The Horrors: Terrifying Tales Book Two (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780889953383)

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2007

Fourteen new spine-tingling treats for teens.

In this second volume of original horror stories for teenaged readers, you'll find ghosts and werewolves, weird transformations and menacing strangers, the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end and your heart beats faster.

Some of these stories explore the most traditional of horror themes - the visitation of vampires, fear of the dark corners of the basement - with a nod to that master of horror, Edgar Allen Poe. Others take readers into less familiar territory: the terror of a babysitter with a too-vivid imagination, the dangers of compulsive attention paid to a pet fighting-fish, the claustrophobia of a cruise ship where nasty plots abound, and the subtle tension between the discipline of intellect and the boisterous yearning of creativity as it is played out in the minds of teens.

Some stories here come from some of our most celebrated of authors for youth - Priscilla Galloway, William Bell, Anne Laurel Carter, Kathy Stinson, Gillian Chan, Jamie Bastedo, Louise Wadsworth, Diana Aspin, Joanne Findon, Sylvia McNicoll, Wendy Lewis, Sylvo Frank, Alison Lohans and Cheryl Rainfield - some represent the work of gifted emerging writers who have also captured the essence of what makes a good suspense-filled story.

Author: Peter Carver
ISBN-10: 0889953384
ISBN-13: 9780889953383
Publisher: Red Deer Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2006
Pages: 184
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.58w x 0.62d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 106190 / Horrors! Ghastly Stories for Teen Readers


Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 04/01/2006 pg. 45
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2006 pg. 443 - Recommended - Readable
School Library Journal 02/01/2007 pg. 116

About the Author

Peter Carver is currently Red Deer Press' Children's Book Editor. Under his direction, Red Deer Press has published notable talents as Kevin Major, Martine Leavitt, Cora Taylor, Ted Staunton and many more. Peter Carver was awarded the Canadian Library Association Award for Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada and the Writers' Union Freedom to Read Week Award. When he's not editing children's books, Peter Carver teaches creative writing classes in Toronto.