Horror - Kids Fiction

Pick a book. Grow a Reader This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books...

Sammy Baker is a quiet kid who wishes he wasn't so shy and timid. He is frightened but eager to prove he can be brave. On Halloween night, he follows his friends to the Marple House, an abandoned mansion on the other side of...

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow...

The original books featuring the scariest creatures from the Goosebumps movie, in theaters October 16, 2015 Mitchell Moinian tried to do some homework. But he kept jumping up and going to his bedroom window to peer down at the car. A street light made...

A sixth-grade Goth girl who thinks she's a vampire encounters her greatest nemesis when she enrolls at Sunny Hill Middle School in this hilarious and entirely original take on the vampire genre for middle graders. Svetlana Grimm has recently discovered she's a vampire. The...

When Zack bought a dinosaur egg at the flea market, he was given one warning: DO NOT put it in the microwave I'll bet you can guess what happened next...Author: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448425467ISBN-13: 9780448425467Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2001Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 7.61h x...

One minute, it was an Egyptian cat stature. The next, it was real, live cat with sharp claws. And I have the scratch to prove it This was one trip to the museum I would never forget.Author: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 044841340XISBN-13: 9780448413402Publisher: Grosset & DunlapLanguage:...

My room is a mess. Now, usually this is not big news. But my clothes have started moving...when I'm not inside them. And the TV is floating across the room Guess what I'm sharing my room with a ghost named Wanda.Author: Dan GreenburgISBN-10: 0448412616ISBN-13:...

Beware of Helen...Heather is such a whiny little brat. Always getting Michael and me into trouble. But since our mother married her father, we're stuck with her...our "poor stepsister" who lost her real mother in a mysterious fire.But now something terrible has happened. Heather...

Dale E. Basye's most over-the-top (the Big Top, that is) adventure yet is now available in paperback. When Marlo Fauster claims she has switched souls with her brother, she gets sent straight to Fibble, the circle of Heck reserved for liars. But it's true--Milton...

In his second novel in the popular series Heck, Dale E. Basye takes Milton and Marlo Fauster on a journey that is as full of clever, dark humor and laugh-out-loud silliness as the first. Welcome to Rapacia, where the greedy kids go. When her...

Now in paperback, a spooky and funny middle-grade thriller from the author of The Golden Compass. Can you hear the distant howling of hounds and the thunder of ghostly hooves? It's All Souls' Eve and Zamiel the Demon Huntsman has come to claim his...

When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner's family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory of the past winter; of her sickly ma giving birth to...

Tales from the Scaremaster is back, bringing a spooky haunted night in a museum with it, in the latest installment of the frightfully fun series perfect for fans of Goosebumps. It's the night that all the sixth-graders at Hamilton Middle School have been waiting...

Clones on the loose spell double trouble at camp in the third book in a spooky new series that's Goosebumps meets Wayside School Kaitlyn and Noah are arch-enemies at their summer camp, and with good reason. They are rivals in everything, and both are...

The full moon is rising...with a bite Twelve-year-old Emma is excited to spend a weekend away at best friend Samantha's house for an epic sleepover with Sam and her out-of-town cousins. But things take a turn for the spooky when Emma's peculiar new book,...

Scare-master Robert San Souci serves up ten chilling tales about untraditional haunted houses: a mansion full of pirate treasure, a ghost trapped in a mysterious dollhouse, a boy whose vacation house comes complete with people-eating spiders, and many more. But beware because not all...

American millionaire Hiram C. Hopgood will stop at nothing to make his daughter, Helen, happy--even if it means buying her an ancient Scottish castle and shipping it back to Texas. Assembling the castle isn't a problem for the oil tycoon . . . it's...

We will not scare you... much Children will love this tickling collection of poems and short tales...told by a ghost Author: Joanne RocklinISBN-10: 0064442616ISBN-13: 9780064442619Publisher: HarperCollinsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/12/2003Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 8.47h x 5.49w x 0.24dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 2.2Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz...

"Fast, funny, frightening--and filled with shocks and surprises. These books are my kind of fun. I want to live on Monsterstreet " --R.L. Stine, author of the Goosebumps seriesIn the third Monsterstreet book, a ticket to the scariest carnival in town comes with a...

In The Northern Frights, the third book in the spooky Scary School series, Charles "New Kid" Nukid and his friends, including Lattie, a girl ninja, must fight an epic battle with an ice dragon to save their school. But first they must survive going...

In this book and CD edition of the perennial favorite The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, children can read along with this fall favorite or simply sit back and enjoy listening. Once upon a time, there was a little old...

Get ready for more adventures with Araminta, the star of a delightfully "spookie" chapter book series from Angie Sage, author of the New York Times bestselling Septimus Heap series!Sir Horace is about to turn five hundred years old! Araminta and Wanda need to find...

Rags to riches story of a young orphan who becomes a famous actress. A Roaring Good Read launch title.Daisy is brought up in a foundling's hospital in Victorian times. At ten she is sent into service as a skivvy at the Dobell Academy.There she...

The Conjuring meets Sadie in this queer ghost story, when seventeen-year-old podcaster Dare finds herself in a life-or-death struggle against an evil spirit. Dare Chase doesn't believe in ghosts. But as the host of Attachments, her brand-new paranormal investigation podcast, she knows to keep...

A prank call lands teens in hot water when they dial a number on Fear Street in this deliciously creepy young adult thriller from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine. It begins as an innocent prank: Deena Martinson and her best friend, Jade Smith, make sexy...

Lorien Lawrence's The Collectors is the second young readers novel in the Fright Watch series. The Ladies in White want you to join their family--forever . . . After defeating the Oldies, Quinn and Mike thought that things would settle down on Goodie Lane....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - One magical inn, two kids with supernatural powers, and an ancient Celtic creature trying to destroy their world... Wednesday meets Supernatural in this bewitching middle-grade series! Thirteen-year-old Anna Ballinkay has never been normal. Her family uses their psychic abilities...

From master of middle grade horror Mary Downing Hahn, a new thriller about bravery, unexpected friendship, and sinister cats that will captivate readers with its chilling mix of mystery and magic.Zoey loves spending the summer with her Aunt Alice, and her aunt's new house...

From the co-author of the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Magic Misfits comes a spectacularly creepy novel that will keep you up way past bedtime. Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! "Grab a flashlight and a blanket--this...

From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks and Ghost Squad, about a terrifying house and the girl haunted by her experience with cancer, grief, and healing. Are you brave enough to step inside?For as long...

A twisty, terrifying supernatural mystery about twelve-year-old, her creepy new home in Florida, and the territorial ghost of the young girl who lived there before her. "A fiendishly creepy ghost story."--Chuck Wendig, New York Times bestselling author of Dust & Grim "Hide-under-the-covers terrifying, I...

The exciting tale of Disney's Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman­ is retold in the classic Little Golden Book format! Perfect for Halloween or anytime, this spooky story will thrill young readers ages 2 to 5 as well as Disney and Little Golden Book...

The riveting conclusion to the acclaimed Spirit Hunters series!We Need Diverse Books cofounder Ellen Oh delivers the final book in her middle grade series Spirit Hunters, a gripping mystery and thrilling adventure, starring a Korean-American heroine and a diverse cast of characters.Harper is dealing...

Who hates horror first of all?HAHA Most importantly kids are the one who love horror more than anyone. Grownups are afraid of ghosts sometimes even more creepiest ones... but let me introduce the kids with some great potential even though it seems like a...

In a small town, a long lost relative is coming back from the dead..."Are you afraid of the dead?" her grandfather asked.Sarah Asmundson will discover the answer to that question. She, along with her twin brother Micheal and their cousin Angie go to visit...

The exciting third book in the Witch Rabbit series brings back all the spooky fun and creepy chills! Mona and her friends once again find themselves in the middle of a mystery and this time it involves saving Halloween from dark forces! Mysteries from...

Venice, 1865: Sixteen-year-old Ayanda Draculesti doesn't remember her early life-all she knows is that she was found as a small child, wandering the streets of Venice with an intricate medallion and a mangled left arm. But Ayanda is unique--even though she's alive, she has...

Hunger is dangerous... After the world was ravaged by a viral apocalypse, Blackwater is one of the only colonies that remains. The survivors came together to create this safe haven. Nestled between a fierce river and a city's flood wall, the well-being of its...

Miller and Smith are back with another wild Monster Files case. This time they are helping a girl named Amber, who believes her neighbor is a werewolf.After Miller goes on a stakeout with Amber, they find out the man has plenty of secrets. For...

A contemporary collection of original short stories by Anica Mrose Rissi that is sure to elicit chills, laughs, and screams, even from the most devoted fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark! This audio edition features a multi-cast, including performances by Frankie...

Dare you turn the page of the old spooky book? Will you write in it? Min is forced to move into the old and haunted Cemetery House where a ghost-boy awaits her in the library. Zak is chased by terrible creatures that drip oil...

Dare you spin the bone? Can you hear it rattling in its metal box? Spooky things keep happening to Zak and Min after their father mysteriously disappears one day at breakfast. Min encounters spider-like creatures and a doll that sprints and steals. Zak is...

Once upon a midnight dreary, a man was disturbed by a tapping. He searched for the source of the noise to find a stately raven outside his window. The raven flew inside, perched above his door, and repeated one word--Nevermore. This horrifying tale is...

One night while walking home, Joel Hetman's father sees something in the moonlit road. Then, he disappears. Next, we hear from Caspar Grattan, who recounts what little memory he has of his past--a past that includes murder. Finally, the late Julia Hetman relates how...

When Francis Wayland Thurston inherited his uncle's personal papers, he discovered a chilling mystery in one of the files. His uncle had interviewed several people around the world who were having strange dreams of a dark city. A voice called to each of them--called...

In 1815, a young medical student discovers that the corpses he and his peers examine in anatomy class are gotten by suspicious means. Soon, the young man finds himself an accomplice to murder He helps dispose of the body and is soon helping procure...

A long-abandoned--and long-haunted--summer camp sets the stage for the sequel to Camp Murderface, perfect for fans of old school scare masters like R.L. Stine and Christopher Pike.There's no such thing as an uneventful summer at Camp Sweetwater.Now that the Vampire Devils beneath the lake...

ISLAND OF THE WEIRDWHAT IS THE BROOKLYN TRIANGLE AND HOW CAN DANNY AND HIS FRIENDS GET OUT OF IT?Danny and his monster friends have come up with the coolest science project ever. They're going to build a submarine to find a sunken pirate ship....

The Ghost Twins hop on a school bus to visit Hanover, their old school. A new school has been built around the old bell tower-a new school that's in deep financial trouble. When the twins explore the mysterious room at the top of the...