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Dead or Alive by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSkulduggery, Valkyrie and Omen return in the 14th and penultimate novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series - and their most epic test yet...In a matter of days, the world will change.Billions of lives will be wiped away in a final, desperate search for the Child of the Faceless Ones - she who is destined to bring about the return of humankind's ancient overlords... -
![Brothers to the Death by Darren Shan]()
Brothers to the Death by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter years of wandering, Larten has finally found his way back to his vampire family and resumed the vigorous, brutal training to become a General. But there are vampires determined to pull Larten into starting a war that could have global implications and casualties. Vampires who will stop at nothing. Vampires who would betray Larten in the most cutting way... -
![Armageddon Outta Here by Derek Landy]()
Armageddon Outta Here by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans, now updated to include Apocalypse Kings AND six more new stories for this edition - 22 stories in all!ENTER A WORLD OF MAGIC AND MYSTERYEnter a world where Apocalypse Kings and ancient monsters stalk beside the killers, the misfits, the oddballs and the weirdos.Enter the world of Skulduggery Pleasant... -
![Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1-3) by Ransom Riggs]()
Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children Boxed Set (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1-3) by Ransom Riggs
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe New York Times #1 best selling series Includes 3 hardcover novels by Ransom Riggs and 12 collectible peculiar photographs. The movie adaptation of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is in theaters December 2016...Categorized as:
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![Blue Moon by James Ponti]()
Blue Moon by James Ponti
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMolly is ready for more nonstop, undead action in this follow-up to Dead City, which Kirkus Reviews described as “a fast-paced read for those who like their zombies with just a little fright.”When Molly Bigelow discovered that zombies shared New York with humans, she didn’t think life could get more shocking...Categorized as:
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![Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan]()
Ocean of Blood by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBefore Larten Crepsley was a vampire general...Before he was Darren Shan's master... Before the War of Scars...Larten Crepsley was a teenager. And he was sick of the pomp and circumstance of fusty old vampires telling him what to do. Taking off on his own with his blood brother, Wester, Larten takes off into the world to see what his newly blooded vampire status can get him in the human world... -
![Frenzy by Robert Liparulo]()
Frenzy by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTheir destiny is to fix history. Their dream is to get home.When you live in a house that's really a gateway between past and present, you have to be ready for "anything." It's a painful fact the Kings have faced since moving to Pinedale eight days ago... -
![Whirlwind by Robert Liparulo]()
Whirlwind by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBest-selling novelist Robert Liparulo is a former journalist, with over a thousand articles and multiple writing awards to his name. His first two critically acclaimed thrillers?Comes a Horseman and Germ?were optioned by Hollywood producers. Bestselling author Michael Palmer calls Deadfall, released in November, 2007, ?a brilliantly crafted thriller... -
![Dark Days by James Ponti]()
Dark Days by James Ponti
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMolly’s up against the undead—and the fate of Manhattan is in her hands—in the third and final book of the Dead City trilogy, which Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins says “breathes new life into the zombie genre.”Molly and the Omegas fight to contain the storm unleashed by Operation Blue Moon...Categorized as:
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![The Strangers by Jacqueline West, Lexy Fridell]()
The Strangers by Jacqueline West, Lexy Fridell
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOlive thought she'd uncovered all the house's secrets. She was wrong.It's Halloween night when strangers come to Linden Street...and something dear to Olive goes missing... -
![The Second Spy by Jacqueline West, Lexy Fridell]()
The Second Spy by Jacqueline West, Lexy Fridell
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn Olive's third adventure, what lurks below the house could be as dangerous as what's hidden inside . . . Some terrifying things have happened to Olive in the old stone house, but none as scary as starting junior high. Or so she thinks. When she plummets through a hole in her backyard, though, she realizes two things that may change her mind: First, the wicked Annabelle McMartin is back... -
![Noir Poison: N? 5 - Loup-Garou de Minuit by Clare Hutton]()
Noir Poison: N? 5 - Loup-Garou de Minuit by Clare Hutton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPoison Apple Books: Thrilling. Bone-chilling. These books have bite!Marisol and her mom move from the city to rural Montana for a few months, and stay with family friends and their twin children, Jack and Hailey. Marisol loves looking at the stars so far away from city lights, but she feels creeped out by the woods right by their house... -
![Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson]()
Among the Stars by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsMay Bird has always been a bit. . . different. While most of her classmates were riding their bikes, she was running around the West Virginia woods, dressed as a warrior princess with her hairless cat at her side... -
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Black Heart by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere's a new ship of vampirates roaming the seas, leaving a trail of fear and devastation in its wake. When a high-profile pirate is slain, the Pirate Federation takes decisive action and begins training up a ship of dedicated vampire hunters. The team will be led by newly appointed Captain, Cheng Li and will include pirate prodigy Connor Tempest... -
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![The Quicksilver Faire by Gillian Summers]()
The Quicksilver Faire by Gillian Summers
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAt the dazzling Fairy High Court--fraught with enchantments and trickery--Keelie Heartwood discovers that an imbalance in magic has created a colossal rift that can destroy the world. Keelie's mixed blood (elf, human, and fae) makes her powerful, but this sixteen-year-old L.A. girl can't fix things alone... -
![Raven's Fall by Lincoln Cole]()
Raven's Fall by Lincoln Cole
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAbigail was arrested by the Council, and now she's awaiting trial for the decisions she made leading up to and culminating in the events of Raven's Peak. She is restless while she waits for answers and knows that there is a real threat outside their walls plotting to bring them down... -
![Cirque Du Freak Boxed Set #2 (Cirque Du Freak, #5-8) by Darren Shan]()
Cirque Du Freak Boxed Set #2 (Cirque Du Freak, #5-8) by Darren Shan
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOffers four more volumes in the frightening saga of a young boy whose visit to a mysterious freak show leads him on a journey into a dark world of vampires... -
![The Pagemaster Storybook by David Kirschner, David Casci]()
The Pagemaster Storybook by David Kirschner, David Casci
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJoin Richard Tyler and his friends, ADVENTURE, FANTASY, and HORROR, as they find themselves thrown into a world of storybook adventure...Categorized as:
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![Secret Vengeance by F. Paul Wilson]()
Secret Vengeance by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEveryone loves senior Carson Toliver, the captain and quarterback of the football team, heartthrob of South Burlington County Regional High—especially the girls. Even Jack's best friend Weezy has a crush on him. And unlike most of the popular kids at school, he's not stuck up. Jack even sees him defending a piney kid who is being bullied in the hall...Categorized as:
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![Shadowghast by Thomas Taylor, Tom Booth]()
Shadowghast by Thomas Taylor, Tom Booth
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the third mysterious tale of Eerie-on-Sea, it’s almost Ghastly Night, and the Shadowghast—an ancient spirit in a lantern—lurks in wait for the power to enslave the town...Categorized as:
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![The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst]()
The Girl Who Could Not Dream by Sarah Beth Durst
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSophie loves the hidden shop below her parents' bookstore, where dreams are secretly bought and sold. When the dream shop is robbed and her parents go missing, Sophie must unravel the truth to save them. Together with her best friend—a wisecracking and fanatically loyal monster named Monster—she must decide whom to trust with her family’s carefully guarded secrets...Categorized as:
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![A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney]()
A Coven of Witches by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBeware a girl in pointy shoesA girl wearing pointy shoes might be a witch. And the first thing a spook's apprentice learns is never, ever to trust a witch.In this bone-chilling collection of tales, you will learn exactly why that is, as you encounter:a fair and beautiful woman with green scales running down her spine . . . (John Gregory, set before book 1, book 0...Categorized as:
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![Closer by Roderick Gordon]()
Closer by Roderick Gordon
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAt the centre of the Earth, in a world that no one knows exists, Will is in trouble. His enemy, the Styx, are close behind. They'll pursue him to the ends of the world - any world. Meanwhile Drake - with help from the unlikeliest of allies is preparing to fight the Styx from above. But will his daring plan bring him closer to victory ..Categorized as:
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![Immortal War by Justin Somper]()
Immortal War by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA bloody war is raging across the oceans, with the Pirate Federation and Nocturnals in alliance against the renegade Vampirates, led by Sidorio and Lola... -
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![Empire of Night by Justin Somper]()
Empire of Night by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAfter the surprising revelation of the Tempest family history, twins Connor and Grace face a newly-defined future marked by their Vampirate roots. Meanwhile, Sidorio's evil Vampirate Empire continues its expansion, making it tragically apparent that no ship is safe. As for the pirates, they have a new mission: wipe out the vampirates... -
![Watcher in the Woods by Robert Liparulo]()
Watcher in the Woods by Robert Liparulo
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt's not just the house that's keeping secrets. Pretending everything's all right is harder than it sounds. But the Kings know that even if they told the truth about the bizarre things happening in their house, no one would believe them. They're hyper-focused on rescuing their lost family member before anyone finds out what's going on... -
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Dark Congress by Christopher Golden
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSince the beginning of time, the demonic races have gathered every century to resolve conflicts among them and to determine the course of their future. This centennial event was called the Dark Congress. In the second century b.c., however, the Dark Congress failed to resolve their conflicts... -
![Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They? by Andrés Miedoso]()
Ghosts Don't Ride Bikes, Do They? by Andrés Miedoso
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDesmond and Andres are in for a bike-riding adventure in the second book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter book series!Welcome to Kersville, a town with a spooky history and a collection of ghosts and spirits who are major mischief-makers. Most kids spend their days without ever seeing or dealing with a ghost, but some kids get stuck with a haunt... -
![Jack Templar and the Monster Hunter Academy by Jeff Gunhus]()
Jack Templar and the Monster Hunter Academy by Jeff Gunhus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter barely surviving the onslaught of monsters that tried to kill him the day before his fourteenth birthday, Jack Templar leaves his hometown on a quest to rescue his father and discover the truth about his past...Categorized as:
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![The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson]()
The Triumph of Death by Jason Henderson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithin months of discovering he’s next in a long line of vampire hunters, Alex Van Helsing has already defeated two powerful vampire leaders. Not bad for a fourteen-year-old.But when a newly risen vampire queen threatens the fate of the world, Alex faces his deadliest challenge yet... -
![Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley]()
Matt Archer: Legend by Kendra C. Highley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Matt Archer was fourteen, he was chosen—by a magic, spirit-inhabited knife—to hunt monsters with a special paranormal division of the Army. When he was fifteen, he was thrown into a global war the rest of the world didn’t know existed.Now Matt’s sixteen and the war has cost him more than he ever thought it would... -
![The Demon Hunter by Kevin Emerson]()
The Demon Hunter by Kevin Emerson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA compelling, contemporary fantasy with a vampire hero torn between two worlds, and an outsider in both, who seeks to discover the truth about his origins and find out where he truly belongs.A series of gruesome animal/vampire attacks on humans threatens to undermine the vampires' secretive existence... -
![Moth to a Flame (Narrowdale Mystery Book 2) by Michael Omer]()
Moth to a Flame (Narrowdale Mystery Book 2) by Michael Omer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI was almost killed by a delusional murderer five months ago. Since then, the recurring nightmares, creepy hallucinations and overpowering fear are gone. That's good, right? I mean, no one in their right minds wants to feel like that. I am starting to wonder if I'm in my right mind anymore...When a lady in my neighborhood died, I couldn't help but stick my nose in, to see what happened...Categorized as:
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Tether by Christina Garner
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings**Description Contains Book 2 Spoilers** Ember was only trying to keep a promise when she jumped into the demon world. But instead of saving Cole and his people, she found herself just as trapped as they are. She lives and learns with the Daemon survivors while the demon threat grows every day. Meanwhile Taren struggles with his guilt for not stopping Ember...Categorized as:
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![Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay Mejia]()
Paola Santiago and the Forest of Nightmares by Tehlor Kay Mejia
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSix months after Paola Santiago confronted the legendary La Llorona, life is nothing like she'd expected it to be. She is barely speaking to her best friends, Dante and Emma, and what's worse, her mom has a totally annoying boyfriend. Even with her chupacabra puppy, Bruto, around, Pao can't escape the feeling that she's all alone in the world...Categorized as:
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![Näcken by Åsa Larsson, Ingela Korsell]()
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... -
![There’s No Such Thing as Monsters by Michael Yu]()
There’s No Such Thing as Monsters by Michael Yu
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis fun and beautifully illustrated book is about a little boy who thinks there are monsters all over his bedroom and can’t go to sleep...Categorized as:
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![Oblivion by J. Kearston]()
Oblivion by J. Kearston
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI thought life was hard enough. Widowed young and left to raise my daughter alone, I never expected the threats I would have to shield her from. Magic, monsters, and three men fighting to protect their final hope. I have nothing to gain, but everything to lose... or so I thought... -
![Changeling by William Ritter]()
Changeling by William Ritter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagic is fading from the Wild Wood. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind—a newborn changeling. But when the fateful night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong. After laying the changeling in a human infant’s crib, the goblin Kull is briefly distracted from his task... -
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Archimancy by J.A. White
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe first book in a middle grade series that introduces three friends and their quest to unravel the secrets of Shadow School, a strange middle school in New Hampshire, from the acclaimed author of Nightbooks and the Thickety series, J. A. White. Perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Neil Gaiman, and Adam Gidwitz.Cordelia Liu knew Shadow School was going to be different...Categorized as:
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![The Spook's Bestiary by Joseph Delaney]()
The Spook's Bestiary by Joseph Delaney
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratings"My name is John Gregory. What follows is my Bestiary - my personal account of the denizens of the dark I've encountered, together with the lessons I have learned and the mistakes I have made. I have held nothing back, and my hope is that the spook who follows me will continue to keep this record of the practical ways in which we deal with the dark... -
![The Mad Apprentice by Django Wexler]()
The Mad Apprentice by Django Wexler
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Alice's mysterious Uncle Geryon sends her to help capture a rogue apprentice--a boy who has the same ability Alice has to Read himself into stories--she knows to expect a wild and unpredictable trip. But even though Alice has visited the magical realms inside libraries before, this adventure is far more dangerous...Categorized as:
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![Dracula: Classics Retold by Mike Stocks, Barry Jones]()
Dracula: Classics Retold by Mike Stocks, Barry Jones
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTruthful retellings of classic stories, clearly written in a modern, approachable style for young readers. Include informative notes on the authors and original texts... -
![Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn]()
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAunt Blythe's house gives Andrew the creeps -- full of dark rooms, creaky noises, and the sound of a woman sobbing somewhere in the shadows. Then, in the middle of the night, Andrew awakens to find a boy standing in his room...a boy who is Andrew's double, except he looks as if he's come from the grave. He wants to follow him -- to a place where he will meet the spirits of long-dead ancestors..Categorized as:
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![Freefall by Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams]()
Freefall by Roderick Gordon, Brian Williams
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDEEPER sent Will and Chester into FREEFALL-- tumbling through the subterranean Pore with the evil Rebecca twins in hot pursuit, both toting phials of the lethal Dominion virus. When, where, will they ever land?! Just when the drop seems infinite, the boys hit bottom, and find themselves in a realm of near-zero gravity atop a giant spongy fungus stuffed with artifacts from some lost golden age...Categorized as:
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![Alone, Untouched, Soulless by Robert J. Crane]()
Alone, Untouched, Soulless by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThis is a collection of the first three titles in The Girl in the Box Series, which are about a teenage girl who develops powers far beyond those of a normal human, and her battles against those who would use her against her will. (Approx. 185,000 words total.)Books included:1. Alone2. Untouched3... -
![Blood Captain by Justin Somper]()
Blood Captain by Justin Somper
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsTwins Connor and Grace Tempest are no strangers to adventure and mystery. Since being shipwrecked, each has discovered a new world of sea-faring friends and foes... -
![Spiral by Roderick Gordon]()
Spiral by Roderick Gordon
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 5th book in the Tunnels series. The Styx have surfaced. The only ones to stand in their way is Will and his friends, and a rag-tag team of retired commandos... -
![Desolation by Derek Landy]()
Desolation by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReeling from their bloody encounter in New York City at the end of Demon Road, Amber and Milo flee north. On their trail are the Hounds of Hell – five demonic bikers who will stop at nothing to drag their quarries back to their unholy master... -
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The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy by Nikki Loftin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen Lorelei's old school mysteriously burns down, a new one appears practically overnight: Splendid Academy. Rock-climbing walls on the playground and golden bowls of candy on every desk? Gourmet meals in the cafeteria, served by waiters? Optional homework and two recess periods a day? It's every kids's dream.But Lorelei and her new friend Andrew are pretty sure it's too good to be true...
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