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Chillers and Thrillers for Upper Readers

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Don't Give Up the Ghost: The Delacorte Book of Original Ghost Stories
jFiction
Twelve short ghost stories - some chilling, some funny, some surprising - by some of today's best-known children's writers.
Great Writers and Kids Write Spooky Stories
jFiction
Well-known writers team up with their children and grandchildren to write chilling tales that include giant spiders and deadly scarecrows.
Raw Head, Bloody Bones
j398.208996073 R257 1991
A scary, spine-tingling collection of fifteen goblin, ghost, monster and superhuman stories.
A Foot in the Grave
by Joan Aiken
jFiction
In this set of eight macabre and chilling tales, evil-doers are punished by creeping plants and dolls that have come to life. A family adopts a 200-year-old ghost baby with surprising results.
A Taste of Smoke
by Marion Dane Bauer
jFiction
While on a camping trip, thirteen-year-old Caitlin encounters the ghost of a boy who died in a fire one hundred years ago. What does he want from her?
The Ghost in the Mirror
by John Bellairs
jFiction
Rose Rite and Mrs. Pottinger travel back in time to battle an evil magician who uses the powers of darkness to conjure up ghouls to help him complete his dastardly plan.
The Ghosts of War
by Daniel Cohen
j133.1 C678g 1990
Some of the ghost stories have survived for centuries. Does this mean they are true?
The Boggart
by Susan Cooper
jFiction
Extremely funny and disastrous consequences occur when an invisible, fun-loving spirit is brought into the world of modern technology by nine-year-old Emily and her family.
Graven Images
by Paul Fleischman
jFiction
Can three lifeless sculptures really tell the secrets of the dead and the living?
Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
by Mary Downing Hahn
jFiction
While spending the summer with his Great Aunt Blythe, eleven-year-old Drew travels through time to save his great uncle who is dying from diptheria.
The Dark Way
by Virginia Hamilton
j398.2 qH221 1990
Twenty-five haunting myths and legends from around the spirit world.
Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales
by Brian Jacques
jFiction
A collection of spine-tingling tales from the author of the Redwall series.
Here and Then
by George Ella Lyon
jFiction
Abby takes part in a Civil War reenactment at Camp Robins, Kentucky and finds herself transported back to 1861. As she shifts back and forth in time, she realizes that she is being asked to help save lives in the past and maybe change the present.
World's Strangest True Ghost Stories
by John Macklin
j133.1 M158 1990
Totally impossible, hair-raising true stories that will send chills up your spine.
Nightwaves: Scary Tales for After Dark
by Collin McDonald
jFiction
Eight horror stories to be read late at night-if you like to be scared! The stories range from a soul hunter from King Tut's tomb to a possessive mother who turns her only daughter into a garden flower.
Witch's Sister
by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
jFiction
Lynn suspects Mrs. Tuggle of being a witch. It's a race against time in order to save her sister and brother from the witch's evil intentions.
The Ghost Belonged to Me
by Richard Peck
jFiction
When the ghost of a little girl helps him avert a trolley disaster, Andrew Armsworth becomes involved in trying to return her bones to her hometown so she can rest in peace.
Appalachian Ghosts
by Nancy Roberts
j133.12975 R646
A collection of traditional mountain ghost tales including dead miners, haunted houses, and a dead husband that returns to save his widow's new love from the grave.
Chills Run Down My Spine
by Jackie Vivelo
jFiction
Vivelo gives traditional ghost stories a subtle twist in this chilling collection, which will send delicious trickles of icy fear down your spine. Read them alone-if you dare!
Jeremy Visick
by David Wiseman
jFiction
Jeremy Visick was Matthew's age when he died in a mining accident. Now his restless ghost wants Matthew to find his bones.
The Dollhouse Murders
by Betty Ren Wright
jFiction
Eerie lights shine in the old dollhouse, and the dolls move by themselves. Are the ghosts of Amy's dead grandparents calling her to solve the mystery of their terrible end?
The Faery Flag: Stories and Poems of Fantasy and the Supernatural
by Jane Yolen
j818.5409
Strange and chilling changes take place in stories from many times and places.

This is just a sample of some of the great books in our collection. Ask a librarian for more suggestions!

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