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Horror

at the mountains of madness  At the Mountains of Madness - H. P. Lovecraft

"This is a tale of terror unlike any other. The Barren, windswept interior of the Antarctic plateau was lifeless—or so the expedition from Miskatonic University thought. Then they found the strange fossils of unheard-of creatures...and the carved stones tens of millions of years old...and, finally, the mind-blasting terror of the City of the Old Ones."

blood and chocolate  Blood and Chocolate – Annette Curtis Klause

"Having fallen for a human boy, a beautiful teenage werewolf must battle both her packmates and the fear of the townspeople to decide where she belongs and with whom."

View full image Dracula – Bram Stoker

"Mysterious, gloomy castles and open graves at midnight are just two of the Gothic devices used to chilling effect in this 19th-century horror classic that turned an obscure figure from Eastern European folklore into a towering icon of film and literature."

View full image Frankenstein – Mary Shelley

"Shelley's classic hints in part at the possible dangers inherent in the pursuit of pure science; it also portrays the injustice of a society which persecutes outcasts such as the "Monster." Disturbing and profoundly moving, Frankenstein has become part of our own mythology."

View full image Game of Sunken Places - M.T. Anderson

When two boys stay with an eccentric relative at his mansion in rural Vermont, they discover an old-fashioned board game that draws them into a mysterious adventure.

In the Forests of the Night  In the Forests of the Night – Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

"Risika, a teenage vampire, wanders back in time to the year 1684 when, as a human, she died and was transformed against her will."

View full image Never Trust a Dead Man – Vivian Vande Velde

"Wrongly convicted of murder and punished by being sealed in the tomb with the dead man, seventeen-year-old Selwyn enlists the help of a witch and the resurrected victim to find the true killer."

View full image Something Wicked This Way Comes – Ray Bradbury

The carnival rolls in sometime after midnight, ushering in Halloween a week early. The shrill siren song of a calliope beckons to all with a seductive promise of dreams and youth regained. In this season of dying, Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show has come to Green Town, Illinois, to destry every life touched by its strange and sinistery mystery. And two boys will discover the secret of its smoke, mazes, and mirrors; two friends who will soon know all to weel the heavy cost of wishes... and the stuff of nightmare.

Stranger With My Face  Stranger With My Face – Lois Duncan

Have you ever been haunted by the feeling that someone is spying on you, lurking around your house and yard, even entering your bedroom? Are your friends plotting against you when they say they've seen you do things you know you haven't done? What's going on — and does Laurie really want to find out?

story time  Story Time – Edward Bloor

George and Kate are promised the best education but instead face obsessed administrators, endless tests, and evil spirits when they are transferred to Whittaker Magnet School.


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All book descriptions are from the book jackets as listed on BarnesandNoble.com

 

Last updated on Thursday, September 4, 2008

 


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