A selection of spooky, scintillating, and scary stories from some of Accent Press’s best-loved authors. Featuring gruesome crime from Bill Kitson and Andrea Frazer, a frighteningly modern fairy tale from Helena Fairfax, ghostly goings-on from Christina Jones, David Rogers, Jane Risdon, Marie Laval, and Tricia Maw, a twisted take on a national pastime from Cara Cooper, and the supernatural side of reality TV from Caroline Dunford. So this Hallowe’en, if you’re hankering for a haunting, could mur...
Christmas at Saddle Creek (Saddle Creek, #5)
by Shelley Peterson
Bird returns to Saddle Creek and her beloved horse Sunny for Christmas. Bird always dreads Christmas. For as long as she could remember, her mother Eva goes into a tailspin of selfishness and drama as the holiday approaches. This one will be no different, as Bird is once again dumped at Saddle Creek Farm with her Aunt Hannah while Eva parties. At midnight on Christmas Eve, in the midst of an ice storm, Cody (the loyal coyote) alerts Bird that elderly Laura Pierson is in danger down the roa...
Let It Snow (Movie Tie-In)
by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson
Now a Netflix Original Film! #1 New York Times bestseller An ill-timed storm on Christmas Eve buries the residents of Gracetown under multiple feet of snow and causes quite a bit of chaos. One brave soul ventures out into the storm from her stranded train, setting off a chain of events that will change quite a few lives. Over the next three days one girl takes a risky shortcut with an adorable stranger, three friends set out to win a race to the Waffle House (and the hash brown spoils), and the...
The Unlikely Romance of Kate Bjorkman (Laurel-Leaf Books)
by Louise Plummer
I’m Kate Bjorkman. I don’t like romance novels. They’re full of three-paragraph kisses describing people’s tongues and spittle. But what do you do if you’ve lived a real romance with a great-looking guy (Richard) and he loves you as much as you love him? I know what I did. I wrote this romance novel about myself, using the Romance Writer’s Phrase Book. I also used stuff my English teach taught me about writing. He said a story must have conflict. No problem there. My life was one big conflict la...
The Spanish Love Deception meets The Holiday in this fake dating romance about a city girl and country boy’s lives colliding at Christmas. City girl Tia Solanké is dreading the festive period. She’s on a break with her boyfriend and the last thing she wants to do is spend Christmas away from London. Arriving at Saiyan Hedge Farm, Tia takes an instant disliking to it. She falls in horse manure, is chased by sheep and the Wi-Fi sucks. How is she meant to stalk her ex now and concoct a foolpro...
Christmas Every Day and Other Stories (Illustrated)
by William Dean Howells
Christmas Every Day And Other Stories Told For Children was published in 1892 by William Dean Howells. This is a great book written consisting of 5 short stories. These stories include Christmas Every Day, Turkeys Turning the Tables, The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express, The Pumpkin-Glory, and Butterflyflutterby and Flutterbybutterfly.
Teen Genius (and Hermit) Carrie Pilby's To-Do List: 1. List 10 things you love (and DO THEM!) 2. Join a club (and TALK TO PEOPLE!) 3. Go on a date (with someone you actually LIKE!) 4. Tell someone you care (your therapist DOESN'T COUNT!) 5. Celebrate New Year's (with OTHER PEOPLE!) Seriously? Carrie would rather stay in bed than deal with the immoral, sex-obsessed hypocrites who seem to overrun her hometown, New York City. She's sick of trying to be like everybody else. She isn't! But when h...
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
by Matthew Reinhart
Three unlikely allies team up for a night of rebellion, romance and revenge in a high-stakes dramedy from acclaimed young author Abby McDonald.They've spent years at the same high school without speaking a word to one another, but that's all about to change. Popular Bliss has the perfect boyfriend, the perfect prom dress – and now the perfect case for revenge after finding her best friend and boyfriend making out in the back of a limo. Bad girl Jolene wouldn't be caught dead at the prom, yet (du...
A christmas Carol (GCSE English Classics, #1) (Charles Dickens Collection, #2)
by Dickens
Dickens' tale of Scrooge's discovery of the true Christmas spirit is presented with pictorial interpretations.
Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas Pop-Up
by Matthew Reinhart
The Winter Boyfriend (Prep School Boyfriend Academy, #10)
by Christina Benjamin
Joey Meets The Ghost Elf and Other Stories
by Gordon W Fredrickson