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Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
Author
Series
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
5) Misery
Author
Pub. Date
1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
A bestselling author is held captive in a wheelchair, made drug-dependent, and locked in his room by an angry nurse who demands he bring her favorite character back to life.
6) If it bleeds
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
"The four never-before-published novellas in this collection represent horror master King at his finest, using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. A teenager discovers that a dead friend's cell phone, which was buried with the body, still communicates from beyond the grave in 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone,' which reads like a Twilight Zone episode infused with an...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
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On a spring day in April--sometime in the waning years of the 14th century--29 travelers set out for Canterbury on a pilgrimage to the shrine of Saint Thomas Beckett. Among them is a knight, a monk, a prioress, a plowman, a miller, a merchant, a clerk, and an oft-widowed wife from Bath. Travel is arduous and wearing; to maintain their spirits, this band of pilgrims entertains each other with a series of tall tales that span the spectrum of literary...
8) IT
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 70
Language
English
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To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry, Maine, was just their hometown: familiar, well-ordered, a good place to live. It was the children who saw--and felt--what made Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, It lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each person's deepest dread. Sometimes It reached up, seizing, tearing, killing ... The adults, knowing better, knew nothing....
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Series
Scary stories to tell in the dark volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Features twenty-five chilling tales of prophetic dreams, feral children raised by wild animals, swamp creatures, and other terrifying phenomena.
11) Taran Wanderer
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Accompanied by his faithful friend Gurgi, Taran Wanderer goes questing for his parentage, hoping it will prove noble for the sake of a beautiful princess.
Author
Series
Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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"The Masked Man possesses a powerful magic potion that turns every book it touches into a portal, and he is recruiting an army of literature's greatest villains! So begins a race through the magical Land of Oz, the fantastical world of Neverland, the madness of Wonderland, and beyond. Can twins Alex and Conner catch up to the Masked Man?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
School for Good and Evil volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
This year, best friends Sophie and Agatha are about to discover where all the lost children go: the fabled School for Good & Evil, where ordinary boys and girls are trained to be fairy tale heroes and villains. As the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon, Sophie has dreamed of being kidnapped into an enchanted world her whole life. With her pink dresses, glass slippers, and devotion to good deeds, she knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good...
14) Rumpelstiltskin
Author
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A strange little man helps the miller's daughter spin straw into gold for the king on the condition that she will give him her first-born child.
Author
Series
Land of stories (Chapter books) volume 5
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In order to end the Masked Man's literary army, the twins and their friends must enter Conner's short stories, where they find allies in unexpected places.
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."
18) The Frog Prince
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Angry at being forced to keep her promise to a frog, the princess finally resorts to violent action, with unexpected results.
19) Twilight eyes
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
Slim MacKenzie is both hunter and hunted. Sought by police for murder, Slim also stalks the diabolical Others, genetically engineered "demons" from a prior Earth civilization. This classic is now repackaged with a new Afterword from Koontz. Reissue.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
The first of five fantasies, inspired by ancient Welsh legends, about the mythical land of Prydain. Taran, assistant pig-keeper to a famous oracular sow, sets out on a hazardous mission to save Prydain from the forces of evil.