling Creeptown adventure!After a crunching tackle sees 12-year-old Rebecca red-carded from her soccer vacation, she's sent to a mysterious camp for America's most vicious and brutal young athletes. "I'm not a monster!" says Rebecca. But the camp's...

I have to be strong. For my dad. For Evie. For everyone. But, I don't know if I can do this...The Ghost Hunters Society thought they broke the Curse of Culvers Grove. Instead, they find a million new questions. Jacob's spirit is trapped in...

My dad is missing and it's all my fault. He's gone. Just like Mom...The Ghost Hunters Society is back and this time, the safety of everyone in town, living and dead, is at stake. The evil that resides underneath the courthouse has been collecting...

Scary stories drawn from history and local legends.Scary stories: everybody loves to hear them, and everybody loves to tell them. They are popular for sharing in many settings--campouts, sleepovers, classroom or youth-group gatherings--as well as just plain fun to read. Selected especially for appeal...

Apple, Massachusetts is rotten to the core. Every fall, when the orchards ripen and the leaves begin to die, there are murders. We know it, and we accept it. It's the price we pay for living in Apple. Families mourn, but no one is...

Jalen, Mia, Elsie, and Zoe discover a mysterious book that promises to make their wishes come true. The friends joke about what their wishes would be and then forget about the book. But over the next few days, they realize that having wishes come...

Adeline idolizes Gianna, the queen bee of the "in crowd" at her middle school. Desperate for a shot at being popular, Adeline ditches her long-time friends, Emily and Marco. But she soon discovers that fitting in with the cool girls involves going along with...

Emily is a girl who likes to learn about history, but the one thing she did not know about was the haunted mansion. Emily did not understand what scared people about the mansion, so one day, she decided to go inside and prove everyone...

One day Dani's entire class went ... different. Out of nowhere, they all began talking and acting the same, they just. keep. smiling, and everyone is pressuring her to explore the abandoned Garcia house. Even worse, thanks to that mysterious recipe box she found...

Evie once again leaves her world behind to rescue Blight Harbor's ghosts in this second book in the bone-chilling middle grade Blight Harbor trilogy that's reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces.Evie Von Rathe has been home for only a few weeks from her...

The Aldens visit the upstate New York town where the "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was set and discover a headless horseman mystery all their own! Their friend's ghost tour business is threatened by a spooky figure on horseback who is throwing gory pumpkins. Who--or...

- SILVER MEDAL WINNER in the 2020 Wishing Shelf Awards. For 4-8 year olds.Tom loves his new zombie video game so much that he plays it for hours every day. One night when a zombie dream disturbs his sleep, he creeps downstairs to play...

Stan Summer has always lived next to Hilltop Cemetery. So when Amy Martinez moves in nearby, she asks Stan to show her the graveyard. Stan brings Amy to Deadman's Hill, his favorite place in the cemetery--at least it was until a strange red fog...

Patrick never wanted to move to Waskasoo City. He has no friends there; his dad is going to be the school principal, and some bullies have decided to welcome him in their own special way. And then there's the school itself. Craven Hill School...

From the author of The Ghost of Drowned Meadow comes another haunted tale that's as touching as it terrifying.Janessa "Jinx" McCormick loves photography because it's like real life, except she can make it perfect. Using her late father's camera, Jinx takes photos for nearly...

The secrets of Ravensbarrow have been buried far too long. Now they're waking up . . .For fans of My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish and The Incredibly Dead Pets of Rex Dexter, a laugh-out-loud new series that kicks off in a school infested with...

Susan Pearson has written her own unique version of the popular song, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt," introducing four children who go out at night in search of a ghost. After squish-squash-squooshing through a swamp, rustle-rustle-rat-a-tattling through a cornfield, and overcoming all kinds...

In the town of Dredsad, the people have a horrible problem. A female vampire named Wandessa is attacking the town. What was once a beautiful and bustling village has turned into one that is cursed. Now, the villagers' only hope lies in a single...

Dr. Victor Frankenstein dreamed of achieving great things through science. Even to create life. When things go horribly wrong, he turns away from the monster he created. Now Frankenstein's creation is filled with hatred and roaming the countryside. Can the monster be destroyed? Aligned...

Strange things have been happening to Mr. Utterson's friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll. The more worried Mr. Utterson becomes, the more he investigates Dr. Jekyll's life. His investigations lead him to Mr. Edward Hyde. The story he uncovers is horrific and terrifying! Aligned to Common...

Nominee: 2018 Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award Finalist--Best Juvenile Edgar Allan Poe's greatest stories are coming to life, and it's not a good thing. There's something odd about the house David Cray and his mom moved into following his parents' split. Sure, it's old...

MEET A WHOLE HOST OF GHOSTS AND THE LIVING WHO HELP THEM MOVE ON...INTO THE LIGHT!The Stone Angel Society is a collection of five short stories about ghosts and the living who believe in them.Discover the secrets of a hidden playhouse. Meet three cheeky...

Family camping trips are supposed to be fun, but for Parker, Annie, and the Walden family, their trip turns into a nightmare when Parker and Annie get stuck in a swarm of bees, and their mom is attacked by a Martian bird, which belongs...

Matt Daniels and his sister, Livvie, must confront a very big, very slimy problem--a problem called Monster Blood. Now it waits for them in the scariest place imaginable--Matt's funny-tasting cereal.Author: R. L. StineISBN-10: 0606002383ISBN-13: 9780606002387Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2008Pages: 128Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.40h x...

Karla and her little brother Benny accompany their uncle Bill on a scientific expedition to study unidentified species on a remote island, but a little "bad luck" promises unimaginable horrors, including Benny getting bit by a scary swamp snake. Aligned to Common Core Standards...

The underwater library has been attacked. The Librarian will have to retrieve all of the lost books.Author: Michael DahlISBN-10: 1434221423ISBN-13: 9781434221421Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2010Pages: 72Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.10h x 5.00w x 0.40dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.9Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 137762...

The Tara Trilogy is a middle-grade fantasy adventure set in India. It is infused with Indian mythology, culture, and folklore. A young girl must fight an evil healer, Zarku, who is intent on destroying all that is precious to her. Armed only with courage,...

An overnight camping trip Not Harold's idea of fun. Too many mosquitoes, ticks and cockleburs. But when the Monroe family set out, their faithful dog Harold was with them, mostly because he remembered that camping could also bring s'mores and toasted marshmallows. Howie, the...

Home alone in a haunted house... what could go wrong?Lilac Skully is afraid of ghosts. And a lot of other things, too. After her father's mysterious disappearance, Lilac must find a way to deal with the notorious ghosts that haunt her home-or better yet-get...

Jack writes a letter to the Librarian because he needs help. His brother has been eaten by a book!Author: Michael DahlISBN-10: 143422144XISBN-13: 9781434221445Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/01/2010Pages: 72Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.10h x 5.00w x 0.50dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz...

This is Noir: Noir exists everywhere, and in every Noir weird stuff is always happening. Ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and more reside there. The destination is set, so travel across the states for chills, thrills, and things that go bump in the night........ Something is...