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Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
This is a classic tale of a house cursed through the centuries by a man hung for witchcraft, and haunted by the ghosts of its sinful dead, is now available in this special 150th anniversary edition that contains new supplementary material and a new afterword.
Publisher
Midnight Tide Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A society of Old Wives' comes together in this collection of suspenseful stories. In between these pages, twelve authors draw on ancient tales your grandmothers warned you about. From demons living amongst humans to ghosts lurking in the shadows, and even gods looming above, these recountings will surely inspire a fright. Open the book, turn the page, for it may be the last thing you do."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When nightmarish creatures stalk the streets of London, claiming the lives of innocents, Simon Archer, a magician and the last living Scribe; Kate Anstruther, an accomplished alchemist; and Malcolm MacFarlane, a monster hunter, discover that some of the worst monsters are human.
Author
Series
Wolf gift chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young reporter on assignment is attacked and bitten by an unknown beast in rural Northern California and begins a terrifying but seductive transformation into a being with a dual nature, both man and wolf.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
When seventeen-year-old Tana wakes up following a party in the aftermath of a violent vampire attack, she travels to Coldtown, a quarantined Massachusetts city full of vampires, with her ex-boyfriend and a mysterious vampire boy in tow.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three...
Author
Series
Midnight breed volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Prowling the streets of Boston in search of the vampires who had destroyed her life, Elise Chase, a Darkhaven beauty possessing a psychic gift, turns for help to Tegan, the deadliest of the Breed warriors, who could hold the key to teaching her how to harness her talents.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis' parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there's no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents - telekinesis and telepathy - who got to this place the same...
30) Hush-a-bye
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
A delightfully creepy story perfect for the middle school set! Hush-a-Bye is an old, broken doll found by Lucy and her sister in the woods. It seems to possess extraordinary powers, but will it use them for good or evil?
31) Horns
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Wealthy Ignatius Parish is possessed of a terrible new power to go with his terrible new look--a macabre talent he intends to use to find the monster who killed his wife Merrin and destroyed his life. Being good and praying for the best got him nowhere. It's time for a little revenge. It's time the devil had his due. "When it comes to revenge the devil is in the detail" -- Container.
Publisher
Blumhouse Books/Anchor Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From chained ghosts to blood-soaked Santas, this collection celebrates another tradition of Christmas-- commercialism and desire run amok; hauntings and ghostly revenge; and pure terror. Have yourself a scary little Christmas!
Author
Series
Trylle trilogy volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
When Wendy Everly was six years old her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her, and eleven years later Wendy learns that her mother was right and that she is actually a changeling troll, who, at the age of seventeen, must be returned to her rightful home.
Author
Series
Immortals after dark series volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
35) Sea of shadows
Author
Series
Age of legends volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"Twin sisters Ashyn and Moria must embark on a a dangerous journey when the spirits they're charged with protecting turn vengeful"--
Author
Series
Jane Yellowrock novels volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
When one of the most powerful vampire witches of the European Council arrives in New Orleans, bent on bloody destruction, Jane Yellowrock, with the help of a tech wiz and an ex-Army ranger, must track him down before things turn deadly in the Big Easy.
Author
Series
Argeneau series volume 25
Language
English
Description
Ever since Domitian Argenis recognized Sarita as his life mate, he's been waiting for the perfect moment to claim her. Those fantasies did not include him being chained to a table in a secret lab or both of them being held hostage by a mad scientist. Sarita has seen some crazy things as a cop, but nothing to rival Domitian. A vampire? Seriously? But his healing ability, incredible powers, and their mind-blowing physical connection - none of it should...
38) Haunted
Author
Series
Women of the Otherworld volume 5
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Formats
Description
A deceased rebellious witch must cross to the darkest dimension to stop a killer.
Author
Series
Song of ice and fire volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 45
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Long ago, an enigmatic event forever changed the seasons in Winterfell. Thus the land was blessed with lush summers and simultaneously cursed with harsh winters. Now, Winterfell's borders are being increasingly encroached, forcing the prominent Stark family to defend its kingdom from enemies both old and new, including the rival Lannister House and a legendary demon.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When Ethan wakes after the chilling events of the Eighteenth Moon, his one goal is to return to Lena and his loved ones, while back in Gatlin, Lena vows to do whatever it takes to bring Ethan home--even trusting old enemies and risking the lives of those Ethan left to protect.
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