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1) If it bleeds
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"The four never-before-published novellas in this collection represent horror master King at his finest, using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. A teenager discovers that a dead friend's cell phone, which was buried with the body, still communicates from beyond the grave in 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone,' which reads like a Twilight Zone episode infused with an...
2) I am legend
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Language
English
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Winner of the Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award for best vampire novel of the century: the genre-defining classic of horror sci-fi that inspired three films.
The population of the entire world has been obliterated by a pandemic of vampire bacteria. Yet somehow, Robert Neville survived. He must now struggle to make sense of what happened and learn to protect himself against the vampires who hunt him nightly.
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The population of the entire world has been obliterated by a pandemic of vampire bacteria. Yet somehow, Robert Neville survived. He must now struggle to make sense of what happened and learn to protect himself against the vampires who hunt him nightly.
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Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
King takes listeners beyond the safe haven of daylight and into a dark realm where anything is possible--and where no one is safe. With startling tales bearing the celebrated author's unmistakable imprint, "Just after sunset" proves a terrifying treat.
5) Misery
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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Description
Best selling author Paul Sheldon is fortunate to have survived a deadly car crash. However, when he awakes from the accident, he finds himself held captive by a psychotic woman who claims to be his biggest fan. Unfortunately for Paul, this loony fan is disgruntled because he killed off her favorite character. Paul is forced to fight for his life and try to escape, before the woman makes good on her threats to torture and kill him.
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Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
7) Into the pit
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Five Nights at Freddy's creator Scott Cawthon spins three sinister novella-length stories from different corners of his series' canon.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
A "hypnotic" (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas from Stephen King bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters. "The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is," hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons. This...
Author
Series
Fear Street. Relaunch volume 5
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Caitlin has never had a real boyfriend before. When she starts seeing Blade, she throws herself into the relationship with fervor. She ignores her friends who warn her that Blade may be a phony and that she is taking the whole thing too seriously. Caitlin is smitten. She doesn't care if she loses her friends. All she wants is Blade. When Caitlin sees Blade with another girl, she completely loses it. She snaps. Everything goes red. When she comes...
15) The cliffs
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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