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3) Clay
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The developing relationship between teenager Davie and a mysterious new boy in town morphs into something darker and more sinister when Davie learns firsthand of the boy's supernatural powers.
Author
Series
Mostly ghostly volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Just as eleven-year-old Max is celebrating a chance to move away from the ghosts who have been ruining his life, two ghouls invade his house and only Nicky and Tara, the ghosts, can scare them away.
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The continuing adventures of Tom, the seventh son of a seventh son and apprentice to the local Spook, who faces danger and death daily in his job protecting the region from evil.
11) The deadly catch
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2008], c2006
Language
English
Description
Adam and David find danger in the water when they go kayaking; strange mice are taking over Katie's house; and, Kelly buys some lip gloss that gives her good luck at the expense of everyone around her.
12) Coraline
Author
Language
English
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Spooky Middle Grade
The Perks of Being Left Off the Time Best of YA List
Spooky Middle Grade
The Perks of Being Left Off the Time Best of YA List
Description
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 8
Language
English
Description
Apprentice Tom and the Spook for whom he works flee to Ireland, where a powerful witch has joined forces with the dark mages trying to call forth ancient powers to destroy Tom.
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.
Author
Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Language
English
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Spooky Children/Middle Grade Books for October
Spooky Middle Grade
Things to Keep You Up at Night - 2023
Spooky Middle Grade
Things to Keep You Up at Night - 2023
Description
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. In this paperback edition, Stephen Gammell's artwork from the original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark appears in all its spooky glory. Read if you dare!
16) The Jumbies
Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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2023-2024 OBOB 3rd-5th Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
Popular Retellings
Spooky Middle Grade
African Animals- Children's Book List
Popular Retellings
Spooky Middle Grade
Description
A spine-tingling tale rooted in Caribbean folklore about an ordinary girl who must use her extraordinary bravery--and a bit of magic--to save her island home from jumbies, the scary spirits that haunt the forest.
Corinne La Mer isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters parents make up to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into...
18) Slither
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Slither lurks in woods and towns, hunting for human blood, but before he can feast on three lovely sisters, their dying father binds the monster to a bargain.
20) Lure of the dead
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom must vanquish a god, avange the Spook, and protect his love.
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