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Ruby's parents have split up, and now she's stuck in a run-down oldvillage. She decides to hurry home, following an old train trackthrough the dark. When an ancient steam train appears, Ruby can'tresist stepping aboard. But it's May Day Eve, when the veil betweenworlds is thin, and she soon realizes she's on the ghost rideof her life . . .

Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Primary School. It comprises classroom resources to support the SSP programme and a range of phonic readers. The 7+ books are designed for children aged 7+ who need more practice to acquire phonics skills.

I'm a huge fan of urban legends, and I've been fascinated by the story of Bloody Mary. I decided to try summoning Mary, so I started chanting her name while looking into a mirror. But I got scared and stopped halfway... The next day, I found the courage to try again with my friends, and this time the unimaginable happened!

Every other day, Kali D'Angelo is a normal sixteen-year-old girl. She goes to public high school. She argues with her father. She's human. And then every day in between... she's something else entirely. Though she still looks like herself, every twenty-four hours predatory instincts take over and Kali becomes a feared demon-hunter with the undeniable urge to hunt, trap, and kill zombies, hellhounds, and other supernatural creatures. Kali has no idea why she is the way she is, but she gives in to instinct anyway. Even though the government considers it environmental terrorism. When Kali notices a mark on the lower back of a popular girl at school, she knows instantly that the girl is marked for death by one of these creatures. Kali has twenty-four hours to save her, and unfortunately she'll have to do it as a human. With the help of a few new friends, Kali takes a risk that her human body might not survive... and learns the secrets of her mysterious condition in the process.

Three lifelong friends confront restless ghosts and malevolent family secrets in this fierce, propulsive debut young adult horror novel.

Twelve-year-old ghost Maudie teams up with the living girl she has been haunting in order to defeat a monster from her nightmares and save her little brother.

An eerie ghost is believed to haunt Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England. She is called the Brown Lady because she wears an old, brown dress and has a glowing face with empty eye sockets! For decades, tales of her sightings gripped all of England. But in 1936, a photograph claiming to have captured her standing on a staircase captivated the world. Who was the mysterious Brown Lady in life? And why is her tortured spirit doomed to roam Raynham Hall? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!

In 1897, Zona Shue was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Heart failure was listed as her cause of death, but Zona's soul could not rest. Soon her ghost visited her mother to deliver a ghoulish message: She had been murdered! Could the words of Zona's restless spirit be trusted? And would they lead the authorities to a cold-blooded killer? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!

An exciting, funny, eerie, and deeply moving one-of-a-kind adventure - the extraordinary follow up to The Last Life of Lori Mills.

Gus Greenburg can see ghosts. In this spine-tingling sequel to The Ghosts of Nameless Island, bestselling author Carly Anne West takes readers on a pulse-pounding, blood-curdling journey to a circus from the past and unravel the mystery of a malevolent spirit that's fighting to survive.Picking right up from the spine-tingling cliffhanger of The Ghosts of Nameless Island: Vol. 1, Gus finds himself on the brink of peril, with the Broken Boy's icy grip tightening around his throat. But just when hope seems lost, his black cat, Cat (named after Catherine the Great, of course) intervenes, breaking the lethal hold and saving Gus from certain doom. Unfortunately, the Broken Boy still has Gus's lucky penny that protects him from hauntings, and his sole connection to his missing father. Just as the new school year begins, Gus and his friends, Miles and Tavi, must unravel the new clues that have emerged about the Broken Boy. But with Gus's penny lost, he isn't safe from ghosts, and the stakes have never been higherespecially when they discover a new ghost living at Gus's home of Rotham Manor. And this one was . . . part of a circus?! Will Gus and his friends uncover the real identity of the ghosts before they strike again? Or will the ghosts sinister plan succeed? Only one way to find out. . . . The Ghosts of Nameless Island: The Boy Who Could Fly is the second book in a new trilogy from bestselling author Carly Anne West. Its infusedwith Carly Anne Wests signature witand humor, and spooky enough for fans of Claribel OrtegasGhost Squad,Scott CawthonsFive Nights at Freddys,and Carlys ownHello Neighborseries.This book also features black-and-white spot illustrations throughout. Along with this classically atmospheric setting and scary thumps and other noises aplenty, West treats readers to multiple specters that are even more rousingly hideous in her descriptions than in Skaffa's spiky, stylishly grotesque monochrome scenes and spot art . . .Hintsofdark doings in theisland's past also emerge before this trilogy opener ends with a sudden and terrifying cliffhanger . . . All the shivery feels, escalating to the nightmarish in spots. -Kirkus, forThe Ghosts of Nameless IslandJoin author Carly Anne West on Nameless Island for a haunting, spine-tingling mystery that will leave you on the edge of your seat!The Ghost of Nameless Islandis an illustrated tale of hidden rats, mystery ghosts, and reality TV that is sure to lift your spirits. - Terrance Crawford, bestselling author of thePiggyseries, forThe Ghosts of Nameless Island

Welcome to Shiver Point, home of spooks, screams and small-town horror! It's hard not to be in a town like Shiver Point, with its urban legends about Blue Bessie: the ghost of Shadow Hill Cemetery who likes to play deadly games with anyone foolish enough to chant her name.

Get ready for another heart-racing, twist-filled thriller from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author NATASHA PRESTON. CAN THE PAST HAUNT THE PRESENT?Penny's trying to forget about her ex, Nash.

Get ready for another heart-racing, twist-filled thriller from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author NATASHA PRESTON. HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT TO GO VIRAL?Jagged Island: a private amusement park for the very rich - or the very influential.

ADVENTURE LIES BEYOND THE CAT FLAP!Your favourite duo are back... MURRAY AND BUN!Murray is a cat. Murray loves snoozing, fluffy blankets, and peace and quiet.Bun is a bun. Bun loves... EVERYTHING!And together they are unstoppable!SOMETIMES Murray's enchanted cat flap leads to the garden... but mostly it leads to ADVENTURE!

Three friends cheat on a math test and get away with it -- until a strange substitute teacher starts asking questions.

Three friends cheat on a math test and get away with it -- until a strange substitute teacher starts asking questions.

Humour and horror abound in Catherine Doyle's brand new series, as step-siblings Ted and Frankie defend their new home-turned-hotel against a collection of unruly spiritsTed would rather be anywhere but living in the same house as Frankie spawn-of-the-devil Stark. And Frankie wouldn't be caught dead near a coward like Ted McKenley. But too bad, their parents are now married and have poured their entire savings into turning an unexpectedly inherited mansion into a boutique hotel. At least it's big enough for the new step-siblings to stay far apart. But when Ted encounters a disappearing housekeeper and Frankie runs into a screaming suit of armour, it turns out their rivalry is going to be the least of their problems ...Faced with a ghostly duke determined to destroy their parents' hotel dreams, Ted and Frankie find themselves reluctantly joining forces to defend their new home against an onslaught of rather fed-up spirits. This summer is about to get a lot more spooky.

The InSpectres, a secret society devoted to the investigation of the occult originally formed by Charles Dickens, and brings together Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini, Bram Stoker and ten-year-old Agatha Christie to try and save London from a deadly, paranormal event.