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Vlad isn't much good at being a vampire. But when his dreams of being a normal human boy are made a reality, Vlad has his work cut out - can he keep his true identity from his new friends?

Those are the rules in Rowan's Glen, a remote farming community in the Missouri Ozarks where Ivy Templeton's family has lived for centuries. It's an old-fashioned way of life, full of superstition and traditions, and sixteen-year-old Ivy loves it. The other kids at school may think the Glen kids are weird, but Ivy doesn't care.

Eoin Madden is captain of the Junior Cup team, training with Leinster and aiming for Ireland's Under 16 World Cup team. He also has to deal with grumpy friends, teachers piling on the homework - AND a ghost on a mission that goes back to the very origins of the game of rugby. Books, crooks and rucks - it's all to play for this term!

Hacker Murphy is gathering more evidence about the half-man-half-plant monster who calls himself The Creeper. A spooky churchyard is the perfect place for The Creeper to hatch, literally, his latest plan. The plan is big, the plan is evil, the plan has eight legs . . . and the situation is grave . . . Goosebumps for a new generation!

A spookily atmospheric tale full of heart-pounding suspense that will keep readers gripped right up to the very last page. From an award-winning author, this haunting story is sure to thrill and chill ghost-story lovers everywhere. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+

Do you dare to read the Tales of Terror? A stunning and commercial new paperback package for this chilling collection of short stories, illustrated throughout by David Roberts and featuring a gloriously creepy new cover!Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house and his regular visits from his nephew give him the opportunity to retell some of the most frightening stories he knows.But as the stories unfold, another even more spine-tingling narrative emerges, one that is perhaps the most frightening of all. Uncle Montague's tales of terror, it transpires, are not so much works of imagination as dreadful, lurking memories. Memories of an earlier time in which Uncle Montague lived a very different life to his present solitary existence...Can't get enough spooky stories? Crack open the other thrilling titles in the Tales of Terror series: Tales of Terror from the Black Ship and Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth!

Whatever you know about ghosts - forget it. They don't haunt, go headless, or vanish in white floaty sheets. But they do reek like foul, rotting flesh. And murder Ghost Guardian Apprentices. At least Sethaliss does, who's a mean son-of-a-graveyard-ditch.

A spooky story from the Nightmare Club series by Annie Graves

When eccentric explorer Dotty Dauntless crash-lands on top of Castle Grotteskew, Stitch Head knows it can only mean trouble.

Hacker Murphy is chasing a story about a green-fingered villain who calls himself The Creeper, and these are his latest case files. The Creeper is back, and this time he's REALLY angry. His has complete control over all things green, and this time the gardening gloves are off! Warning: The Plantocalypse is about to begin.

Strange things are going on around Jake's patch. The gardens keep getting destroyed, and a shadowy figure is hanging around. Oh, and there's a terrifying half-man-half-plant on the rampage. What is going on?! All is revealed in the case notes of Hacker Murphy's Creeper Files, released to the public for the first time.

What is the mystery that binds respectable Dr Henry Jekyll and despicable lowlife Edward Hyde together?

A fun and quirky story against anything but your average team, perfect for children learning to read.

J G Ballard's Empire of the Sun meets Susan Hill's The Woman in Black in a compelling teen thriller ...

Sometimes the past is better off buried.Senior year is finally over. After all they've been through, Dan, Abby, and Jordan are excited to take one last road trip together, to visit Jordan's uncle in New Orleans. But on the way, the three friends notice that someone appears to be following them. Then Dan starts receiving phone messages from someone he didn't expect to hear from again?someone who died last Halloween.As the strange occurrences escalate, Dan is forced to accept that everything that has happened to him in the past year may not be a coincidence but fate?a fate that ties Dan to a group called the Bone Artists, who have a sinister fascination with notorious killers of the past. Now Dan's only hope is that he will make it out of his senior trip alive.In this third installment of the New York Times bestselling Asylum series, found photographs help tell the story of three teens who exist on the line between past and present, genius and insanity.Read all the mind-bending books in the Asylum series.

Clones on the loose spell double trouble at camp in the third book in a spooky new series that's Goosebumps meets Wayside School

At her boarding school in New Zealand, Ellie Spencer is like any ordinary teen: she hangs out with her best friend, Kevin; obsesses over her crush on a mysterious boy; and her biggest worry is her essay deadline. Until everything changes. In the foggy woods near the school, something ancient and deadly is waiting.

In 1836, Harriet''s papa, a ship''s officer on HMS Beagle, returns from a long journey at sea. On his arrival home, Harriet becomes involved in a dangerous secret with tragic consequences. Almost two centuries later, Flora''s best friend, Archie, experiences a ghostly encounter at her dad''s reclamation and salvage yard...

Film tie-in edition of 2016's hottest YA film starring Emma Roberts, Dave Franco & Juliette Lewis. Black Mirror meets Pretty Little Liars - perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Maze Runner.

A collection of funny stories sure to delight seven-year-olds, with a gorgeous cover illustrated by Adam Stower.

American history mixes with legend in four classic ghost tales for Step 4 early readers: a Cape Cod ghost horse that leads ships away from danger; a portrait that protests being moved within Virginia's Shirley Plantation museum; a Colorado miner who continued to look for love even after his bones were dumped down an outhouse hole; and a one-handed California sea captain whose ghost is still said to prowl Stinson Beach. Step 4 Readers use challenging vocabulary and short paragraphs to tell exciting stories. For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.

From around the world comes this spooky collection of short stories and folktales: ghosts, ghouls, vampires, and skeletons galore to satisfy all horror hounds and thrill seekers! Something was approaching the house, and growing larger the nearer it came. Coming closer . . . and closer . . . Suddenly, she heard a blood-chilling scratch, scratch, scratch at the window. . . . Shiver, shake, and shudder! Be prepared for goose bumps when you read these thirty stories that will scare you silly-if you dare to keep reading. . . . Ghouls, vengeful spirits, the walking dead, and deals with devils! Horror lives in every corner of the globe, from China to Virginia, Brazil to Japan, Haiti to Nigeria. The most terrifying stories on earth will keep you up all night and are perfect to read to your friends. Can they handle it?

Make storytime a little spookier this fall with this Halloween-themed collection of ghost stories, spooky shorts, and frightening folktales from all over the world! "No one travels these roads after dark. Those who are found the next day, if they are still alive, will have gone mad." Chills and thrills to make your flesh crawl with fear! Turn the lights down low and grab your favorite reading chair. But first, you'd better check behind you. . . . Ghosts, monsters, murders, and madmen! These thirty stories have been collected for your reading displeasure from all over the globe, and represent the world's best scary stories and frightening folktales, featuring famous authors such as Washington Irving and the Brothers Grimm. Welcome to a chilling world of hair-raising tales!

There are three sides to every story...Before Dan, Abby, and Jordan ever set foot inside the Brookline asylum, its legacy of terror stretched far and deep. Be careful where you go digging in history. Sometimes the past is better off buried. . . .Enter the twisted world of the New York Times bestselling Asylum series with these three bone-chilling novellas, available in print for the first time and featuring new found photographs. Also includes bonus sneak peeks at Asylum, Sanctum, and Catacomb, for readers who are brave enough to put all the puzzle pieces together.

The latest compulsive, terrifying novel from Amy Lukavics, author of Daughters Unto Devils. A must for fans of American Horror Story, and the best horror writing you'll ever read.

Following the sudden death of her best friend, Sophie hopes that spending the summer with family on a remote Scottish island will be just what she needs. But the old schoolhouse, with its tragic history, is anything but an escape. History is about to repeat itself. And Sophie is in terrible danger...

When Ellie and her family move into Inchwood Manor, Ellie quickly discovers strange things are happening. Who is the mysterious boy at the window? What secrets lie within the abandoned nursery? Who is the woman who haunts Ellie's dreams - and why has she returned to the Manor, after more than a century?

When Sam sets out to investigate what's going on at Bierce Priory, he has no idea of what he's getting himself into. Uncovering the horror is one thing, escaping is another...