Jim moves to ancient Minerva Hall and encounters the ghosts of six children. They urge him to find the seventh child and leave him cryptic clues that point to a dark, ancient prophecy that only Jim can stop from being fulfilled. Jim turns to Einstein, a brilliant autistic boy who lives at the Hall. If anyone can help Jim, Einstein can. But the boy, who speaks in riddles, proves to be as mysterious as the dead children. Time is running out; if Jim doesn't figure out the clues, innocent people will die.Christine Morton-Shaw has linked ancient rites with modern mystery to create a chilling, suspenseful tale that will keep readers guessing to the very end.
A young boy's dread of things that go bump in the night fills his head with monstrous thoughts. So when he's separated from his older brothers on Halloween night and finds himself alone on Monster Street, he fears the worst. Full color.
Sir Horace is about to turn five hundred years old! Araminta and Wanda need to find him the perfect gift. Araminta finds an ancient sword in a grotto hidden under her haunted house—and it should be a cinch to get it. But she wasn't planning on the nasty surprise of a portcullis-trap and a rising tide in the grotto. Will Araminta and Wanda make it to Sir Horace's birthday party?
Creak...Crash...BOO!Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards...all to chill your bones! Share these seven spine-tingling stories in a dark, dark room.
When Matt and Abby go to live with Great-Aunt Gerda in Sierra Madre Canyon after their mother dies, Matt is put off at first by the life-size wooden dolls whom Aunt Gerda talks to and calls her “children.” However, when someone vandalizes the dolls and two are stolen, it is Matt, with the help of his new friend, Kristin, who foils the would-be thief and returns the dolls to Aunt Gerda.
Lucy hears sneaking, creeping,crumpling noisescoming from insidethe walls.She is sure there arewolves living in the walls of her house.
The author of Skeleton Man returns with another chilling tale.What kind of sinister creature lurks in the dark pond in the forest? Armie can feel it calling to him . . . and he suspects the answer may lie in the legends of his Shawnee ancestors.Joseph Bruchac, the award-winning author of Skeleton Man, puts a contemporary spin on Native American lore to create a terrifying tale of monsters and darkness.
Pieta, a normal girl, leads a normal, uneventful life in a world of constant black rain. As the rain pours down, like it always does, she takes her usual route to school and has a pleasant conversation with her friend Danae. This is what every day is like for Pieta, and she takes a sort of everyday satisfaction from her totally normal life. But then her typical, pleasant conversation with Danae...doesn¿t happen. ¿Why...?! Why can I remember...yesterday¿s today?!!¿
THE EVERYDAY WORLD IS FULL OF STRANGE AND MAGICAL CREATURES, AND SOME OF THEM DON'T PLAY NICE...Protecting innocents in the mortal world is not a job to be taken lightly, and life for the paranormal Younglings is spiralling back to Insanityville.Stranded spirits, violent rogue vampires, and evil demons are bad enough... But now there's a serial killer on the loose.The cunning vampire ministry will go to any lengths to secure the blood of the half-angel, but can they find out Eve's identity? A tenacious vampire tracker is determined to locate her, and he's closing in.For some Younglings, love lives are blossoming; for others, love is on the verge of crumbling. And a newcomer, sent to spy on the Younglings, brings an unexpected twist. As normal, trouble follows the Younglings like a menacing cloud, and this time it arrives in the guise of savage combat vampires.To make matters worse, merciless witch hunters are stalking Millie-they will do anything to see her dead. Can the Younglings protect her?Monsters don't always have claws or fangs ... sometimes they hide in plain sight-and they're just as deadly.Being one of the Younglings can be bad for the health ...FIRE & MAGIC is the next installment in THE YOUNGLINGS series.An action-packed, gripping, full-length, coming-of-age YA paranormal fantasy, it will transport urban fantasy fans to a fascinating, supernatural world within our own. Filled with magic, suspense, danger, sizzling action and adventure, a large dose of humour, and slow-burn paranormal romance, this book will take the reader on a rollercoaster of a ride.The Younglings:Book ¿: Shadows & MagicBook ¿: Fire & MagicBook ¿: Mayhem & Magic¿This is a series that will stimulate your imagination whilst worming its way into your heart¿¿¿ It's up there with my favourite reads: 'From Blood and Ash', 'Discovery of Witches' and 'True Blood'. ¿¿¿¿ These characters are honestly in my heart to stay, much like 'Angel' and the 'Charmed' sisters are all these years later.¿¿¿¿ The Younglings are like a modern, and way hotter, Scooby squad. ¿¿¿¿ A demon, angel, werewolf, half-vampire, witch and ghost?! Plus, there's a LGBTQ+ rep, which is perfect. ¿¿
Adrian and Holly are two cousins who have never met. However, one English summer they are introduced, and discover each other's secrets: Holly can see and speak to ghosts and Adrian can move things with his mind. On the heels of that discovery, a boy their age goes missing-and together they decide to find him, no matter what ghostly spirits may stand in their way!
The Great Gatsby meets The Inheritance Games in this gloriously twisty thriller, perfect for fans of #DarkAcademia and Leigh Bardugo's Ninth HouseOnce I had four brothers. Three of them are dead. I am next.Felix Ashe is sure of only one thing. In thirty days, on his eighteenth birthday, he will die. He might be the only one convinced of this, but the gruesome deaths of his three brothers before him seem to point to only one thing: a curse, one doomed to stop anyone inheriting his family's incredible fortune.Felix doesn't care about money, or himself, particularly. It's hard to have a stake in the future when you know you haven't got one. But he does care about his little brother Nick, very much. And when an opportunity to break the curse appears to present itself, it's impossible not to heed its dark call.Soon long-buried secrets will take Felix to the darkest underbelly of Jazz-Age New York, to the far-flung wilds of the Yorkshire moors and back again. And bound to everything is a deadly secret society who will either be Felix's downfall . . . or his one chance at redemption.
A mysterious suit of armour. A man in search of redemption. A butterfly tattoo. Can Shinobu regain his lost samurai sword and, with it, his family's honour? Can 10-year-old Sonny and his grandmother help Shinobu while keeping the peace in their community? Find new historical and cultural context in this full-colour edition.
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