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Siblings Kareem and Amina are dreading a night with their neighbor and babysitter Old Mrs. Heeley. The only good thing is, she always brings cupcakes. But when they go to get a tasty treat, Kareem and Amina find that the cupcakes seem to be devouring one another. Will Kareem and Amina be able to stop the madness before the zombie cupcakes take over?

Get ready for a terrifying spin on some of literature’s most beloved tales—no story is safe! From Captain Hook’s run-in with dark magic to Sherlock Holmes narrowly escaping graveyard spirits to a happily never after for Cinderella, this horror anthology is anything but a bedtime story. In this terrifying new collection for young listeners, the best-loved stories from the literary canon are revisited and reimagined with a deadly twist by some of the top authors working in middle grade today.

"Help," shouted Chris. "Please. Somebody help." The silent green head had power over him. The cabbage patch curse was too strong. 'Zip.' Down came his fly. "Don't look. Don't look," shouted Chris. "Don't look. Don't look," shouted Ms. Henderson. But it was too late. Chris let fly. Splash, splash, sploosh. It could only happen in a Paul Jennings story, and it does.

Thousands of years ago, the Evernight came to the Silver Kingdom and turned everything to darkness and chaos. It was defeated thanks only to the skill and bravery of the Witches. But now, the Evernight is about to return, released by the evil Mrs Hester, and the only spell that might stop it is lost, deep below the great city of King’s Haven. Larabelle Fox stumbles across a mysterious wooden box while treasure hunting in the city’s sewers. Little does she realise she is about to be catapulted into an adventure, facing wild magic and mortal danger - and a man who casts no shadow.

Genevieve Castle has never been so happy. And that's why she's having a nervous breakdown. Being engaged to a prince should make any girl ecstatic, but Gen isn't sure she's cut out to be a princess, particularly when burning venom tears start coming out of her eyes and her tentacles just won't be tamed. With Prince Oliver dying from a disease created by the Monsters she's supposed to be in charge of, it looks like war is soon the horizon. She must choose a side, to defend her own kind or leave them to the Destroyer and his false Siren. What could be more romantic than marrying a man who ...

Certas portas não devem ser abertas. E Coraline descobre isso pouco tempo depois de chegar com os pais à sua nova casa, um apartamento em um casarão antigo ocupado por vizinhos excêntricos e envolto por uma névoa insistente, um mundo de estranhezas e magia, o tipo de universo que apenas Neil Gaiman pode criar. Ao abrir uma porta misteriosa na sala de casa, a menina se depara com um lugar macabro e fascinante.

Mortina e il suo migliore amico, un levriero albino di nome Mesto, vivono con la zia Dipartita e trascorrono le loro giornate giocando con i fantasmi di Villa Decadente. Un giorno però capita un imprevisto: alcuni bambini del villaggio, amici di Mortina, arrivano alla villa dopo aver ricevuto un misterioso invito, mentre la zia Dipartita scompare nel nulla. C'entrerà qualcosa l'odioso cugino Dilbert che è appena giunto a farle visita?

Sumérgete en lo misterioso y desconocido con "Cuentos de miedo y fantasmas", una escalofriante colección de historias de fantasmas y miedo que trasciende fronteras y culturas. Perfecta para jóvenes lectores valientes de 10 años o más, esta antología reúne cuentos escalofriantes de todo el mundo, cada uno de ellos diseñado para provocar escalofríos y encender la imaginación. Embárcate en un viaje a través de diferentes culturas, donde espíritus ancestrales, fantasmas traviesos y ruidos nocturnos cobran vida. Desde los brumosos páramos de Escocia hasta las calles embrujadas de ...

Welcome to Pearl, a town obsessed with Halloween: the spooky decorations, the costumes, the candy. No one seems to notice that every October 31st, a kid goes missing. Mason Miller does, though. Somehow he’s the only one who has any memory the person existed at all. When Mason’s sister, Meg, vanishes while they’re trick-or-treating, Mason and his friends are pulled into an underworld where monsters roam the streets. They need to fight the evil taking over Pearl, but none of them know the true danger they're facing.

1949년 영국 런던에서 태어났습니다. 열다섯 살 때부터 글을 쓰기 시작해, 1974년 첫 권을 출간한 '꼴찌 마녀(The Worst Witch)' 시리즈로 큰 성공을 거두었습니다. 귀엽고 사랑스러운 꼴찌 마녀 시리즈는 TV 드라마, 뮤지컬로 제작되며 큰 사랑을 받았습니다. 이후 코끼리 가족의 일상을 정감 있게 묘사한 '행복한 덩치 가족 시리즈(The Large Family)'를 출간하며, 전 세계 어린이의 사랑을 받는 동화 작가로 거듭나게 되었습니다. 1995년에는 『마지막 누누(The Last Noo-Noo)』로 스마티스 상을 받았습니다.

Meredith and Mallory Brynn, two identical mirror twins born on either side of midnight, are finally coming to terms with their special gifts: Meredith to see into the past, Mallory to see into the future. But they never expect that their powers will reveal danger so close to home.

After losing her parents, Ella moves to Windy Hollow to live with her Great Aunt Raven. Her days are kept busy by a series of neighborhood odd jobs assigned to her by the mysterious matriarch. The tasks seem simple: run a register here, stock a shelf there. However, as with everything in Windy Hollow, things are not always as they appear!

Twelve-year-old Gus Greenburg can see ghosts; in fact, he uses this paranormal superpower to help them "go on." But when Gus and his mom move into an old mansion on the mysterious and remote Nameless Island, he meets a ghost that's set out to hurt him. Bestselling author Carly Anne West weaves a spooky and thrilling series opener in this spine-tingling tale about mystery, family, and all things paranormal.

The fragments Awa Bryant trapped just after she learned she was a long-awaited Dreamweaver are terrifyingly close to breaking free—so close that even in the waking world she can hear their efforts to crack their giant glass prison.

A fight between new friends can spell disaster for the young guild. Lyeh questions that which was never questioned. The young saint’s heart is thrown into chaos upon this revelation. Is this the beginning of the end of their guild, or will these children be able to work past their preconceptions? Questions with no answer have been asked. Will they struggle to find the answers, or will they leave these hard questions for the future? Can these children be mature enough to not let their emotions control them? Will the Academy allow them the time to act rationally? What other problems will ...

Avery Flynn arrives for a visit at her Uncle Tam's, eager to rekindle her summertime romance with her crush-next-door, Daniel. But Daniel's not the sweet, neurotic guy she remembers, and she wonders if this is her Daniel at all. Or if someone - some thing - has taken his place. Her quest to find the real Daniel, and get him back, plunges Avery into a world of Fae and changelings, where creatures swap bodies like humans change their socks, and magic lives much closer to home than she ever imagined.

When a fierce quake strikes the remote island of Bluehaven and her father disappears, Jane Doe is thrown headfirst into an epic quest to bring him home. But this ain’t no ordinary rescue mission. Her father is lost in a place between worlds - a dangerous labyrinth of shifting rooms, infernal booby traps and secret gateways. And Jane has to find him fast, because someone else is searching for him, too.

Still grieving the loss of her mother, Eden visits Safina Island, her ancestral home, as a healing balm. But when she discovers an old sketchbook that belonged to her mother, she’s haunted by the images she sees drawn there. A creepy mansion covered with roots and leaves. A monstrous dog with dagger-sharp teeth. And a tall woman with wind-blown hair and long, sharp nails who is as beautiful as she is terrifying. Days later, exploring the island alone, Eden follows a black cat through a rift in the bright day.

Strange things are happening at Lovecraft Middle School. Rats are leaping from lockers. Students are disappearing. The school library is a labyrinth of secret corridors. And the science teacher is acting very peculiar - in fact, he just might be a monster-in-disguise. Twelve-year-old Robert Arthur knew that seventh grade was going to be weird, but this is ridiculous! Professor Gargoyle (Volume I in the Tales from Lovecraft Middle School series) is full of bizarre beasts, strange mysteries, and nonstop adventure.

In all of their monster hunts, the club had never failed. Not until the last hunt. Now an innocent girl lies in a coma, and Doc feels personally responsible. After the attack, theories spiraled all over the town. But no theory could explain how she ended up at the top of a 30-foot tree, where the police had found her wrapped head to toe in a sticky white substance. Doc doesn’t want to think about any of it. But a new creature is destroying things on the outskirts of town. And if Doc and his Monster Club can’t get over themselves, and fast, they will end up the next victims!