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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
As a science journalist with a regular column in Scientific American, Jeremy Marsh specializes in debunking the supernatural and has a real nose for the strange and unusual. A born skeptic, he travels to the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, determined to find the real cause behind the ghostly apparitions that appear in the town cemetery. What he doesn't plan on, however, is meeting and falling hopelessly in love with Lexie Darnell, granddaughter...
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Language
English
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Fresh off a bad breakup with a longtime boyfriend, Nantucket sweetheart Lizbet Keaton is desperately seeking a second act. When she's named the new general manager of the Hotel Nantucket, a once Gilded Age gem turned abandoned eyesore, she hopes that her local expertise and charismatic staff can win the favor of their new London billionaire owner, Xavier Darling, as well as that of Shelly Carpenter, the wildly popular Instagram tastemaker who can...
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English
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Ghosts are everywhere--whether you believe in them or not. Every town has its local legends, and countless books, movies, and TV shows are haunted by their presence. But our obsession with ghosts runs deeper than we know--and is embedded in the very fabric of American history. Writer and historian Marc Hartzman dons the mantle of tour guide, taking readers on a fascinating journey through supernatural history, including: Famous haunted sites like...
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Language
English
Description
What's so perfect about the past for Sybil and Blake Gregory, a successful Manhattan couple with three children who land in San Francisco when Blake impulsively accepts the job of a lifetime as CEO of a start-up? The family moves into a grand, surprisingly affordable Pacific Heights mansion and soon meets the affable Butterfield family, who lived there a century ago. Of course the Butterfields are ghosts, and only the Gregorys can see them, but that...
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead, and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer
6) Boo who?
Author
Publisher
Candlewood Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Boo is new-- and it can be scary being new, especially for a shy ghost who can't play any of the other kids' games. Can Boo find a way to fit in and make friends with the rest of the group?"--
Author
Series
Holland family saga volume 5
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Novelist Aaron Holland Broussard is shattered when his daughter Fannie Mae dies suddenly. As he tries to honor her memory by saving two young men from a life of crime amid their opioid-ravaged community, he is drawn into a network of villainy that includes a violent former Klansman, a far-from-holy minister, a biker club posing as evangelicals, and a murderer who has been hiding in plain sight. Aaron's only ally is state police officer Ruby Spotted...
Author
Series
Wild cards volume 24
Publisher
HARPERVOYAGER
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
After the suspicious death of a crew member on the historical steamboat Natchez, retired NY police detective Leo Storgman seeks to discover the ship's secrets, including the truth behind ghostly sightings of its first captain
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Do spirits haunt the world? Do ghosts come back to bother the living? Read these spooky stories about famous ghosts...and decide for yourself! Additional features include informative captions and sidebars, a Think-About-It section, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, a table of contents, an index, and an introduction to the author."--
Author
Series
Haunted library volume 7
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2016
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A group of girls in Claires town have noticed strange sights and sounds coming from the tree house where their club meets. Is it a rival boys club trying to scare them away? Or is it a ghost? The girls ask Claire to tackle the mystery--and Kaz hopes to finally find the rest of his missing family members!
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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"An unforgettable debut novel from an award-winning writer: a lively, daring ghost story about a dead teen girl who falls in love with a female writer who has no idea she exists. In 1473, fourteen-year-old Blanca dies in childbirth in a hilltop monastery in Mallorca. Nearly four hundred years later, when George Sand, her two children, and her lover Frederic Chopin arrive in the village, Blanca is still there: a spirited, funny, righteous ghost, she's...
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Language
English
Description
"In this haunting parable of the American west, a young woman faces the violent past of a remote Montana valley. In Montana's Bitterroot Valley, a young Ruthie Fear sees an apparition: a strange, headless creature near a canyon creek. Raised in a trailer by her stubborn, bowhunting father, Ruthie develops a powerful connection with the natural world but struggles to find her place in a society shaped by men. As she comes of age, her small community...
13) A ghost story
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife
Publisher
Inception Media Group
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
In a Dallas film studio the actors and crew of a horror film become the victims of their own bloody horror story. One by one, they are killed off by a vengeful ghost who seems to be reenacting some of the scariest moments in the history of film. As the director and his pretty actresses begin to piece together a forty year old puzzle, it may be to late for them all. The key to their freedom is held by a creepy old woman who reveals a murder mystery...
15) Haunted Homicide
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
When she stumbles upon the dead body of Muriel Sadler, the president of the Portage Path Women's Club, in the basement of the mansion she is restoring, Avery Morgan, with a little otherworldly assistance, sets out to solve this case before everything comes crashing down
16) The unholy
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A journalist travels to a small New England town to investigate a young girl's miracles after she is supposedly visited by the Virgin Mary, but terrifying events begin to unfold
Author
Language
English
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Description
Pack up your Ouija board, wine bra, and squirt guns full of holy water ... we're going on a road trip! From the hit podcast And That's Why We Drink, this is your interactive travel guide to the hosts' favorite spooky and sinister sights. The world is a scary place ... and that's why we drink!
18) Haunter
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In 1986, teenager Lisa and her family died in their home under sinister circumstances. Unable to move on, their spirits continued to roam the house during the intervening years. Now over a period of six days, Lisa must reach out from beyond the grave to help her living counterpart Olivia avoid the same fate that Lisa and her family suffered long ago. Uniquely unsettling and shocking, this one-of-a-kind reverse ghost story that chills long after the...
Author
Series
Love sugar magic volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lenora Logroño has finally been introduced to her family's bakery bruja magic - but that doesn't mean all is sugar and spice. Her special power hasn't shown up yet, her family still won't let her perform her own spells, and they now act rude every time Caroline comes by to help Leo with her magic training. She knows that the family magic should be kept secret, but Caroline is her best friend, and she's been feeling lonely ever since her mom passed...
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