Watch Hollow: The Alchemist's Shadow (Watch Hollow, #2)
by Gregory Funaro
Historical murder mystery for children set in Rome at the time of Claudius. Adrastos is a slave boy who works in the kitchen. He has a tame monkey. The young Nero, who will one day be an infamous emperor, visits the kitchen hoping to see the monkey. He and Adrastos make friends. Both have a complicated relationship with the adult world whose brutality they have experienced in different ways. Nero's dysfunctional family have tendency to kill one another while Adrastos has barely got a family....
Ghosts at the Movie Theater (Haunted Library, #9)
by Dori Hillestad Butler
Edgar Award Winner Dori Hillestad Butler gives us the ninth title in her not-too-scary chapter book mystery series, The Haunted Library. Kaz are Claire are on the case again—this time, they're looking for Kaz's long-lost uncle! Their search takes them to a bakery and a movie theater. Along the way, they meet another kid ghost detective. Will Kaz and Claire be able to figure out what's going on?
This workbook accompanies the second three plays in the Dark Man Series; The Demon in the Dark, The Dark Realm of Screams and Change in the Dark. The workbook includes teachers notes and photocopiable literacy activities. The Dark Man Plays continuing the adventures of the Dark Man. The Dark Man series has won great acclaim and awards for its ability to engage older very reluctant readers who have a reading age as low as 5 to 7 years. Each book features the Dark Man, a shadowy, brooding loner...
This workbook accompanies the three Dark Man titles Dying for the Dark, Killer in the Dark and The Day is Dark. It contains worksheets specific to each title, plus teacher's notes and advice on working with the resources.
Middle-schoolers Nico, Tyler, Ella, and Opal discover a hidden island in a forbidden cove that appears uninhabited, but something ancient has awakened knowing their wishes, dreams, and darkest secrets.
'Nobody knew what had gone wrong with Humphrey. Perhaps it was his ectoplasm . . .' Humphrey the Horrible sounds scary, but he's actually a very friendly skeleton, with twinkling eye sockets and jangling finger bones. Humphrey dreams of being ghastly, like his brother - a screaming skull - or terrifying, like his bloodsucking vampire-bat cousins. But when Humphrey discovers an evil plot to exorcise his family he finally realizes you don't have to be spine-chillingly fearsome to be a hero. The...
Grabbed by Greys (Michael Dahl Presents: Scary Stories)
by Megan Atwood
The Haunted Baking Club (Maverick Early Readers)
by Alison Donald
Escape from Herobrine (Unofficial Minecraft Books for Kids)
by Redstone Reads
There had been rumours for years about the wealth of old Mr Mackie. But when ben and Richard start snooping around the dead man's house, they're soon plunged into a web of terror. Whose dark face is at the window? Where are the strange footsteps coming from? And what is the secret of the blue ring wrapped in a blanket? Pursued by a villainous tramp, and haunted by ghastly visions, the two boys find themselves on a daring journey through darkest Wales, and into the unearthly territory of the anci...
Age range 9 to 12 Unicorn in the Playground is a selection of old and new material: some to be spoken sung or shouted out loud; some to be read curled up in bed. This paperback oozes with the vitality and variety you'll find in his one man shows. Here's startling stories, laughable lyrics, poems that punch and jokes that won't lie down. All this accompanied by the illustrious illustrations of his long-time friend and collaborator, Andrew Kingham.
Sammy Baker is a quiet kid who wishes he wasn't so shy and timid. He is frightened but eager to prove he can be brave. On Halloween night, he follows his friends to the Marple House, an abandoned mansion on the other side of town. Just past midnight, he feels a cold tingle at the back of his neck. The cold seeps down, a heavy chill he has never felt before. Soon, his whole head feels like a block of ice. He's about to scream-but...
Don't Go in the Basement! (Michael Dahl Presents: Side-Splitting Stories)
by Thomas Kingsley Troupe
When a playground scrap becomes a fight to the death, and an ancient curse is awakened, Jack, Skuli and Emma must uncover the arrowhead’s secrets – before a terrible evil is unleashed. Award-winning children’s author Ruth Eastham weaves twists, turns and adventures into the rollercoaster ride that is Arrowhead: aspects of Norse mythology, the importance of friendship and teamwork, race-against-the-clock tension, and terror as the world as you know it is turned upside down. Follow the three frie...