Monday, October 21, 2024

Haunted Stories for Teens

Would you dare to stay the night in a haunted house?  This week, we're sharing some haunted house stories for teens.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

Agony House by Cheri Priest
Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house.

Creepy Cat by Valent Cotton
Flora moves into a mysterious mansion and finds it inhabited by a strange creature -Creepy Cat! Thus begins her strange and sometimes dangerous life with a feline roommate.

Summer's Edge by Dana Mele
When five estranged friends return to a summer lake house on the anniversary of their friend's death, unexplainable events begin happening, old betrayals rise to the surface, and the group suspects a killer among them is intent on revenge.


More Books --
The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington
Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury
Gallant by Victoria Schwab
Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring
There's Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall
Thirteen Chairs by Dave Shelton
Tigers Not Daughters by Samantha Mabry
White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson

Monday, October 14, 2024

Let's Get Spooky

As Halloween approaches, we often get asked for spooky stories for kids.  Here's a few of our favorite spooky picture books . . . .

Beware the Monster by Michael Escoffier
Advises the reader to avoid reading the book that contains a monster that is eating up everything in sight, until the monster spots the reader looking at it and it is too late.

The Monsters' Monster by Patrick McDonnell
Grouch, Grump, and little Gloom 'n' Doom spend much of their time arguing over who is the "biggest and baddest" until they build a monster together that turns out to be very different than what they expect.

When a Monster Is Born by Sean Taylor
Explores the options available to a monster from the time it is born, such as becoming the scary monster under someone's bed or playing on the school basketball team.

Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
A hungry monster seeks a different type of bedtime snack.


More Books --
Are You a Monster? by Guilherme Karsten
Does Frankenstein Get Hungry? by John Solimine
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott
Fright Club by Ethan Long
I Want to Be in a Scary Book by Sean Taylor
It's Not Easy Being a Ghost by Marilyn Sadler
Jeepers Creepers by Laura Leuck
Jeremy Draws a Monster by Peter McCarty
Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
Looking for a Jumbie by Tracey Baptiste
Love Monster by Rachel Bright
Monster Boogie by Laurie Berkner
Monsters Love Cupcakes by Mike Austin
My Monster and Me by Nadiya Hussain
My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
Sally and the Something by George O'Connor
Skeleton for Dinner by Margery Cuyler
Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler
Travel Guide for Monsters by Lori Degman
The Ugliest Monster in the World by Luis Amavisca
Why Did the Monster Cross the Road? by R.L. Stine
Zombelina by Kristyn Crow