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From bestselling author, BookTok sensation and 'CEO of Plot Twists' comes an explosive dark academia thriller set in the world of Win Lose Kill Die, perfect for fans of Karen M. McManus, Holly Jackson and Mean Girls. 'A thriller author to watch!' Karen M. McManus, international bestselling author of One of Us Is LyingChloe Roberts is on top of the world at Morton Academy. She's a shoo-in for Head Girl and the lead spot in the school's secret society: Jewel and Bone. But then her best friend, Nikhita Patel, stabs her in the back, and life comes crashing down. Things takes a darker turn when Chloe stumbles upon the Book of Crime and Punishment - a record of every misdeed committed by Morton students and the fitting penalty. And it's not long before entries in the book start to correlate with murders of Jewel and Bone members. Anyone could be a suspect. Can Chloe get to the bottom of this twisted game before she's next on the killer's hit list . . . ?

The masterful Kate DiCamillo, twice winner of the Newbery Medal, has outdone herself with a hilarious and achingly real love story about a girl, a ghost, a grandmother and growing up. It's the summer she turns 10, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium. Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost in the doorway to her room - which seems like an alarming omen given that she is feeling unwell. But the ghost is not there to usher Charisse to the Great Beyond. Rather, she has other plans - wild, impractical, illuminating plans. How can Ferris satisfy a spectre with Pinky terrorizing the town, Uncle Ted sending Ferris to spy on her aunt, and her father battling an invasion of raccoons?

The urban legend of the vanishing hitchhiker dates back some 400 years. During that time, the modes of transport have changed, but the behaviour of the hitchhiker has remained the same. Soon after accepting a ride, they vanish into thin air. Is this mysterious traveller a tormented spirit searching for a connection? Or is an encounter with this haunted hitchhiker a sign of impending doom? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!

In 1970, a nursing student was given a large doll as a gift. Soon the doll, which became known as Annabelle, began acting strangely. When no one was looking, Annabelle changed positions on her own. Then the doll began leaving creepy, cryptic notes asking for help. Was Annabelle possessed by the spirit of a dead girl? Or was the doll an anchor for a demon? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!

Tyler and his friend Kira are decorating for a school dance when a dancing villain appears. Disco Danger zaps Kira, turning her into a disco ball! In order to save her, Tyler transforms into the Gamer and faces off against Disco Danger and his dancing games.

Tyler Morant and his friends are seeing a hot new video-game-turned-movie, Mega Mightees. Suddenly one of the Mega Mightees leaps off the screen, headed right for the kids. As more characters come to life, the battle proves too much for the Gamer alone. How will the Gamer defeat these mighty enemies?

Can you be a final girl and survive your own horror movie - twice? Almost a year after the horrors of Harrogate, Charley is slowly regaining some semblance of a normal life in a small village called?Briar's Hill, AKA 'The Devil's Punchbowl'. Then she befriends the local misfits and learns of her new home's ties to witchcraft - and realises that Briar's Hill has more secrets than she bargained for. However, the town's troubled past might just be the key to Charley understanding her ability to speak to the dead, especially with Halloween approaching.But when the Harrogate Killer makes a shocking return, blood is spilled and an entirely new terror is unleashed. Before Charley can flee town, the dead are talking and if she doesn't start listening, they'll find ways to make her.Charley's horror knowledge will be put to the test once more, and if she and the Harrogate Killer don't figure out how to work together, they'll be trapped in Briar's Hill forever. Or worse - buried in it. How to Survive a Horror Sequel is a fast-paced horror comedy, perfect for fans of RL Stine's Fear Street, Christopher Pike's Midnight Club and Kat Ellis' Harrow Lake.

When multiple women are found murdered in their London homes during The Blitz, seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill vows to uncover the identity of the Blackout Ripper, even if it puts her own life at risk. From the author of The Perfect Place to Die and Don't Go to Sleep comes another chilling historical mystery.Seventeen-year-old Mary Churchill feels helpless as London is ravaged by air raids and mandatory blackouts. As the youngest daughter of the Prime Minister, she longs to do something important, to help those in less fortunate circumstances. On a night out on the town, she connects with an older woman who is in-between jobs and promises to meet her again the next day. Except she never shows up. Mary has a sense that something is wrong, so she decides to go searching-and finds her brutally murdered. Horrified, Mary immediately goes to the police. But there's a war happening, and they don't have enough manpower to fully dedicate themselves to the murder case. So, Mary takes it upon herself to investigate. The deeper she falls into the case, the more shocking murders she finds. All women, all strangled and mutilated. This is her chance to do something to actually help, to find out who is responsible for the murders and make sure they never have a chance to harm anyone else. Against the backdrop of bombings and darkness, Mary searches the streets of London for any clues she might ascertain and finds herself in a game of cat-and-mouse with the Blackout Ripper. If only one of them can make it out alive, does Mary have what it takes to make sure its her?

A vampire is on the loose!On what they hope is going to be a holiday, the Doctor and his companions arrive in a quiet, unassuming seaside town called Whitby.The terrible significance of the place evades them, until they happen upon a theatre production that captivates their attention . . .Dracula!Suddenly, murders are occurring left, right and centre, each victim with trademark puncture wounds on their neck. Ian is soon missing, and a town shrouded in myth and legend is beginning to live up to its name.Clearly there is a Dracula at large. But the TARDIS team quickly realise: you can never trust a vampire . . .

A vividly illustrated, spine-tingling collection of short stories, 31 Days of Spooky will give you goosebumps all Halloween long!

Bram Stoker Award Winner for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult NovelIn Adam Cesare's terrifying young adult debut, Quinn Maybrook finds herself caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress--that just may cost her life.Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don't know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out of Kettle Springs as quick as they can.Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It's a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now. YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults Nominee

Lia Peartree confronts her former home, Brier Hall, the so-called most haunted dwelling in America and where her sister Avery died, when her surviving sister Ali disappears and Lia suspects that Ali returned to Brier Hall.

In this thrilling finale to the Blight Harbor series, Evie ventures into the Dark Sun Side to rescue her parents and discovers truths darker than she could have ever imagined.

What happens when a talking fish, a runaway dog, and a herd of hog-likecreatures descend on the woods behind Cody Brachman's house?An absolute nightmare!

The second book in the best-selling, laugh-out-loud STITCH HEAD series, by award-winning author Guy Bass, with illustrations by Pete Williamson, brought to almost-life again in this monstrously magnificent graphic novel edition.The first STITCH HEAD book is soon to be a major motion picture. Enter the darkly funny world of Stitch Head, as he steps out of the shadows into the adventure of an almost-lifetime... When Stitch Head sees his ice-blue eye for the very first time, he's convinced that it once belonged to the legendary pirate, Captain Flashpowder. Could it be that he is part-pirate? But as Stitch Head prepares for a life of derring-do on the high seas, some fishy business closer to home puts a stop to his swashbuckling plans... Full of monstrous fun,STITCH HEADis perfect for fans of GRIMWOOD, AMELIA FANG and THE NOTHING TO SEE HERE HOTEL.

An attractive, giftable repackage of the widely-read classic by Edgar Allan Poe: The Raven, along with other stories.

An attractive, giftable repackage of the widely-read and regularly assigned classic by Washington Irving: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, along with more of his acclaimed tales.

An attractive, giftable repackage of the widely-read tale of love and torment by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera.

Perfect for fans of Lisa Frankenstein, Bones and All, and There's No Way I'd Die First, Slice of Cherry is a fresh, macabre, and delicious horror novel about girl villains and monstrosity by the utterly inimitable Dia Reeves.