Horror Stories for Teens

 Halloween is quickly approaching.  So to get us in the mood, this week I'm share some horror novels for teens . . . .

Alone by Cyn Balog
Seda, sixteen, feels her invisible childhood nemesis, Sawyer, growing stronger just as a group of stranded teens takes shelter from a blizzard in the dilapidated mansion Seda's mother inherited.

Dreaming Darkly by Caitlin Kittredge

After her mother's death, Ivy is sent to live on an island with a rich uncle where she experiences nightmares and learns about her family's murderous past.

Fiendish by Brenna Yovanoff

Clementine DeVore, seventeen, is determined to learn what happened ten years ago that led to her magical imprisonment and problems in her town, but a dangerous attraction to Fisher, the boy who freed her, town politics, and the terrifying Hollow get in the way.

His Hideous Heart: Thirteen of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined

Offers a collection of authors' reimaginings of Edgar Allan Poe's work, as well as the original Poe stories.

The Sacrifice Box by Martin J. Stewart

Five former friends must discover which of them broke the rules when objects they sealed in an ancient stone box come to life in twisted forms and dead things reanimate.

More Horror Stories --

As I Descended by Robin Talley

Asylum by Madeline Roux

Between the Devil and the Dark Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Bonechiller by Graham McNamee
Burning by Danielle Rollins

The End Games by T. Michael Martin

The Fall by Bethany Griffin

The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan

The Girl from the Well by Rin Chupeco

The Glare by Margot Harrison

Haunted by Danielle Vega

The House by Christina Legrand

Lockdown: Escape from the Furnace by Alexander Gordon Smith

The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd

Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry

Teeth in the Mist by Dawn Kurtagich

There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins

The Wrong Train by Jeremy de Quidt

Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through October 31, 2020.

Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott

Stella is back in the hospital for yet more treatment for her cystic fibrosis.  She has been in and out of the hospital for the past twelve years in the hopes of making it to the top of the lung transplant list.

On her first day she meets Will and immediately dislikes him.  He doesn't see the purpose of treatment.  Instead he just wants to live what life he has left.

Soon however the dislike turns into friendship and then more.  

But can two people be in love when being closer than six feet apart can kill them both?

 

This is a tearjerker of a book.  You need to be prepared to have tissues on hand to read it.  Yet I definitely recommend this book to teens who enjoy romance.  

Dino-Mite Reads!

 This week, I'm sharing one of top requests -- dinosaur stories for kids.  So here are some of my favorite picture book dinosaur stories . . . .

T Is For Terrible by Peter McCarty

A tyrannosaurus rex explains that he cannot help it that he is enormous and hungry and is not a vegetarian.

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

The wacky story of three dinosaurs, including a visitor from Norway, who insist that they have not tidied up their home and prepared yummy pudding in order to trap a tasty little girl.

Brontorina by James Howe

Despite her size and not having the proper footwear, a determined dinosaur pursues her dream of becoming a ballerina.

Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton

A rhyming tale of Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and even Tyrannosaurus gathering at the swamp to dance.

Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein

An energetic young dinosaur figures out her own way to give a kiss.

More Dinosaur Stories --

Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please!? by Lois Grambling

Crunch, the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap

Dinosaur vs. the Library by Bob Shea

Dinosaurs in Diguise by Stephen Krensky

Duck, Duck, Dinosaur by Kallie George

Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen

I Am a Tyrannosaurus by Tatsuya Miyanishi

I'm Big! by Kate McMullan

The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman

Lizard from the Park by Mark Pett

Pterydactyl Show and Tell by Thad Krasnesky

Rex Wrecks It! by Ben Clanton

Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad by Liz Climo

Sea Rex by Molly Idle

The Somethingosaur by Tony Mitton

Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug by Jonathan Stutzman

Tyrannosaurs Wrecks! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen

What the Dinosaurs Did at School by Refe Tuma

When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Check out these books on display at the Arnold Branch through October 23, 2020.

Chapter Book Mysteries

 This week I'm sharing some chapter books featuring detectives.  Here are some of my favorite mysteries . . . .

Little Wolf, Forest Detective by Ian Whybrow

Through a series of letters to his parents, Little Wolf relates his adventures as a member of Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency, crime solvers of the Frettnin Forest, as they investigate a series of mysterious disappearances.

The Fairy Tale Detectives by Michael Buckley

Orphans Sabrina and Daphne Grimm are sent to live with an eccentric grandmother that they have always believed to be dead.

The Real McCoys by Matthew Swanson

After officially forming their detective agency, Moxie McCoy and her little brother Milton are on the case to find the mysterious Squiggler at Tiddlywhump Elementary.

The Detective's Assistant by Kate Hannigan

In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency. Nell helps her aunt solve cases, including a mystery surrounding Abraham Lincoln, and the mystery of what happened to Nell's own father. 

More Mysteries --
Big, Bad Detective Agency by Bruce Hale

Bug Muldoon: The Garden of Fear by Paul Shipton

Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by Donald Sobol

Framed! by James Ponti

Friday Barnes, Girl Detective by R.A. Spratt

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing by Sheila Turnage

Judy Moody, Girl Detective by Megan McDonald

Marty Frye, Private Eye by Janet Tashjian

Rex Tabby: Cat Detective by Daniel Kirk

Sam the Man & the Secret Detective Club Plan by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Snowise and Snitch: Highly Effective Defective Detectives by K.H. Briner

Under Locker and Key by Allison K. Hymas

Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through October 30, 2020.

What Is the Story of Scooby-Doo? by M.D. Payne

What is your favorite cartoon?  Mine was Scooby Doo!  

This book tells the story of Scooby Doo -- from a Saturday morning cartoon in the 1960s to the his big screen movie adapations.  It includes information on all the members of Mystery, Inc. as well as Scooby Doo's family.

I highly recommend this book in the What Is . . . series for all kids -- both those who already love Scooby Doo and those who are learning about him for the first time.