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Dory is brand-new to her neighborhood, so it's a good thing she has a pet monster to keep her company. When she tells the mailman about her monster, he doesn't believe her. Dory begins to get angry that he's not taking her seriously, so she opens up the mailbox to show him the monster—only to find that the mailbox is empty! Is Dory's monster real, or part of her imagination?

A strange new kid at school has a weird tattoo on his arm. Is it a picture of the school’s most popular girl? She ignores the loner until she finds herself in a dangerous situation where only the boy’s mysterious secret can save her.

This collection of spine-chilling stories is sure to scare you silly. A movie about alien invasion transforms into real life. A hunt in a snowy forest suddenly turns dangerous when a monster appears. A great-aunt comes back from the dead, just in time for a little girl's birthday party.

One evening, a young boy is accidentally locked inside the library. Suddenly, a pair of lizard bookends come alive! The boy watches as the ravenous reptiles gobble up stacks of books. Will the Librarian arrive before the boy becomes their next meal?

Charlie Hitchcock and Tyler Yu learn that the Abracadabra Hotel may be haunted.

Will and his mom are caught in a blinding blizzard. A shadow is hiding in the snow. A shadow that roars. Giant claws grip the car. Will wishes his older and stronger brother was with them now.

On Halo Nightly's eleventh birthday, her Aunt Pandora gives her a collection of jars filled with brightly colored candies. Soon she learns that the candies give her the incredible powers of nature. Halo uses the powers to combat Doozie Hiss, a rival student with superpowered hair.

Two teenage friends hike into the deserts of Mongolia. Their destination: the Hills of the Seven Dragons. But they are not alone. A third figure walks through the desert, following their footprints.

Tyler Yu asked Charlie Hitchcock to meet him after school, and Charlie assumed it was for a fight. But when it turns out Ty just needs help solving a magical mystery at the Abracadabra Hotel, an unlikely friendship is formed.

Sixteen-year old Henry travels to a strange city in search of his missing friend. Someone, or something, in the city is stealing cars. Is the missing boy mixed up with the crime? Henry thinks something bigger is behind the thefts. Something with wings.

A lonely farmhouse on a deserted dirt road holds a terrible secret. A young boy is held captive by his family. But it's for his own good. They are trying to protect him from a dangerous creature. A creature that screams in the night.

A zombie, made of unread and discarded books, comes to life during a lighting storm. A young boy makes the mistake of visiting the library after hours, and comes face to face with the hungry creature!

The Archivists' worst fear has happened: The Librarian is dead. Or is he? The sub-librarian needs to help.

Taj has discovered that he's growing wings. He straps them down to hide them, but what if the wings are only the beginning? What kind of beast will he grow into? Taj seeks help from his cousin, the only person he can trust. But his cousin has a terrible secret too.

An inky beast attacks the library and bookshelves of a small mountain town. The Librarian and the Specialist must track the monster down before it obliterates every book in its sludgy path.

Far above the small town of Zion Falls, the stars fall from the sky. Deep below the sleepy city, an ancient evil awakens. Caught in the middle are four teens with hidden powers beyond their wildest dreams.

RavenWing creates a popular app. Readers can download their favorite horror tales. But the app sends more than eBooks their way. Hungry ravens swarm out of thin air!

Our greatest fears are brought to life in this collection of spine-chilling tales. An ordinary round of the Lava Game turns terrifying. An old lodge for loggers is haunted by a miserable ghost. A boy thinks he's home alone until he finds evidence someone else is there with him.

After they escape the underground kingdom of the trolls, the young heroes discover that their families and friends have turned against them. The teens will need aid from beyond the stars if they hope to prevail in this final battle against ancient evil.

At Halo McNightly's school, the swimmers are disappearing from the boys' swim team. No one can figure it out, until Halo starts investigating. A deadly mermaid lives in a cave connected to the school swimming pool. Halo will have to use her special candy to turn into various underwater fauna, such as a hammerhead shark or an octopus, to defeat the hungry girl-fish!