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Alex's original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he'll run out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He's loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don't have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he's desperate for a different ending--and a way out of this twisted place.
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When the wind separates ghost-boy Kaz from his family and carries him to a library far away, he is afraid he will be lost forever. Then he meets Claire, a human who wants to help him find his family, while solving a few mysteries along the way.
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A lonely, young zombie hopes to find a friend at the Halloween party.
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Sam Graves discovers that his elementary school is alive and plotting against the students, and,as hall monitor, it is his job to protect them--but he will need some help from his friends.
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A timid boy named Tom reluctantly agrees to help professional ghostbuster Hetty Hyssop dispel an IRG (Incredibly Revolting Ghost) from an old house.
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Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House.
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Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard. (2009 Winner)
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Invites the reader to join top monster scientists (and a zombie named Tina) as they clear up the myths and misconceptions people have about these scary yet misunderstood creatures.
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Leo is a friendly house ghost--but when a family moves into his house, and tries to get rid of him, he leaves and roams the city looking for a friend.
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Taking the bus to make a delivery to his grandmother, a little boy is alarmed by the bus's scary driver, who grows creepier by the minute as the other passengers disembark.
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When all his efforts to find a sweetheart fail, Mortimer the zombie decides to place an ad in the newspaper.
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In this variation on the traditional cumulative rhyme, a monster swallows ants, a lizard, a bat, and other creatures to try to cure a stomach ache that began when he swallowed a tick.
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Although Winifred thinks the monsters who creep into her bedroom each night are cute, she cannot get any sleep and tries to scare them away.
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Verses written to the tune of The Ants Go Marching describe an ever-increasing parade of ghosts, witches, and other spooky creatures as they haunt a school on Halloween.
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Tired of living in a haunted house, a young witch captures, washes, and turns her pesky ghosts into curtains, table linens, and bedding.