The Bewitching of Aveline Jones

Author: Phil Hickes
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1801315205
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the ancient structure as the Witch Stones, and Aveline cannot wait to learn more about them. Then Aveline meets Hazel. Impossibly cool, mysterious yet friendly, Aveline soon falls under Hazel's spell. In fact, Hazel is quite unlike anyone Aveline has ever met before, but she can't work out why. Will Aveline discover the truth about Hazel, before it's too late? Join the world of Aveline Jones, where mysteries are solved, spirits are laid to rest, and everybody gets to bed on time. Perfect for adventurers aged 9+ and fans of Michelle Harrison, Piers Torday and Jamie Littler.

The Haunting of Aveline Jones

Author: Phil Hickes
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1474994113
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143

Book Description
Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it belonged to a girl called Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to be seen again. Intrigued, Aveline decides to investigate Primrose's disappearance, with some help from her new friend, Harold. Now someone...or something, is stirring. And it is looking for Aveline. The first in a deliciously spine-tingling, spooky new series, where mysteries are always solved, spirits are always laid to rest, and everybody gets to bed on time.

Night of the Gargoyles

Author: Eve Bunting
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395665534
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Ominous b/w illus. When night comes, the gargoyles on a museum building come alive.

The Devil Makes Three

Author: Tori Bovalino
Publisher: Page Street YA
ISBN: 1645672360
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 339

Book Description
When Tess and Eliot stumble upon an ancient book hidden in a secret tunnel beneath the school library, they accidentally release a devil from his book-bound prison, and he’ll stop at nothing to stay free. He’ll manipulate all the ink in the library books to do his bidding, he’ll murder in the stacks, and he’ll bleed into every inch of Tess’s life until his freedom is permanent. Forced to work together, Tess and Eliot have to find a way to re-trap the devil before he kills everyone they know and love, including, increasingly, each other. And compared to what the devil has in store for them, school stress suddenly doesn’t seem so bad after all.

Zom-B City

Author: Darren Shan
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316214353
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 142

Book Description
After escaping a secret military complex amid the zombie apocalypse, B roams the streets of a very changed London, dirty and dangerous and eerily quiet, except for the shuffling of the undead. Once again, B must find a way to survive against brain-eating zombies --and now also against those who have seized control of the city. With danger lurking around every corner and no one to trust, B must decide whether to join the creepy Mr. Dowling in exchange for his protection. When everyone around you is dead, where do you turn for help?

Revenge of the Kraken

Author: Megan Atwood
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1663911312
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73

Book Description
Jason tries to follow his grandpa's example and treat the sea with respect, but he is unable to stop his friends' father from trying to hunt an endangered dolphin who unbeknownst to them is protected by the Kraken!

The Vanishing of Aveline Jones

Author: Phil Hickes
Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd
ISBN: 1805314386
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180

Book Description
Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is determined to discover the truth behind her uncle's mysterious disappearance when she travels to his home with Mum and Aunt Lilian. After years of hoping Aveline's uncle would return, they have finally decided to sell his house - but Aveline and Harold have other plans. Sneaking into her uncle's study, Aveline discovers he had been researching possible supernatural activity around an ancient burial mound - and linked this with the unexplained disappearances of other local villagers. Dark, magical forces are at work, and they'll do anything to remain hidden, as Aveline and Harold soon learn... Join the world of Aveline Jones, where mysteries are solved, spirits are laid to rest, and everybody gets to bed on time. Perfect for adventurers aged 9+ and fans of Michelle Harrison and Jennifer Killick.

Your Turn to Die

Author: Sue Wallman
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407184377
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 206

Book Description
Sue Wallman's most spine-tingling thriller yet! Every winter, three families gather in an old house to celebrate the New Year. This year, 15-year-old Leah and the other kids discover that the house has a dark past. As they dig into the history, terrible things start happening, and if Leah isn't careful, this New Year might be her last.

Super Scary Monsters

Author: Megan Cooley Peterson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1515702774
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25

Book Description
"Brief text describes monsters from around the world, including legendary monsters such as the Yeti and Mothman as well as mythical monsters such as the minotaur"--

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

Author: Paige McKenzie
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 1602862737
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
A New York Times bestseller The Haunting of Sunshine Girl,in active development for television by The Weinstein Company, a hit paranomal YA series based on the wildly popular YouTube channel about an "adorkable" teenager living in a haunted house. Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, Sunshine Griffith and her mother Kat move from sunny Austin, Texas, to the rain-drenched town of Ridgemont, Washington. Though Sunshine is adopted, she and her mother have always been close, sharing a special bond filled with laughter and inside jokes. But from the moment they arrive, Sunshine feels her world darken with an eeriness she cannot place. And even if Kat doesn't recognize it, Sunshine knows that something about their new house is just ... creepy. In the days that follow, things only get stranger. Sunshine is followed around the house by an icy breeze, phantom wind slams her bedroom door shut, and eventually, the laughter Sunshine hears on her first night evolves into sobs. She can hardly believe it, but as the spirits haunting her house become more frightening-and it becomes clear that Kat is in danger-Sunshine must accept what she is, pass the test before her, and save her mother from a fate worse than death.