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The Freddy Files: The Official Guidebook to the Bestselling Video Game Series by Scott Cawthon
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this first ever official guide to the bestselling horror video game Five Night at Freddy's, fans and gamers alike can immerse themselves in the characters, locations, game play, etc. and try to uncover the secrets and unlock the mysteries kept so hidden within the game itself... -
The Annotated Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMaria Tatar's The Annotated Brothers Grimm celebrates the powerful cultural legacy of the stories collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm —tales that have enchanted children and adults alike for generations... -
Battle of the Boss-Monster: A Branches Book by Troy Cummings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
March of the Vanderpants by Troy Cummings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In book 12, the S.S.M.P... -
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The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Journal by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt long last, a journal inspired by Heather Brewer's New York Times bestselling series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. This iconic journal features quotes from all five books in the series as well as exclusive new secrets in Elysian Code for readers to decipher with an enclosed key. Perfect for veteran minions and new fans alike... -
Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn enhanced eBook guaranteed to cause giggles! There’s only one rule in Larry’s book: don’t push the button. (Seriously, don’t even think about it!) It does look kind of nice though…Okay, quick. No one is looking. — push the button. Uh, oh... -
Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA #1 New York Times bestseller!From the team behind the New York Times bestselling Creepy Carrots! and Creepy Pair of Underwear! comes the third in this hilariously spooky series about a young rabbit and his peculiar encounters—featuring a sinister crayon!Jasper Rabbit has a he is NOT doing well in school. His spelling tests? Disasters. His math quizzes? Frightening to behold... -
Monster Notebook by Troy Cummings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCalling all future members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol! Kids love reading about the wacky monsters that attack Stermont in Troy Cummings' bestselling The Notebook of Doom series. Now fans can own Alexander Bopp's S.S.M.P... -
Mountain of Whispers by Keith Robinson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Whisper Mountain is the lair of the beast," say the frightened mountain elves. "Beware the Shadow Demon, for it will hunt you down and eat you alive."Hal and his friends weren't looking for another adventure, but this was a mission they couldn't ignore.Whisper Mountain gets its name from the frequent cries of ghosts echoing down its slopes, the souls of victims who have run afoul of the demon... -
Old Black Witch! by Wende Devlin, Harry Devlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNicky and his mom buy an old New England house to turn into a tearoom, never suspecting that it's already occupied by Old Black Witch--who's not about to share it with them. How Nicky and his mom reconcile their differences with Old Black Witch makes for spooky and delicious fun. Full-color illustrations... -
Fangs for the Memories by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPerfect for fans of Goth Girl, this addictive vampire series is ideal for girls of 9+ to sink their fangs into…Things are going great for Olivia Abbott and her boyfriend Jackson, except for the huge secret she's been keeping from him .. -
Die Endermen-Invasion: Roman für Minecrafter by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill a griefer destroy Steve’s hope of winning the elite building competition?In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer’s Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends�Max, Lucy, and Henry�are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island... -
School Freezes Over! by Jack Chabert
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader! This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
Black Seas of Infinity: The Best of H.P. Lovecraft by Andrew Wheeler, H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBLACK SEAS OF... -
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Flying Solo by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe twins are apart, but life is as batty as ever, in adventure 11"We're still double trouble!"Ivy's settling into Wallachia Academy, but the school's strict rules are a real pain in the neck. Back in Franklin Grove, Olivia’s begun dressing like Ivy—to get in to a vampire rock concert! It's bound to cause a coffin-load of chaos... -
Pop of the Bumpy Mummy by Troy Cummings, Niloufar Amanzadeh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA creepy mummy monster is on the loose in Stermont!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
This Hotel Is Haunted! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEach Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.My good friend Hercule Poirat and I were called to investigate mysterious events in the famouse Grand Hotel in New Mouse City. There was a ghost haunting the hotel and scaring guests! It was wearing armor and carrying a ball and chain... -
Miss Fortune by Brandi Dougherty
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsZoe's never been superstitious, so when she and her best friend Mia have their fortunes read at a carnival, she doesn't take it seriously. In fact, Zoe mocks the fortune-teller. But the woman gives Zoe a necklace to seal her fortune, and as soon as Zoe puts it on, unexplained things begin to happen to her... -
Treasure Hunters in Trouble by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this fourth installment of the Minecraft Gamer’s Adventure series, Steve receives a distress call from his friends Max, Lucy, and Henry. They have found an abundance of treasure in a temple, but they can’t get out! He immediately sets off for the desert to help his friends. Once Steve gets to them, they will all be rewarded with a supply of emeralds, gold ingots, and many other rare treasures... -
Clash of the Creepers by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final chapter in the series that began with The Quest for the Diamond Sword—will Steve and his friends find Mine Mountain and get the legendary treasure?When Steve’s friends Max, Lucy, and Henry get their hands on a map with the location of the legendary Mine Mountain, Steve questions if the map is a fake... -
The Endless King by Dave Rudden
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final book in the award-winning Knights of the Borrowed Dark trilogy, perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant.'You have no idea what real war is . . . but I'm afraid you're going to find out.'There's nothing like an apocalypse to kick off the school year.Denizen Hardwick has travelled to Daybreak, the ancestral home of the Order of the Borrowed Dark, to continue his training as a knight... -
Ottilie Colter and the Narroway Hunt by Rhiannon Williams
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the most thrilling fantasy of the year, a young girl must pretend to be a boy to rescue her brother from a secret order of monster hunters. Ottilie Colter and her brother, Gully, have always fended for themselves. So when Gully goes missing one night, Ottilie sets out to find him – and soon makes a horrible discovery... -
The Hall Monitors Are Fired!: A Branches Book (Eerie Elementary #8) by Jack Chabert
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this eighth book, Sam and his friends keep getting into trouble...Categorized as:
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Ride for Your Life! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBreakout star Creepella von Cacklefur is back in another fur-raising adventure!The fair has come to Mysterious Valley! Creepella is looking to forward a fun, thrilling day of rides and games with her family and friends... -
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The Mystery of the Griefer's Mark by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteve is back and ready for more adventures! But this time the excitement lands closer to home. While walking home from the village, Steve is surprised to hear a loud BOOM! When he returns home, he finds his wheat farm destroyed and a huge crater where the wheat once grew. And his diamond sword is missing! Steve believes it’s the act of a griefer with a lot of TNT... -
Stake Out! by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNumber 12 is a killer story to sink your teeth into!"We're on a mission!"Ivy and Olivia are together again—and not a moment too soon. The whole vampire community is in a flap. Can the twins discover the identity of the mystery blogger who's determined to expose Franklin Grove's biggest secret? Hold on to your fangs, vamp fans... -
Best Friends Forever by P.J. Night
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsKatie’s getting a new BFF—whether she likes it or not—in this scary You’re Invited to a Creepover tale.Katie Walsh is majorly bummed when her BFF moves away. But her hopes soar when the new girl at school, Whitney, befriends her right away and invites her to spend the night at her house for a sleepover. Katie loved sleepovers with her old BFF, so she’s sure she will have a great time... -
Blaze The Ice Dragon by Adam Blade
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe volcano at Stonewin is frozen over and the lands are blasted with a deadly cold. This is the work of Blaze the Ice Dragon, sent by wicked Wizard Malvel to thwart Tom's quest to save his father... -
The Science Fair Is Freaky!: #4 by Jack Chabert
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen the school gym transforms into a giant volcano, Sam Graves and his friends have to figure out how to fight hot lava and discover what secrets are in the strange, old book they just found. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO...Categorized as:
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Fright Night by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's time for Mysterious Valley's most anticipated competition of the year! The mouse who performs the best rhymes for the public and judges will be crowned Greatest Poet. Creepella's father, Boris von Cacklefur, has a secret weapon for the championship this year--he's going to improvise a rap . . -
Frankenstein by Deanna McFadden, Samuel Solleiro
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe California edition of the Pennyroyal Press Frankenstein unites the dark side of Barry Moser's art with the classic 1818 text of Mary Shelley's take of moral transfiguration. In a vivid sequence of woodcuts, the reader witnesses the birth of the 'monster' as Moser shapes him from darkness and gives him a form simultaneously ghastly in its malice and transfixing in its suffering... -
Frantastic Voyage by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFranny's faithful lab assistant, Igor, has swallowed a doomsday device that is ready to go off at any moment! For any regular scientist, there is only one way to get the device out -- um...make that two ways. But Franny K. Stein is no ordinary scientist, so she concocts her own way to get the device back and save her friend... -
The Locker Ate Lucy by Jack Chabert
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSam Graves's school is ALIVE!In the second book in the Eerie Elementary series, Sam Graves's friend Lucy disappears into her locker! Sam and his friend Antonio follow a trail of clues that leads them through the locker and deep inside the school...Categorized as:
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Vedra and Krimon: Twin Beasts of Avantia by Adam Blade
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJoin our hero Tom for the first Beast Quest special edition: two stories in... -
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Little Witch's Big Night by Deborah Hautzig
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarve out family time for this Halloween read with Little Witch!Forced to stay at home on Halloween because she's been too good, Little Witch gives three trick-or-treaters high-flying broomstick rides. Illustrated by Marc Brown, creator of the Arthur books and TV show... -
The Whitby Child by Robin Jarvis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the depth of the night, a dark shape rises from Whitby's harbour and crawls along the deserted streets, leaving a trail of slime in it's wake. As Ben murmurs fitfully in his sleep, two glittering clusters of eyes stare keenly at the sleeping boy...Along the windswept Whitby shore, Nelda the aufwader nurses a terrible secret. It is only a question of time before she must reveal the truth.. -
An Acorn Book- Mister Shivers #1: Beneath The Bed And Other Scary Stories by Max Brallier
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, and full-color artwork on every spread, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency... -
The Lake: Short Story by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Lake is a short story by American author Ray Bradbury. It was first published in the May 1944 edition of Weird Tales, and later collected in Bradbury's collections Dark Carnival, The October Country, and The Stories of Ray Bradbury. Bradbury believed it was one of the finest stories he'd ever written... -
Rashouk the Cave Troll by Adam Blade
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLurking in the Dead Peaks is Rashouk the Cave Troll. The Ghost Beast smells out his victims' fear ' and turns them to stone. It will take all of Tom's courage to capture Rashouk's piece of the Amulet of Avantia, but failure means never seeing his father again.. -
Disney: Beauty and the Beast Book of the Film by Walt Disney Company
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Flipping Out! by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe 14th in the series finds the sisters dealing with high school problemsThe twins are adjusting to high school, but everything is still topsy turvy. Ivy's flipping out about being the most popular girl in school. All she wants is some time to herself, but her band of superfans are clinging to her tighter than bats to a cave. Meanwhile, Olivia is on a matchmaking mission... -
My Monster Burrufu by Alberto Corral
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven-year-old Olivia has just moved to a new house—the same house where a lonely monster named Burrufu lives hidden in a secret attic. One night, unable to resist the smell of delicious cookies, Burrufu sneaks out and is discovered by Olivia. The two soon learn that you can find friendship in the most unexpected places... -
30 Tales to Give You Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan Jeff convince his parents there's a live mummy in the basement?Is Matt's summer camp being taken over by an evil patch of poison ivy?Will Eric escape from his tank, now that he's been turned into a fish?From an evil baby sister, to a remote control that can control more than just the television set, to a boarding school that's turning kids into robots, here are 30 creepy, spooky stories...Categorized as:
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Florida Fog Phantoms by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCreatures of the clouds are coming!After a mild hurricane passes through the Tampa Bay area of Florida, a mysterious, thick fog settles in.A murky, dark fog.A dangerous fog.Justin Martinez and his friend Caitlin McCalla are about to find out why. For there are creatures within the creamy haze. Bizarre creatures that roam the gray mist, searching for their next victim... -
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Näcken by Åsa Larsson, Ingela Korsell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNågot går väldigt fel när mellanstadiet på Mariefreds skola har temadag ute på Mälarens is. Iris påstår att det är Näcken som ligger bakom händelserna, och fast Viggo och Alrik tycker att Iris är den asjobbigaste personen i universum så inser de att hon har rätt. Näcken, ett vattenväsen, som dränker sina offer bara för skojs skull... -
Slappy New Year! by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake a little Horror home with you!Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything--loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonahttan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Even party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone... -
Dangerous Dolls Of Delaware by Johnathan Rand
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsOld dolls unearthed after many years below ground slowly become alive! Brother and sister, Spencer and Serena, have become the keepers of their find... and must find a way to return the Dangerous Dolls .. -
The Streets of Panic Park by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's the end of the ride--for now! Fright-master R.L. Stine saves the most shocking surprises for last as all of HorrorLand's secrets are revealed!Luke and Lizzie thin they’ll be safe in Panic Park. But they’re wrong. Because Panic Park is home to The Menace, a two-faced villain with a twisted plan to trap them forever... -
I Am (Not) Scared by Anna Kang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTwo fuzzy friends go to an amusement park. They try to convince each other that there are much scarier things than the roller coaster. Hairy spiders! Aliens! Fried ants! They soon discover that sometimes being scared isn’t as “scary” as they thought... -
The Substitute Teacher from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA brand-new edition in the bestselling Black Lagoon series!THE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER FROM THE BLACK LAGOON is a brand-new edition in the bestselling Black Lagoon series! Mrs. Green is out sick and Hubie's class is going to have a sub! The students are ready to party all day...until they meet Mr. Frank N...
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