Cole, Joanna. Bony-Legs
When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl
escapes with the help of a mirror and comb. J/Reader/Cole
DeFelice, Cynthia. The Dancing Skeleton
A dead man refuses to stay in his coffin. J/Fiction/DeFelice
Del Negro, Janice. Lucy Dove.
A seamstress tires to outwit a terrible monster. J/P/Del
Negro
Galdone, Joanna. The Tailypo: A Ghost Story
A creature haunts a woodsman who chopped off its tail. J/398.20973/G149ta
Greene, Rhonda Gowler. Eek! Creak! Snicker, Sneak
Bugbear and Bugaboo like to scare kids when they're in bed.
Find out what happens when the kids try and scare them. J/P/Greene
Schwartz, Alvin. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
Seven scary stories based on folktales from various countries.
J/Reader/Schwartz
Sanvoisin, Eric. The Ink Drinker
A boy discovers an ink-drinking vampire in his father's bookshop.
Also A Straw for Two, The City of Ink Drinkers, and Little
Red Ink Drinker. J/Fiction/Sanvoisin
Flora, James. Grandpa's Ghost Stories
Grandpa has chosen a stormy night to tell stories of skeletons,
witches, ghosts and werewolves. J/Fiction/Flora
Wright, Betty Ren. The Ghost in Room 11
Matt's efforts to fit into his new fourth grade class are complicated
by his encounter with a ghost. J/Fiction/Wright
Yep, Laurence. The Man Who Tricked a Ghost
Traveling late at night, Sung meets a ghost. J/398.20951/Y47ma
Bruchac, Joseph. Skeleton Man
A very creepy short novel about Molly, whose parents have vanished.
She is sent to live with a great uncle who is mysterious at best and
the evil "Skeleton Man" at worst. She must use all her courage, intelligence,
and strength to foil this powerful foe. J/Fiction/Bruchac, J/Paperback/B
Cohen, Daniel. Southern Fried Rat & Other Gruesome Tales
Twenty-one shivery tales. J/398.25/C678s
DeFelice, Cynthia. Cold Feet
Willie McPhee steals the shoess off of a dead person and uses
them to trick a farmer. J/Illustrated Fiction/DeFelice
Fleischman, Paul. The Half-a-Moon Inn
A mute boy must use all his resources to escape from the strange
proprietress of an inn. J/Fiction/Fleischman, J/Paperback/F
Hahn, Mary Downing. Look for Me by Moonlight
Sixteen-year-old Cynda feels isolated from her family and finds
comfort in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest. J/Fiction/Hahn
Jarvis, Robin. Dark Portal
A few daring mice journey below to the sewers to an evil world
of rats who worship the Dark Lord. J/Fiction/Jarvis
Jones, Diana Wynne. Eight Days of Luke
A boy learns that his new friend possesses supernatural powers.
J/Fiction/Jones
Mahy, Margaret. The Changeover
When her little brother seems to become possessed by an evil
spirit, Laura seeks the help of a strange boy at school who seems to
have supernatural powers. J/Fiction/Jones
Peck, Richard. The Ghost Belonged to Me
Alexander's Barn is haunted and only he, with the help of his
Uncle and a girl named Blossom, can put it to rest. J/Fiction/Peck
Pullman, Philip. Clockwork
Long ago in Germany, a storyteller's story and an apprentice
clockwork-maker's nightmare meet in a menacing, lifelike figure created
by the strange Dr. Kalmenius. J/Fiction/Pullman
San Souci, Robert D. Short & Shivery
Thirty chilling tales from folklore around the world. J/398.25/S196s
Schwartz, Alvin. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
A collection of short stories of ghosts and witches. J/398.25/S399s
Sleator, William. The Spirit House
A spirit seems to have followed the exchange student that Julie
has staying at her home. J/Fiction/Sleator
Vande Velde, Vivian. There's a Dead Person Following My Sister
Around
When five-year-old Vicki begins getting visits from a ghost,
her brother Ted tries to find out what's going on. J/Fiction/Vande
Velde
Zindel, Paul. Loch
Loch and his sister join their father in a scientific expedition
searching for enormous prehistoric creatures. J/Fiction/Zindel
Almond, David. Heaven Eyes
An exciting story about a girl and two friends who leave their
orphanage to set out on an adventure. They reach the "Black Middens"
by boat, an abandoned factory, and meet a strange girl named Heaven
Eyes. J/Fiction/Almond
Gaiman, Neil. Coraline
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. J/Battle Two Fiction/Gaiman
Nixon, Joan Lowery. The Haunting
A scary story about a 15-year-old girl whose mother inherits
a "haunted house" in Louisiana but refuses to believe it's really haunted.
The girl is the one who must try and discover what the ghost wants and
put it to rest. J/Fiction/Nixon, Young Adult/Paperback/N
