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• Bunnicula

  a Rabbit Tale of Mystery

  Howe, Deborah, 1946-1978

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  The newest pet in the Monroe household is a suspicious-looking bunny with some unusual...habits. Could this bunny actually be a vampire? Ages: 8-12

• Doll Bones

  Black, Holly

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  Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl. Ages: 9-12

• The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

  Hoobler, Dorothy

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  While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan. Ages: 8-12

• Guest

  a Changeling Tale

  Hahn, Mary Downing,

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  Young Mollie traverses eerie, perilous lands to retrieve her baby brother, Thomas, from the Kinde Folke, malicious sprites who snatched him and left a hideous changeling in his place. Ages: 10-12

• In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories

  Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992,

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  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. Ages: 5-8

• The Jumbies

  Baptiste, Tracey,

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  Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home. Ages: 9-12

• Just Beyond. The Scare School

  Stine, R. L.,

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  Surviving middle school is hard enough but when Jess, Josh, and Marco encounter a strange and deadly creature wandering the halls of The Scare School, it leads them to a sinister secret in the boiler room... Ages: 9-12

• Monster School

  the Spooky Sleepover

  Keane, David, 1965-

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  Norm is just plain normal until he finds himself in a new school where all his classmates are monsters! When his school hosts a sleepover, Norm is nervous that he'll be too scared to fall asleep. Ages: 4-8

• Nightmare Island

  Bourne, Shakirah,

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  Twelve-year-old Serenity has a recurring nightmare, but things get real when her parents take her brother, Peace, to Duppy Island for "treatment" and Serenity is confronted by the creepy Dr. Whisper and the faceless douen children who are trapped…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Not Quite a Ghost

  Ursu, Anne,

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  The attic bedroom in Violet's new house is shadowy, creaky, and wrapped in old yellow wallpaper covered with a faded tangle of twisting vines and sickly flowers. After moving in, Violet falls ill--and does not get better. Ages: 8-12

• Now Museum, Now You Don't

  Miedoso, Andres,

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  The Kersville Museum has old paintings, old statues, and even old mummies that come with old curses. Sounds like a perfectly safe place to visit for family fun. Until the mummies start to disappear. Ages: 5-9

• The Ojja-Wojja

  a Horror-mystery, or Whatever

  Visaggio, Magdalene,

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  When a class project about Bolingbroke's supernatural history leads to a for-real ghost sighting, Val and Lanie decide to take things to the next level...and accidentally summon the Ojja-Wojja. Ages: 10-12

• Recess Is a Jungle!

  Chabert, Jack,

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  At the end of recess at Eerie Elementary, everything on the school grounds suddenly comes alive and turns into a fog-filled jungle maze intent on trapping and disposing of hall monitor Sam Graves and his friends Antonio and Lucy. Ages: 6-9

• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

  Three Books to Chill Your Bones

  Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992,

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  Traditional and modern-day tales and "jump" stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, haunts, superstitions, monsters and horrible scary things. Ages: 7+

• Skeleton Man

  Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

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  After her parents disappear and she is turned over to the care of a strange "great-uncle, " Molly must rely on her dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety and maybe even for her life. Ages: 9-12

• Small Spaces

  Arden, Katherine,

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  Ollie discovers a chilling story about a girl named Beth, the two brothers who both loved her, and a peculiar deal made with "the smiling man." Ages: 10-12

• Spooky & Spookier

  Four American Ghost Stories

  Houran, Lori Haskins,

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  Recounts four fact-based tales of hauntings, including a ghost horse on the coast of Massachusetts, a haunted painting at a Virginian plantation, a skeleton in Colorado, and a ghostly sea captain in California. Ages: 3-9

• Things in the Basement

  Hatke, Ben,

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  When Milo is sent by his mother to fetch a sock from the basement of the historic home they've moved into, Milo finds a door in the back that he's never seen before. Ages: 6-9

• The Vanquishers

  Bayron, Kalynn,

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  No one ever expected the Vanquishers to return, but if their town needs protection from the undead, Boog knows who to call. Ages: 8-11

• Wait Till Helen Comes

  a Ghost Story

  Hahn, Mary Downing

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  Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom. Ages: 9-11