Horror - Kids Fiction

One day when Mashiro flunks a test in school, she decides to run away from home. If only her bad test grade could be wiped from her parents' memories... As she fantasizes about the impossible, a girl in an eyepatch and a neon pink...

A Haunted House...Missing Children...A Dead Man Walking...The Grand Avenue Detectives are on the case.Every small town has its secrets... Places you never go, except on a dare... People who, when you see them coming, you cross the street and go the other way...When a...

Gather 'round and get ready to be spooked with By the Campfire, an anthology of ten spine-tingling tales guaranteed to give you goosebumps!During a camping trip, siblings find themselves lost in the woods. To pass the time, they tell scary stories. But as the...

Experience the thrill of an eerie Halloween twist to a classic cozy tale. A town preps for a spooky night, oblivious to the dead's plans. Timing is key in this exciting family read.'Twas the Night Before Halloween is a captivating narrative that weaves the...

Award-nominated horror author J.E. Steffens brings you his latest collection, Give Me The Creeps. Give Me the Creeps presents four fearful tales of harrowing fright perfect for horror-loving kids, young and old. From creepy clowns to wild werewolves and more, get the Creeps today!Author:...

The McMillan children, Jack and his twin sisters Eva and GG, are excited to move into their new house, a mansion from the late 1800s. They get even more excited when their new neighbor, Roman tells them the house contains a mystery! But that...

Ellen Oh's Spirit Hunters meets Katherine Arden's Small Spaces in this middle grade supernatural mystery following a girl whose discovery of a magical clearing near her summer camp ends up putting her best friend in danger. Pina's first trip to summer camp is a...

An action-packed, spine-tingling ghost story about twins with supernatural powers--perfect for fans of Five Nights At Freddy's and the Goosebumps series Thirteen-year-old twins Gabby and Trent Manning are Connecticut's youngest paranormal investigators. Both have inherited "the gift" from their grandparents, the Mannings, whose legendary...

The middle grade horror debut from USA Today bestselling author Amalie Howard in which a girl stays with her grandmother in Trinidad for the summer and discovers that she comes from a long line of witches. Thirteen-year-old Darika Lovelace is in big trouble. The...

"A superb choice for fans of Jonathan Stroud's Lockwood & Co. series, Tom Booth's Eerie-on-Sea books, and creepypastas." ―Booklist, Starred ReviewWhat if your favorite scary story was real? With eerie illustrations and chilling creepypasta interstitials, The Doomsday Archives: The Wandering Hour by Zack Loran...

Theo Harrison's new neighbours were strange - very strange indeed. Theo was a major league horror fan, but even he would not have lived in the old chapel that stood in the grounds of the creepy old cemetery. And especially not have done the...

Seventeen-year-old Velvet, her little sister, Opal their mom, who is recovering from the Contamination, and Velvet's sweet boyfriend, Dillon, are attempting to build a new life amid the rationing and regulations of the post-outbreak nation. But the outbreak isn't over: more people turning into...

A wonderful Halloween adventure with Miss Smith and her students Miss Smith's students know to expect the unexpected when she reads from her magical book. This time, Miss Smith takes her kids to the eerie library down the block and introduces them to the...

With thrills, chills, and laughs on every page, this gruesomely funny book will leave you seeing double In this third book in the acclaimed middle grade series that is "sure to please young readers looking for a thrill" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), three monster-obsessed...

Fifty two different stories. Fifty two different Authors. Endless fright for all ages. Every state has an urban legend that evokes fear and curiosity in equal parts, and we've chronicled all of these logic-defying horrors here in the Haunted States of America anthology. From...

If you look out the window at midnight on a snowy day, you'll meet eyes with a ghost and be cursed! Have you ever heard this urban legend? It's been going around, and when I first heard it I thought it was just made...

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 hardcover boxed set. In...

Author: Danielle McKechnieISBN-10: 1524899348ISBN-13: 9781524899349Publisher: Andrews McMeel PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/26/2025Pages: 432Format: Paperback

What Was That? Scary Campfire Stories to Tell in the Dark will have you jumping at every snap of a twig and flicker of a shadow! Are you brave enough to delve into eight spine-tingling tales of terror? Experience the rustling of leaves as...

A scavenger hunt takes a sinister turn in the third novel in the Eek! series, tales to scare you silly!In the small town of Farlow, mysterious advertisements appear for a summer scavenger hunt. Twelve-year-old Maggie and her friends can't wait. They have their team,...

Folks say Old Auntie takes a girl and keeps her fifty years then lets her go and takes another one. Thirteen-year-old Daniel Anderson doesn t believe Brody Mason s crazy stories about the ghost witch who lives up on Brewster s Hill with Bloody...

This Halloween Coloring Book is the PERFECT Halloween gift or present for someone you love.Makes a great Halloween gift or stocking stuffer. Packed with designs of pumpkins, Bat, Vampire, Spiders and More..Your little one will love this Grab it todayFeatures & details 110 Beautiful...

In this graphic novel adaptation, Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story is transformed into a heart-pounding, visual experience portraying one man's journey into the dizzying depths of madness.Author: Benjamin HarperISBN-10: 1434230236ISBN-13: 9781434230232Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/01/2013Pages: 72Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 10.30h x 6.70w x...

Experience the thrill of an eerie Halloween twist to a classic cozy tale. A town preps for a spooky night, oblivious to the dead's plans. Timing is key in this exciting family read.'Twas the Night Before Halloween is a captivating narrative that weaves the...

Meet Araminta, the star of a delightfully "spookie" chapter book series from Angie Sage, author of the bestselling Septimus Heap series! Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell...

Can ancient, unknown creatures surface in your own backyard? Twelve-year-old Pablo has lived in a small California desert town his whole life, and the sticky black tar puddle by the corral fence has been little more than a nuisance to walk around or step...

Laughs, ghosts, and a lip-gloss-loving teen sleuth Sherry (short for Sherlock) Holmes Baldwin is spending spring break in California with her best friend, Junie. She can't wait to hang out in the sun, hit the mall, and spend time with cutie-pie Josh. Then ....

Author: Matt PhilipISBN-13: 9798224244249Publisher: Bright Minds BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/05/2024Pages: 130Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.28d

After suffering the loss of her father, the Myers family was left reeling. Mounting bills and inflation began to pile onto Melissa and her brother Zak's mother. When she saw an advertisement on a house for sale in Waverly, Iowa, it almost seemed too...

Gather around the campfire with 20 spooky, spine-tingling tales that blend folklore, urban legend, and our darkest fears.The great outdoors has never been so terrifying! Featuring iconic landscapes like the Grand Canyon and Redwood National Park, this book will haunt your dreams long after...

Down in the Dark Deep Where the Puddlers Dwell takes the adventurous on a stroll down a deserted lane, much like the one right around the corner from you now. But down the lane, there are things perhaps better left alone. Things we should...

A spooky tale of virtual school gone very, very wrong...Not every kid would be thrilled to move to rural Alaska, but sixth grader Lucy is eager to leave her bullies behind and start over. However, it turns out that Lucy's new school does remote...

Reader beware! You hold in your hands the gateway to horror.These five original short stories are the beginning of your journey into the dark domains of the supernatural, the weird and grotesque, and the starkly terrifying. Read them alone at your own risk. Finish...

Now in paperback, an equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt middle-grade mystery about facing--and accepting--your fears, perfect for fans of Stranger Things and The Parker Inheritance Bones Malone feels like he can't do anything right in his new small town: He almost punched the son...

We all know what human children do when it's a dark and stormy night. But what do young monsters do when the lights go off, the door shuts, and the dark and scary things creep out? They have a party!Bring home a book that...

When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous.But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to "change" her and...

Escape from the Dungeons of Snerbville is the third installment in the quirky, creepy, hilarious Bonkers series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carman.Barker Mifflin is back!Sort of. He fell into a hole--or more accurately, he rode a forty-foot chicken down into...

If Lemony Snicket rebooted the Goosebumps franchise, you'd have something close to Bonkers: the quirky, creepy, hilarious new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patrick Carman.Barker Mifflin never leaves home without his go bag, his army boots, and his trusty flyswatter. As...

Crowscratch is back with more spine-chilling tales of the supernatural, crafted with his signature blend of horror, humor, and heart. In SPACESHIP SPINACH, two boys with mutant powers escape a top secret government lab, on a quest to find the source of the alien...

Author: Yamile Saied M?ndez, Justina Ireland, Hanna AlkafISBN-10: 0063298228ISBN-13: 9780063298224Publisher: Clarion BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/27/2025Pages: 240Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.00lbs

Cruel Nature is first time author D. B. Albiza's humble love letter to the dog-eared horror paperbacks of our youth. It's a young reader's initiation into what the author hopes will be a life long love affair with the genre.Seven tales deliver brief terrifying...

A fantastic collection of ghost stories from leading children's authorsDerek Landy (Scepter of the Ancients), Philip Reeve (Mortal Engines), Joseph Delaney (Revenge of the Witch), Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising), Eleanor Updale (Montmorency), Jamila Gavin (Coram Boy), Mal Peet (Keeper), Matt Haig (Samuel...

Penelope Tredwell, the pen behind bestselling author, Montgomery Flinch, is cursed with writer's block. She needs a sensational new story or her magazine, the Penny Dreadful, will go under. So when a mysterious letter arrives, confessing to the impossible crime of stealing the Crown...

Edward Gorey meets Downton Abbey in a deliciously ghostly caper about mischievous children who won't stay inside their gilded portrait frames. Welcome to Shiverhawk Hall It's a big old house full of treasure, mystery, and stories. Here, just look up on the wall. See...

The Barn is a unique short story that excludes all of the boring, excessive details that you normally find in conventional literature.The fast moving Supernatural Thriller is sure to make the little hairs on the back of your neck bristle. After certain chapters you...

A ghastly green figure with bolts in its neck lurches toward a helpless victim. It's Frankenstein! Popular culture transformed Mary Shelley's infamous character into a cartoonish caricature. In fact, many people are surprised to learn that Frankenstein isn't the name of the fictional monster...

Dovey learns that demons lurk in places other than the dark corners of her mind in this southern gothic fantasy from the author of the Blud series. A year ago, Hurricane Josephine swept through Savannah, Georgia, leaving behind nothing but death and destruction--and taking...

A young man gets a sliver from a strange book. That night, beneath the glow of a full moon, the man transforms into the Word Eater. The beast prowls the streets, searching for words to eat. If the Librarian doesn't stop it, every word...

RavenWing creates a popular app. Readers can download their favorite horror tales. But the app sends more than eBooks their way. Hungry ravens swarm out of thin airAuthor: Michael DahlISBN-10: 143423231XISBN-13: 9781434232311Publisher: Stone Arch BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/01/2011Pages: 72Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.10h x 5.00w x...

The next fast-paced, thrilling adventure from bestselling author D. J. MacHale Check out a book and fall under its spell . . . literally. Marcus is an agent of the Library--a place filled with tales that don't have an ending. Mysteries that won't be...