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HAPPY HORRORREADS!!

What is truly terrifying? A hungry great white shark? A big hairy spider? Poltergeists? Bigfoot? The smell from your little brother's sneakers?

In the spirit of the spooky Halloween season, we collected some blood-chilling, spine-tingling horror books for you to devour. With the lights on, I suggest.

BURY ME DEEP
by Christopher Pike
Pulse
ISBN: 0743424247

Jean is ready to relax in Hawaii. Things get nasty when the boy sitting next to her on the plane dies --- but even death won't keep him from turning up wherever Jean goes.

 

BEAUTY AND THE SERPENT: Thirteen Tales of Unnatural Animals
by Barbara Ann Porte
Simon & Schuster (Juv)
ISBN: 0689841477

Detention for students at Wilde Alternative High School means listening to Mrs. Drumm, the school librarian, tell stories. Believe me, it's not boring --- her tales feature dancing ghosts, giant cats, and a whole lot more.


SPELLBOUND (Sweep #6)
by Cate Tiernan
Puffin
ISBN: 0142300462

Morgan and Hunter are growing closer, but falling apart. Hunter is having all kinds of weird accidents, and Morgan is getting creepy feelings. Who or what is after them?

 

VLAD: The Undead
by Hanna Lutzen
Groundwood Books
ISBN: 0888993420

Lucia's grandfather left her a crumbly manuscript that tells the story of a man known as Vlad Dracula. What happens when Lucia gets drawn into the story --- and Dracula gets drawn out of the past?



NIGHT OF THE BAT
by Paul Zindel
Hyperion Press
ISBN: 0786803401

Fifteen-year-old Jake, a barely reformed prankster, must help his scientist father. It's up to them to capture a giant --- and very hungry --- vampire bat. Will they stop the creature before it kills again?


UNCLE'S TRUNK
by Julie Austad
Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 0738899437

The Lawson family moves East when an uncle dies, leaving them his house and everything in it. The uncle used to be an actor, and his prized possession was a steamer trunk full of mementos --- and something totally evil!


MOONDOG
by Henry Garfield
Aladdin Paperbacks
ISBN: 0689841523

Two young women are brutally murdered in a tiny California town, under a full moon. The apparent suspect --- a werewolf!


 

PROWLERS
by Christopher Golden
Pocket Books
ISBN: 0743403649

Jack Dwyer is devastated by the loss of his best friend. Will he be able to find the killers --- and get to their creepy secret --- before they find him?


 

COME LIKE SHADOWS
by Welwyn Wilton Katz
Coteau Books
ISBN: 1550501704

Kinny is totally stoked to be working at the summer Shakespeare festival. But when she finds an old mirror, a host of grisly accidents happen. Will Kinny fall into a supernatural trap?

 

NIGHT OF THE POMPON
by Sarah Jett
Archway
ISBN: 0671786334

Jendra is so thrilled to be made school mascot. But what happened to the girl who did the job before Jendra --- a girl who mysteriously vanished?



 

   --- Lucy Burns

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