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1) The Shining
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 25
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote . . . and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance,...
3) Casper
Publisher
MCA Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Determined to get her hands on her father's hidden fortune, Carrigan is forced to hire an afterlife therapist to exercise the ghosts that keep frightening her away. Dr. Harvey and his daughter, Kat, move in and soon Kat meets Casper, the friendliest ghost. But Casper's uncles are still determined to drive all the "fleshies" away.
Author
Series
Darkest powers volume 3
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Chloe, a necromancer, struggles to understand her feelings for werewolf Derek and his sorcerer brother, Simon, while seeking a way to enter the headquarters of the sinister Edison Group and rescue her aunt Lauren and friend Rachelle.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Description
"With the help of some unexpected, and rather ghostly, allies, Lockwood & Co. must battle their greatest enemy yet, as they move ever closer to the moment when the earth-shattering secret of 'the problem' will finally be revealed"--
Author
Series
Haunted library (Dori Hillestad Butler) volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When ghost boy Kaz's haunt is torn down and he is separated from his ghost family, he meets a real girl named Claire, who lives above the town library with her parents and her grandmother. Claire has a special ability to see ghosts when other humans cannot and she and Kaz quickly form a friendship. The two join forces to solve the mystery of the ghost that's haunting the library. Could it be one of Kaz's lost family members?
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When the fire station's new dog, Sparky, finds a ghost at the door of the TV room, Kaz and Claire investigate, hoping the ghost may be one of Kaz's relatives.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Lockwood & Co. are hired to investigate Edmund Bickerstaff, a Victorian doctor who reportedly tried to communicate with the dead, while Lucy is distracted by urgent whispers coming from the skull in a ghost jar"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Landing a first official case after solving the mystery of the library ghost, Kaz and Claire investigate a neighbor's attic to see if they can discover an explanation for its seemingly spooky qualities.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Four years after the sudden death of his wife, forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write, and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs, Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway. There, he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from...
14) Midnight magic
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Night after night, a ghost appears in the royal castle of Pergamontio, terrifying the princess. Mangus the Magician doesn't believe in ghosts, but still the King charges him with finding this one and freeing his daughter from its torment. If he can't, Mangus will pay with his life. The magician's only hope is his faithful, street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, who must solve the mystery of the ghost using logic and reason -- and a bit of magic of his...
15) Library of souls
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume 3
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom. The adventure that began with Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls. As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he's diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying...
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the Spook's apprentice, Tom Ward must protect the country from the creatures of the dark. But now a dangerous ancient witch, Ordeen is about to rise. If Tom joins the army Tom's mother has mustered to confront Ordeen, the Spook will abandon him as his apprentice. What sacrifices will be made for the battle against the dark?
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 8
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Apprentice Tom and the Spook for whom he works flee to Ireland, where a powerful witch has joined forces with the dark mages trying to call forth ancient powers to destroy Tom.
18) Grave secrets
Author
Series
Deadtime stories (Reissued) volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
When Amanda and her friends try to bury a dead squirrel in the pet cemetery, they accidentally dig up a mysterious doll and think their creepy old neighbor lady might know something about it.
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 7
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Returning from Greece, Tom and the Spook find that their home, including the Spook's precious library of knowledge, has been burned to the ground, and that their battle against the denizens of the dark must continue.
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Now thirteen years old, Tom Ward continues his apprenticeship with the Spook as they confront a dangerous bane who can control people's thoughts.