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Scary Books

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Younger Readers (K-2nd Grade):

Picture Books

J Pic Emberley, E.
Go Away, Big Green Monster (Unp., AD, L 550)
You can make it go away yourself!

J Pic Martin, B.
A Beasty Story (Unp., BR)
In a dark, dark wood, in a dark, dark house, there lurks a beastly beast.

J Pic Washington, D.
A Big, Spooky House (p. 32 ) 
He is a big, strong man, but can he spend the whole night in a big, spooky house?  On his way to join the army, the big strong man, who is scared of nothing, spends the night in a spooky house...

J Pic Winters, K.
The Teeny Tiny Ghost and the Monster (unp)
The teeny tiny ghost scares himself while doing his homework.

Easy Books

J Easy Aber L.
The Haunted Mansion Mystery (p. 56, L 550)
Barbie haunted mansion mystery.

J Easy Berenstain B.
Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old House (p. 32)
The Bear family inherits an old house on Spook Hill.

J Easy Cole, J.
Bony-legs (p.47)
How can a mirror and a comb help a girl to escape from a terrible witch?

J Easy Low, A.
The Witch Who Was Afraid Of Witches (p.48)
Wendy the witch triumphantly out-witches her two older sisters.

J East Rocklin, J
This Book is Haunted (p. 46)
This book’s not too scary ghost host tells five spooky stories.

J Easy Schwartz, A.
Ghosts! Ghostly Tales From Folklore (p.63, L 430)
If you find a little green bottle washed up on the beach, don’t open it!

J Easy Schwartz, A.
In a Dark, Dark Room (p.63, L 430
In a dark, dark, room, in a soft, soft voice, tell a scary story—it’s fun!

J Easy Wyler, R.
Spooky Tricks (p.63)
How to write invisible messages, make ghosts appear on walls, and other tricks.

Scary Series Books

J FIC Avi
Something Upstairs: a Tale of Ghosts (p. 120, L.580)
When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Kenny discovers that the new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy.

J FIC Dahl, R.
The Witches (p.201, L 740)                                                             A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil  a witches” plot  to destroy the world’s children by turning them into mice.

J FIC Pic DeFelice, C.
Dancing Skeleton  (p. 32, L 590)
The most ornery man who ever died!

J FIC  Fleishman, S.
The 13th Floor: a ghost story (p.134, L 670)
When  Lis, the older sister disappears, 12 year old Buddy follows her back in time and find himself aboard a pirate ship…

J FIC Gerog, J
In a Creepy Creepy Place and Other Scary Stories ( p. 51, L 780)Collection of scary stories with unpredictable events and bizarre characters.

J FIC Gliori, D.
Pure Dead Wicked (p. 211)                                                       Strega Borhia children accidentally create 500 clones of themselves at the same time that the roof on their Scottish castle caves in.

J FIC San Souci, R.
Faithful Friend (Unp., L 850)
Love, zombies, and danger in the West Indies.

J 398.25 Schwartz A.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (p. 111, L 640)                                Stories of ghosts, witches, “jump stories” scary songs, and modern scary stories.

J FIC Strickland B.
Princess For a Week (105 p., Lexile 620)
Lewis and Rose battle the son of evil magician who tries to destroy the world with the Doomsday Clock.

J FIC Vivelo, J.
Chills in the night: Tales that will haunt you (p.123, L 860 )           Ghost short stories.

Older Readers:

J FIC 398.27 Ask
Ask the Bones: Scary stories from Around the World (p. 145)            A collection of scary stories from countries around the world: China, Russia, Spain, and United States.

J FIC Bellairs, J.
The Ghost in the Mirror (p. 169, L 750)
Rose and Mrs Zimmermann are transported back to 1828 to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wiard.

J FIC Bellairs, J.
The Doom of the Haunted Opera (p. 153, L 820)                         Lewis and Rose are faced with a dilemma when their discovery of an unpublished opera score unleashes a wicked sorcerer who plans to rule the world.

J FIC Gaiman, N.
Coraline (p.162, L 740)                                                          Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is different and she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and others.

J FIC Griffin P.
The Ghost Sitter (p. 131, L 700)                                                When she realizes that her new house is haunted by the ghost of a 10 year old girl who used to live there, Charlotte tries to help her find  peace.

J FIC Horowitz, A.
Raven’s Gate (p. 254, L 620 )                                                      Sent to live in a foster home, Matt uncovers an evil plot involving witchcraft and the site of an ancient stone circle.

J FIC March, L.
Frankenstein (p. 189)                                                               Story of scientist who desires to create human life.

J FIC McMullan K.
The Phantom of the Opera (p. 96, L 230)                                         A disfigured musical genius who lives beneath the Paris Opera House fall in love with a beautiful soprano and, in his desperation to have his love returned, embarks on some terrifying means toward that end.

J  FIC Naylor P. R.
Jade Green (p. 168, L 1040)                                                       While living with her uncle in a house haunted by  a ghost, recently orphaned Judith wonders if her one small  transgression because these happenings.

J FIC Norton, A.
House of Shadows (p. 201)                                                         Mike and Susan feel a mounting sense of urgency and terror as they try to protect their younger brother who seems threatened by an invisible and powerful force in a house that has long been in their family, on which there is supposedly a curse.

J FIC Ogden, C.
High Wire (p. 189)                                                                  Prankster twins think they have found kindred spirits when they join the circus to escape from their mysterious caretaker.

J FIC Pierce Q. L.
Still More Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs (p. 128)                  Collection of 11 scary stories.

J FIC Richards, J.
Ghost Soldiers (p. 203, L 750)                                                   While investigating a haunted house, the Cannoniers discover a group of scientists who are creating an army of indestructible mutant soldiers.

J FIC Shan D.
Cirque du Freak (p. 266, L 650)                                                   Two boys who are best friends visit an illegal freak show, where an encounter with a vampire and a deadly spider forces them to make life-changing choices.

J FIC Zappa A.
Monstrous  Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless (p.215 )                          Minerva and her brother Max go to the evil Zarmaglorg’s Castle to rescue their father.

Scary Series Books

J FIC Shan Darren
Cirque du Freak(216 p., Lexile 1020)

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The Lexile measure (L) is a difficulty score:

• AD before the lexile number designates books that are designed to be read to or with the readers.

• BR means—beginner reader

• No Lexile number included means that there is no Lexile number available.

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