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Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Drawn from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings
6) Night shift
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
"Nineteen of [King's] most unsettling short pieces: bizarre tales of dark doings and unthinkable acts from the twilight regions where horror and madness take on eerie, unearthly forms, where noises in the walls and shadows by the bed are always signs of something dreadful on the prowl"--Dust flap.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Featuring commentary by "Albus Dumbledore," this collection of tales from the world of Harry Potter includes "The wizard and the hopping pot," "The fountain of fair fortune," "The warlock's hairy heart," "Babbitty Rabbitty and her cackling stump," and "The tale of the three brothers."
The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a Wizarding classic, first came to Muggle readers' attention in the book known as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Now, thanks to...
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 6
Publisher
Starscape
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three stories about stranded aliens, a horrifying cheesemaker, a boy with the power to make stars vanish, and other frightening things. Includes notes on how the author got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
This collection of short works is comprised of pieces that previously appeared in such publications as The New Yorker, Playboy, and McSweeney's, in a volume that includes such tales as ""The Gingerbread Girl"" and "N."
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirty-three creepy stories about warped technology, revengeful ants, sadistic gym teachers, and other terrifying things. Includes author's notes on how he got his ideas for these stories.
Author
Series
Weenies short story collections volume 4
Publisher
Starscape
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Bizarre tales of a teenager going to the school dance with a robot, a Thanksgiving dinner is interrupted by turkeys looking for revenge, and other strange short stories.
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
One morning Ella gets an odd text message from a friend, about a strange girl who is showing up in Ella's selfies, and as the messages keep coming the girl with a monkey head keeps getting closer and closer--and that is only one of the chilling tales in this collection of scary stories.
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Language
English
Description
Idealistic young scientist Henry Jekyll struggles to unlock the secrets of the soul. Testing chemicals in his lab, he drinks a mixture he hopes will isolate--and eliminate--human evil. Instead it unleashes the dark forces within him, transforming him into the hideous and murderous Mr. Hyde. "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" dramatically brings to life a science-fiction case study of the nature of good and evil and the duality that can...
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Language
English
Description
Ordinary people are caught up in unreal situations in these 19 strange stories. Welcome to a land Ray Bradbury calls "the Undiscovered Country" of his imagination--that vast territory of ideas, concepts, notions and conceits where the stories you now hold were born. America's premier living author of short fiction, Bradbury has spent many lifetimes in this remarkable place--strolling through empty, shadow-washed fields at midnight; exploring long-forgotten...
Author
Series
Miss Peregrine volume Related works
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Presents color-illustrated renditions of four of Edgar Allan Poe's horror tales, including "The Black Cat," "The Masque of the Red Death," "Hop-Frog," and "The Fall of the House of Usher."