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Edwin really doesn't want to be a big brother. Forced to move house, start a new school and make way for this unwelcome interloper in his parents' affections, he feels like everything is chaos. But things might not be as bad as he fears, as Edwin makes an unusual pen-pal, Lanthorne, who introduces him to a strange world filled with dark secrets and thrilling adventures. This excitement seems safe until those secrets and adventures start to intrude on Edwin's life and, more worryingly, on the life of his baby sister.

Chancey Balogh makes all the best monsters for horror and science-fiction films and he is the man twelve-year-old Matt admires most in all the world. Because he is good with his hands, Chancey allows Matt into his studios as a kind of sorcerer's apprentice, where he works happily on some reptilian monsters called Slurks. Gradually Matt becomes obsessed by them not their mechanics, which he knows very well, but by their very nature. Are they real?

What begins with a sense that Michael's deceased grandfather might be inhabiting his body soon escalates to "slipping" into to the river of the dead. When Michael slips, he relives moments of his grandfather's life and tries to help him find peace. But each time he ventures into the river it's harder to come out again. Michael will have to depend on an unlikely group of friends to keep him from slipping... permanently. A penetrating twist on the classic ghost story, full of humor and insight about family relationships.

From the award-winning author of 'The Ghost Dog' and 'Eyes of the Alien', among many others, 'The Frighteners' is a gripping tale of friendship, revenge - and an imagination that has the power to make the unreal become real.

Hiding is Roo Fanshaw's special skill. Living in a frighteningly unstable family, she often needs to disappear at a moment's notice. When her parents are murdered, it's her special hiding place under the trailer that saves her life. As it turns out, Roo, much to her surprise, has a wealthy if eccentric uncle, who has agreed to take her into his home on Cough Rock Island. Once a tuberculosis sanitarium for children of the rich, the strange house is teeming with ghost stories and secrets. Roo doesn't believe in ghosts or fairy stories, but what are those eerie noises she keeps hearing?

Robert Harper is going back to school, and it is the first railway journey he has ever made alone. And it is not a very usual sort of railway journey. The train stops at the tunnel’s mouth and in order to help whileaway the time, a strange woman dressed in white tells Robert stories. But these are not the kind of stories normally told to a child. Soon Robert is both entranced and terrified by the strange woman and her macabre stories.... Eleven more spine-chilling tales for older children from bestselling author Chris Priestley.

Marcus was convinced that vampires didn’t exist. He was very wrong... On his thirteenth birthday, Marcus Howlett is faced with a bombshell. His parents are half-vampire. And, although he hates the thought of it, he is about to become one too. But, as he secretly blogs about the horrors of his new fangs, bad breath and cravings for blood, Marcus is unaware that his life is in serious danger...

Monty is allergic to ghosts. If there's an invisible ghost around, he sneezes. As soon as Monty sets foot in the Brinsley Codd School for Sensible Thought, he knows it's haunted. Why else would he sneeze like a hurricane? Mysterious forces are clearly at work, yet Monty has problems convincing the principal, and a loathsome teacher called Sogbucket, that the school is really haunted.

Bethan and Harry see the ghost: a pale figure floating over the water, one finger pointing downwards. Local legend says that she is Hettie Daynes, an ancestor of their family, who vanished over 100 years ago. If so, what does she want?

Something moved at an upstairs window.... Nothing ever happens in the tiny village of Coney Cley. At least, that's what eleven-year-old Josh and his sister, Jinty, think. Until their trip down Shadows Lane. For there, within the walls of an isolated, crumbling cottage, something - someone - is hiding. Josh and Jinty are about to discover a shocking secret, which they must keep hidden at all costs.... A tense, fantastically gripping tale from Carnegie Award-winning author Robert Swindells.

On my 13th birthday, my life changed for ever. That’s when I learned the shocking truth: I’m a half-vampire.Think that sounds cool? Think again! I’ve been attacked by an evil vampire bat, had huge cravings for my best friend’s blood, and nearly died from eating a pizza (half-vampires aren’t great with garlic). Writing my secret blog is the only thing that’s kept me from going completely crazy. As if life couldn’t get any more complicated, there have been some vicious attacks in the local woods. Vampire-mad Tallulah (definitely not my girlfriend) thinks a super-vampire is behind them....

In this collection of 13 fabulously chilling stories from 13 true masters of suspense, including five New York Times best sellers and a number of Edgar Award nominees, all edited by none other than R. L. Stine, nothing is what it seems. From cannibalistic children, to an unwitting date with a vampire, to a crush on a boy who just might be a werewolf, no scary stone is left unturned. A must-have for all fans of the genre!

Avez-vous déjà vu du sang de monstre? C'est vert, liquide et gluant. Ivan adore jouer avec ! Mais est-ce normal que l'innocente chose verte se mette à grossir, grossir, grossir jusqu'à avoir un appétit... monstrueux? Publié en langue française par Bayard Éditions.

La jeune Kat rend visite à son oncle préféré qui n'est autre que Victor Frankenstein, descendant du créateur du monstre. Ce savant, spécialisé dans l'intelligence artificielle, vit dans le manoir familial. Mais ses inventions ne sont pas encore très au point. D'ailleurs, il a bien du mal à maîtriser Frank, son robot humanoïde. Et les incidents inquiétants se multiplient ! Pour Kat, la vie au château prend une drôle de tournure. D'autant que Victor a une nouvelle lubie : créer des clones, et il a besoin de cobayes. Publié en langue française par Bayard Éditions.

Jack Harmon en a assez d'être le bouc-émissaire des gros durs de son école. Il l'ignore, et pourtant, il ne connaît encore rien de la peur... Le jour où il trouve un téléphone dans le bus, son quotidien se transforme en cauchemar ! Au bout de la ligne, une voix inquiétante s'adresse à lui et il va vite découvrir que cette voix autoritaire ne le laissera jamais en paix. Jack se retrouve alors esclave de cette créature virtuelle, il se met à commettre des actes de plus en plus dangereux.

Abby et son frère Peter, orphelins, vivent avec Mamie Vee, leur grand-mère. Quand celle-ci apprend qu'elle doit être hospitalisée, elle les envoie à la campagne, chez leur oncle Jonathan. Seulement, à la gare, personne n'est là pour accueillir les enfants. Tout semble étrangement figé dans le temps. L'oncle Jonathan finit par arriver... en calèche ! Abby et son frère découvrent alors l'étrange maison de leur oncle, perchée en haut d'une colline.

Matt Krinsky est envoyé en pensionnat, loin de ses amis ! Là-bas, surpris, il découvre que la vie n'y est pas aussi difficile qu'il le craignait. Très vite, Matt, qui est un grand sportif, constate que les élèves ont une drôle de démarche, et qu'ils se déplacent très lentement. Quand on lui demande depuis combien de temps il est mort, le garçon comprend alors qu'il est entouré de zombies... Bientôt, il apprend que les zombies échafaudent un plan pour envahir la ville.

Le miroir qui orne la chambre de Jason a quelque chose d'étrange. Le garçon y surprend des ombres furtives, et l'image se brouille parfois. Un soir, il trouve son chien devant la glace, montrant les dents, le poil hérissé. Et, soudain, son petit compagnon lui saute à la gorge ! Il s'est transformé en bête féroce ! Quelle force maléfique est tapie derrière le miroir ?

Susanne Sadler et son frère Jerry partent en vacances chez leurs cousins. En se promenant sur le rivage, ils remarquent une mystérieuse grotte au flanc d'un rocher. La nuit, d'étranges bruits en sortent, et de drôles de lumières s'y agitent ! Est-elle habitée par un fantôme, comme le prétend la population terrifiée du village ? Publié en langue française par Bayard Éditions. Tous droits réservés.

Britney est effondrée, son petit cousin Ethan, le champion des blagues stupides, vient habiter chez elle ! Et elle a pour consigne d'être très gentille avec lui. Seulement, à peine arrivé, Ethan essaie de lui faire croire que l'horrible marionnette qu'il a apportée, Monsieur Méchant-Garçon, est vivant. Cette fois Britney jure qu'elle ne se fera pas avoir. Vivant ce pantin ridicule ? N'importe quoi ! Une deuxième aventure : Britney et Molly, sa meilleure amie, reçoivent une mystérieuse invitation.