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1) Ferris
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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English
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During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans
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Their laughter grows louder,Their little feet patter.Don't make them angryOr your world will shatter.There's no where to go.Chills run down your spine.No where to run,And no where to hide.To them it's a game,And you're the next pawn.Play it correctly,You'll make it till dawn.One mistakeAnd it all ends.Don't mess up.Or you'll meet their friend.
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Sophia, a middle-aged woman living in a cozy little home, begins to experience strange occurrences such as doors opening and closing on their own and footsteps in empty rooms. She seeks the help of a local paranormal investigator and learns that her home is indeed haunted. Sophia discovers that the ghost is a woman named Alice who had lived in the house many years ago and had died tragically. With the help of the investigator, Sophia tries to appease...
4) Ghost island
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Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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"The fourth novel in the New York Times bestselling Ghosts of the Past series featuring homicide detective Jessica Niemi! Jessica Niemi is ordered to go on paid leave after a violent altercation, and she decides to travel to a small island in the Åland archipelago to escape attention and find some peace. Meanwhile, a group arrives on the island, and Jessica learns that they are the remaining members of the Doves, people who had to flee from Finland...
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Français
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Je suis une nécromancienne. Une créature apte à réveiller les morts. Ce pouvoir est d'autant plus terrifiant que je ne le maîtrise pas.
Et certains de mes alliés s'en méfient.
Car on me dit puissante. Dangereuse. Capable des plus grands cataclysmes.
À bien y penser, ils ont peut-être raison de me craindre.
6) Jodie
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English
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Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay Trapped and alone on the salt marshes, Jodie is troubled by a haunting presence in this eerily atmospheric ghost story from multi-award-winning author Hilary McKay. Jodie never wanted to come on the residential trip to the field centre. A loner at school, she's forced into a dormitory with...
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Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times bestselling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.
Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can't escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations...
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From a New York Times–bestselling author, a teen falls for her ghostly protector and must choose between him and her real-life boyfriend.
Melissa Loring appears to have it all-generous parents, great friends, a devoted boyfriend. Tripp is nothing short of amazing-kind, athletic, and one of the most popular guys at school. Not to mention hot. So why does Melissa find herself longing for someone else? Sometimes she even dreams about an invisible...
9) Extra normal
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English
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"Charlie Greer is nothing special--at least not compared to her adopted siblings. Her younger sister is a ghost. Her brother Mateo is a werewolf. Gideon is the product of seriously sketchy experiments that gave him telekinetic powers. Even her parents work for the Division of Extranormal Investigations tracking down all things supernatural, alien, and otherwise unusual. Charlie's mom says her superpower is maturity--which doesn't really count. But...
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Jake Prescott thinks he's finally in luck when magician Augustus Towers asks him to be his assistant. Jake's an amateur magician, and Augustus might be the perfect person to help him make it big. But Jake can't shake the creepy feeling he gets when he visits Augustus's performance space. Can it be true that The Marvelous Melbourne haunts the theater? And did he really die inside the Spirit Cabinet--the box Jake ends up trapped inside during Towers'...
11) The Ghost Garden
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Queen of historical fiction Emma Carroll makes her Barrington Stoke debut with a powerful, evocative, and spine-tingling story of childhood on the brink of war. SUMMER 1914 When Fran uncovers a bone in the garden of Longbarrow House on the same afternoon that Leo breaks his leg, it is just the first in a series of strange and unsettling coincidences. Leo is left immobilised for the rest of the summer and Fran is roped in to keep him company, forced...
13) Camp Damn
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English
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A twisted tale of 3 darainged brothers in an old abandoned boat resort turned to a nightmare as the tourist repopulate a blood thirsty rabbit whole ever since people went missing with body parts to discover for the relief and safety of the local town and community. Following a series of events this is one mistory beyond safe risk.
14) Ghost Text
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English
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Best friends Jared, Curtis, and Nick are ready to face the world-but what about the underworld? When a text message from an unknown number hits all of their phones, the boys find themselves faced with a strange figure and a mystery to solve. However, it's Nick who must find the solution or risk losing his life! Will the boys' friendship be enough to save him, or will he spend eternity in the afterlife?
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Gather 'round the campfire for a night of enchanting and not-too-spooky stories with Paws in the Dark: Tails from the Barkside. Join Selina and her canine pals as they embark on a magical camping trip filled with laughter, life lessons, and unexpected friendships. From the heartwarming parable of Dogtopus to the spooky legend of The Barkadook, these delightful tales are perfect for a cozy evening read. Discover the true magic of companionship in this...
16) Phantom Hotel
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
While on a cross-country road trip, Patrick and his family stop in Ravens Pass. They check in to the only hotel in town. But what they can't see is the place is absolutely packed . . . with ghosts! And if the family doesn't manage to leave by sunrise, they'll be joining the ghouls for a never-ending stay. Packed with creepy black-and-white illustrations and spooky frights, this thrilling Return to Ravens Pass tale will chill young readers to the bone....
17) The Sweet Skull
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English
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When the dead whisper, chaos follows. Gabby thought she had faced it all: raising a baby, working through grad school, and dealing with cadaver exhibits. But when a silent cadaver unexpectedly stirs, her world doesn't just shift – it shatters. Once quiet ghosts scream into the night. Buried secrets claw to the surface. And a dark and ancient force sets its sights on Gabby and those she loves. With her family in danger and her sanity hanging by a...
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Bard's Blood #1 The classic tales of William Shakespeare are often as packed with gore and corpses as the scariest slasher flick -- and can spawn equally gruesome sequels.... Football star Cameron Dean is genuine campus royalty at Globe University, but his life is more of a nightmare than a dream. Not only was his dad murdered under mysterious circumstances, but Cameron suspects that his mom and aunt may have had something to do with it! When he unexpectedly...
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Thirteen-year-old George is cynical about the existence of ghosts. Then he goes to spend half-term with his Gran and begins to revise his views. Can he believe the fantastic tales she tells him about Beckington Castle? Or was it only her imagination or a bad dream? A question he might well ask too, when he finds himself in Jacobean England, rubbing shoulders with King James I's favourite, George Villiers, and his family. History was never so much...
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Shout! Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An American family moves to England, to the infamous Canterville Chase, the ancestral home that's been haunted for 300 years by the ghost, of Sir Simon de Canterville. When Sir Simon and the family's teenage daughter Virginia start plotting together to get her family back to New York, she discovers that Sir Simon has been cursed to be bound to the estate. After she uncovers the beautiful and tragic love story of Sir Simon's beloved wife, Virginia...
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