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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a "haunting"; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a spooky encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its...
2) The telling
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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Description
"A ghost story of the most unusual kind, The Telling is a thrilling--and sometimes chilling--tale about two women, separated by almost two centuries, grappling with change and loss"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Language
English
Description
After three years, Jace Montgomery is still grieving over his fiancée Stacy's mysterious suicide. He hasn't been interested in another woman since her passing, and her family still blames him for her death. While flipping through one of her old paperbacks, Jace discovers a photo of a house stuck between the pages, bearing the cryptic message, "Ours again. Together forever. See you there." The note was dated the day before her death. Obsessed by the...
Author
Language
English
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"T. Kingfisher's A House With Good Bones is a contemporary Southern Gothic from a master of modern horror that explores the deep, dark roots of family and in which grandma's ghost haunting your house may be the least of your worries. In this ordinary North Carolina suburb, family secrets are always in bloom. Samantha Montgomery pulls into the driveway of her family home to find a massive black vulture perched on the mailbox, staring at the house....
Author
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Once upon a time Orla was: a woman, a painter, a lover. Now she is a mother and a wife, and when her husband Nick suggests that their city apartment has grown too small for their lives, she agrees, in part because she does agree, and in part because she is too tired to think about what she really does want. She agrees again when Nick announces with pride that he has found an antiquated Georgian house on the Dorset cliffs--a good house for children,...
Author
Publisher
Nightfire, Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
125 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"A Heian-era mansion stands abandoned, its foundations resting on the bones of a bride and its walls packed with the remains of the girls sacrificed to keep her company. It's the perfect venue for a group of thrill-seeking friends, brought back together to celebrate a wedding. A night of food, drinks, and games quickly spirals into a nightmare as secrets get dragged out and relationships are tested. But the house has secrets, too"-- Provided by publisher....
Author
Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 10
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Tacky is not very helpful as Goodly, Lovely, Angel, Neatly, and Perfect plan and prepare for Halloween, turning their igloo into a haunted house and making treats, but while Tacky is finishing his costume something really frightening arrives, and only he can chase it away.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Love brings the house down in this charming romance from the acclaimed author of The Romantic Agenda. Lucky Hart has a special affinity for the supernatural, but almost no one takes parapsychology seriously. She's estranged from her family, lost her friends, and has been rejected from graduate school. Twice. But her big break finally arrives when she gets insider info about a troubled production company. Every actor on their new show mysteriously...
9) Ash
Author
Series
David Ash novels volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
692 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Visiting a secluded stately home that country locals believe to be haunted, paranormal investigator David Ash looks into stories about strange occurrences and makes a shocking discovery beyond anything he has ever encountered.
Author
Series
Amulet (Kazu Kibuishi) volume 2
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
217 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emily and her brother Navin head for Kanalis to find an antidote for the poison that is killing their mother.
Emily and Navin's mother is still in a coma from the arachnopod's poison, and there's only one place to find help: Kanalis, the bustling, beautiful city of waterfalls. But when Em, her brother, and Miskit and the rest of the robotic crew aboard the walking house reach the city, they quickly realize that seeking help is looking for trouble,...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In the vein of The Couple Next Door, a debut psychological thriller about a woman who moves with her family to the gothic seaside house where her husband grew up -- and where 15 years ago another family was brutally slaughtered.
Sarah and Patrick are happy. But after her mother's death, Sarah spirals into depression and overdoses on sleeping pills. While Sarah claims it was an accident, her teenage children aren't so sure. Patrick decides they all...
13) My haunted house
Author
Series
Araminta Spookie volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
810L
Language
English
Description
Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House.
14) The silence
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Antiques dealer Nell West is valuing the contents of her late husband Brad's childhood home, Stilter House. Set on the remote Derbyshire Peaks, there was once a much older property there, in which the notorious Isobel Acton committed a vicious crime. Warned against visiting the house by an elderly aunt of Brad's, Nell hears mysterious piano music soon after her arrival. It becomes clear that the music is tangled with Isobel Acton's macabre fate more...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
460L
Language
English
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In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night.
Author
Publisher
Voyager Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
When a little mouse accidentally tickles a dragon's snout during a winter night in a haunted house, it sets off a series of cumulative actions which throw all of the creatures into a frenzy.
Author
Publisher
Medallion Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
492 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"To Travis and Jodie Glasgow, the house in the idyllic small town seems perfect, the surrounding woods and lake like a postcard. But soon after they move in, things begin to change. Strange noises wake Travis at night. His dreams are plagued by ghosts. Barely glimpsed shapes flit through the darkened hallways--shapes bearing a frightening resemblance to a little boy. Footprints appear. Strangest of all are the wooden stairs rising cryptically from...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"In 1977, four teenagers and a dog - Andy (the tomboy), Nate (the nerd), Kerri (the bookworm), Peter (the jock), and Tim (the Weimaraner) - solved the mystery of Sleepy Lake. The trail of an amphibian monster terrorizing the quiet town of Blyton Hills led the gang to spend a night in Deboën Mansion and apprehend a familiar culprit: a bitter old man in a mask. Now, in 1990, the twentysomething former teen detectives are lost souls. Plagued by night...
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