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In a fast-moving plot, 14-year-old Will terrifyingly experiences a voice from the past when visiting the Norman remains of Totnes Castle in Devon. He comes to realise that a boy took revenge on the Normans for the murder of his father and was himself killed in 1067 when local Saxons were brutally enslaved to build the Castle. But the boy's spirit cannot rest until the knife he used is returned to the River Dart to complete Saxon tradition. Will breaks into the castle at night to dig up the kn...

“Reader, hang on for dear life. Sawkill Girls is a wild, gorgeous, and rich coming-of-age story about complicity, female camaraderie, and power.” —Sarah Gailey, author of River of Teeth “An eerie, atmospheric assertion of female strength.” —Mindy McGinnis, author of The Female of the Species FIVE STARRED REVIEWS NAMED ONE OF YALSA’S 2019 BEST FICTION FOR YOUNG ADULTS A BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEE A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD NOMINEE From the New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn comes a...

Seventeen-year-old Imogene Rockford turned away from her family and their English country manor after her parents' death, but assumes her duty as the new Duchess of Wickersham despite threats and strange occurrences.

The ninth terrifying installment from master of horror, Darren Shan

The king of horror’s demonic symphony in ten volumes, now available in omnibus editions – each containing two titles in the spine-chilling Demonata series. Dark Calling: The Disciples are being manipulated. Only Kernel Fleck knows that something is wrong. But he is in the grip of a creature who cares nothing for the fate of humanity. Voices are calling to him from the darkness and he's powerless to resist. Kernel has already been to hell and back. Now he's about to...

Cameron and his mom have been on the run for five years. His father is hunting them. At least, that’s what Cameron’s been told. When they settle in an isolated farmhouse, Cameron starts to see and hear things that aren’t possible. Soon he’s questioning everything he thought he knew and even his sanity. ‘It’s about ghosts and terrifying danger and going mad all at once. I didn’t know what was real and what was imagined until the very last page. I loved it!’ Melvin Burgess ‘Brilliant, page-turn...

Wishes are being made all over San Francisco: a candidate for office wishes for a less formidable opponent, a little girl wishes for a horse and Phoebe wishes she could foresee more calamities so she can prevent them. Soon she's having more visions than she can handle - and the sisters are exhausted from racing all over town to avert disasters. Finally Phoebe refuses even to leave the housel A strange spirit has been released from its stone prison and the power of the Charmed Ones may not be eno...

While exploring a church that is being razed in a Manchester slum, four English children are drawn into another world where they are compelled to combat the evil power which grips most of the land.

A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.

Spooky or funny, surprising or frightening, SHOCK SHOP is a collection of brand-new novels by some of the greatest names in children's writing. LONG LOST Set in the Edwardian period. George Bassett's family has been poor ever since his father died. So they are thrilled to bits when they inherit a lot of money from a distant relative. But then more long-lost relatives - the Bassett-Milnes - get in touch. Beastly Bertie B-M tells George a dreadful secret. For hundreds of years the eldest sons of t...

When a handsome mysterious man presents himself to Paige as a fellow witch she is excited to have someone new to share her love of magic with. But as innocents begin to go missing, she has to wonder whether her new friend is somehow connected to the strange disappearances.

Describes 28 unexplained disappearances and bizarre events involving ships and airplanes.