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The following titles are available for checkout from Franklin's library. The list includes novels and collections of short stories.
Aiken, J. A FIT OF SHIVERS: TALES FOR LATE AT NIGHT.
Ten short stories of horror and the supernatural.
Aiken, J. GIVE YOURSELF A FRIGHT.
Presents a collection of suspenseful tales by the noted English author.
Alcock, V. THE HAUNTING OF CASSIE PALMER.
Cassie, the seventh child of a seventh child, begins to exhibit the gift of second sight
which enables her to communicate with the Other World.
Alcock, V. THE STONEWALKERS.
A garden statue of Belladonna, brought to life by a flash of lightening, gathers a stone
army from gardens and churches as 12-year-old Poppy and her friend Emma watch, fascinated
and terrified.
Avi. SOMETHING UPSTAIRS.
When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Kenny discovers that his new house is
haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early
19th-century and prevent his murder by slave traders.
Avi. WOLF RIDER.
Andy receives a phone call telling of a murder, but he can't get anyone to believe him.
Babbitt, N. THE EYES OF THE AMARYLLIS.
Jenny becomes involved in her grandmother's past when she learns that her grandmother has
been waiting 30 years for a message from her dead husband.
Bellairs, J. THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS.
Lewis goes to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a house with a clock which is set to strike
the end of the world.
Benchley, P. BEAST.
Something awful lurks in the ocean depths.
Bennett, J. THE DARK CORRIDOR.
At the end of a summer disrupted by three teenage suicides in their town, 18-year-old
Kerry's girlfriend Alicia apparently kills herself leaving him obsessed with death and
strange doubts.
Bennett, J. THE SKELETON MAN.
When his Uncle Ed commits suicide after giving him $30,000 for his eighteenth birthday,
Ray is drawn into a tangled web of corruption, gambling, and murder.
Bowkett, S. CATCH, AND OTHER STORIES.
Nine spine-chilling tales of the supernatural and extraterrestrial.
Bradbury, R. THE HALLOWEEN TREE.
A "spirit" takes 8 trick-or-treaters back in time to discover the beginnings of
Halloween.
Brittain, B. DR. DREDD'S WAGON OF WONDERS.
In agreeing to make a deal with Dr. Dredd, the drought-stricken town of Coven Tree enters
into a devastating struggle with the forces of evil.
Brown, R. THE QUEEN OF THE COLD-BLOODED TALES.
These chilling stories are intended to make you think twice about seemingly ordinary
things.
Bunting, E. THE HAUNTING OF SAFEKEEP.
Sara is haunted by her own ghosts and the ghosts of others long dead when she takes a job
as caretaker of Safekeep.
Butler, B. GHOST CAT.
Annabel unravels a mystery involving a crying cat, an abandoned house, a 40-year-old feud,
suspicions of murder, and her own grandparents.
Cadnum, M. ZERO AT THE BONE.
When eighteen-year-old Anita fails to return home from work, her parents and younger
brother try to understand and cope with her disappearance.
Cascone, A. IN A CROOKED LITTLE HOUSE.
People are dying mysteriously at Huntington Prep. Now Casey, the nicest girl in school, is
in terrible danger.
Charnas, S. THE SILVER GLOVE.
A New York City teenager teams up with her sorceress grandmother to protect her mother
from her new boyfriend, an evil wizard bent on stealing people's souls.
Chetwin, G. OUT OF THE DARK WORLD.
When a boy whose mind is trapped inside a computer program begins appearing in her dreams,
eighth-grader Meg uses a hypnotic trance to summon the sorceress Morgan Le Fay for aid in
freeing him.
Clapp, P. JANE-EMILY.
What should have been a quiet summer changes after Louisa's little niece shows signs of
being possessed by the spirit of a girl long dead.
Copper, B. THE HOUSE OF THE WOLF.
An American professor investigates the terrible curse haunting Castle Homolky.
Corbett, S. WITCH HUNT.
Sixteen-year-old Les and his best friend get involved in a murder case when they stumble
across a coven of witches plotting revenge against a troublesome lawyer.
Cormier, R. I AM THE CHEESE.
A young boy desperately tries to unlock his past yet knows he must hide those memories if
he is to remain alive.
Cross, G. A WITCH ACROSS TIME.
Spending the summer with her great-aunt on Martha's Vinyard, Hannah encounters the ghost
of a young woman who was executed as a witch in 1692 and seeks to clear her name.
Dickinson, P. ANNERTON PIT.
In search of their grandfather who has disappeared while tracking down ghosts, two
brothers stumble upon a headquarters of subversive activity in an abandoned mine.
Deuker, C. ON THE DEVIL'S COURT.
Struggling with feelings of frustration, 17-year-old Joe Faust finds himself willing to
trade his soul for one perfect season of basketball.
Duncan. L. GALLOWS HILL.
When seventeen-year-old Sarah works in the fortune-telling booth at a school carnival, she
finds that sometimes she can really see the future in the crystal ball, a talent that
disturbs some of the other students and makes them suspect her of being a witch.
Duncan. L. KILLING MR. GRIFFIN.
A teenager casually suggests playing a cruel trick on the English teacher, but did he
intend it to end with murder?
Duncan, L. STRANGER WITH MY FACE.
Laurie senses that she is being spied upon and probably impersonated, but when she
discovers what actually is occurring, it is more unbelievable than she ever imagined.
Ferguson, A. OVERKILL.
Seventeen-year-old Lacey is seeing a therapist to help her cope with her problems at
school and with her lawyer sister, but she needs even more help when she is charged with
the murder of a friend.
Ferguson, A. SHOW ME THE EVIDENCE.
When her best friend is accused of murdering how own baby brother and two other babies,
Lauren joins her in trying to solve the mystery and find evidence to clear her name.
Forman, J. CRY HAVOC.
An army experiment gone wrong unleashes upon a quiet village a group of large and vicious
killer animals, and fifteen-year-old Cathy Cooper watches her world turn into a bloody
nightmare.
Garden, N. MY SISTER, THE VAMPIRE.
A beautiful Maine summer turns deadly for Sarah, Tim, and Jenny Hoskins and their
neighbors as they discover the horrifying truth about the strange new owners of Spool
Island.
Garden, N. PRISONER OF VAMPIRES.
Alexander is required to use original sources for his research paper which is proving to
be a little difficult because his subject is vampires.
Gorog, J. THREE DREAMS AND A NIGHTMARE.
Presents 16 short stories of fantasy, the supernatural and the macabre.
Green, C. GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Dr. Frankenstein's monster returns from a pit of liquid sulphur to create new havoc.
Green, R. THE FEAR OF SAMUEL WALTON.
Samuel is convinced that he is being hunted by the power and evil of the Stone at the top
of the hill.
Griffiths, B. FRANKENSTEIN'S HAMSTER.
A collection of ten scary stories featuring a schoolboy with a talent for taxidermy, the
highwayman of death, and other disturbing characters.
Haynes, B. THE SHADOWS OF JEREMY PIMM.
Unhappy after his family's move, Neil finds himself more and more drawn to Jeremy Pimm and
his eerie mansion until the sinister shadows of the house threaten to control him
entirely.
Howe, J. DEW DROP DEAD.
While setting up a homeless shelter at the church, Sebastian and his friends solve the
mystery of a dead man found in an abandoned inn.
Howker, J. THE NATURE OF THE BEAST.
English teenager Bill Coward finds himself losing control of his life when the mill where
his father works is shut down and a mysterious beast begins making savage attacks on local
livestock.
Katz, W. FALSE FACE.
Laney and Tom form an uneasy alliance after they find rare Indian face masks and realize
their terrifying power.
Kelleher, V. DEL-DEL.
A teen-age girl in Sydney, Australia, records how her family is devastated by her older
sister's death and by the bizarre behavior of her gifted younger brother, who seems to be
possessed by a coldly unfeeling entity.
MacDonald, C. HOSTILITIES.
Presents nine tales with such themes as a haunted greenhouse, a book whose plot unfolds
into real life, and a nightmare that mysteriously comes true.
Mahy, M. THE CHANGEOVER.
Laura might be the only one able to help her little brother, but she can only do it by
"changing over" into a witch.
McDonald, C. THE CHILLING HOUR.
A collection of horror stories in which some strange occurrences happen in such otherwise
ordinary settings as a ski vacation and a school field trip.
McKissack, P. THE DARK THIRTY: SOUTHERN TALES OF THE SUPERNATURAL.
A collection of ghost stories with African American themes.
Michaels, B. WITCH.
Ellen March was going to buy her dream house no matter what...including the legend of the
witch who had lived there before.
Morrison, D. VANISHING ACT.
While researching tricks for the magic act she is planning for her junior high school
talent show, Jo finds a strange device that can make objects vanish.
Nixon, J. DON'T SCREAM.
When two new boys come to her school, Jess thinks things are really looking up, but she
doesn't know their real identities or if she can trust them.
Nixon, J. THE GHOSTS OF NOW.
A high school student investigates her brother's accident, stirring up animosity in the
small Texas community where her family has recently moved.
Page, K. CHRISTIE & COMPANY.
Three new eighth-grade girls at Cabot School find that their shared interest in mysteries
comes in handy when the roommates are blamed for a series of thefts at the school.
Patneaude, D. SOMEONE WAS WATCHING.
When his baby sister disappears from the river near their summer home, eighth-grader Chris
fights the assumption that she has drowned and sets off on a journey to discover the
truth.
Platt, K. DRACULA, GO HOME!
Several eerie events at his aunt's hotel prompt Larry to investigate a guest who strongly
resembles Dracula.
Poe, E. TALES OF TERROR.
A collection of ten tales by the celebrated author of horror and mystery stories.
Preussler, O. THE SATANIC MILL.
In 17th-century Germany, a boy desperately wants to escape from a school for black
magic where he is held captive by demonic forces.
Rubinstein, G. SPACE DEMONS.
Andrew becomes obsessed with a computer game which requires the players to feel intense
hatred before they can graduate to the higher levels of the game.
Shusterman, N. THE SHADOW CLUB.
A high school boy and his friends decide to play anonymous tricks on their arch rivals.
When the harmless pranks become life-threatening, however, no one in the club will admit
responsibility.
Sleator, W. THE BEASTIES.
When fifteen-year-old Doug and his younger sister, Colette, move with their parents to a
forested wilderness area, they encounter some weird creatures whose lives are endangered.
A "spine-tingling, bone-crunching thriller."
Sleator, W. HOUSE OF STAIRS.
Five orphans are involuntarily placed in a house of endless stairs as subjects for a
psychological experiment on conditioned human response.
Somtow, S.P. THE VAMPIRE'S BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER.
Johnny Raitt's problems of adjusting to a new school are nothing compared to those of
Rebecca Teppish, whose father is a vampire.
TALES FROM ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
A collection of 17 short stories of mystery, detection, and suspense.
Thomas, J. JOURNEY.
Maggie spearheads an investigation into the mysterious disappearances and murders of young
people in her town, discovering a plot to rob others of their youth in a horrifying way.
Wells, R. THE MAN IN THE WOODS.
Fourteen-year-old Helen investigates what she considers the false arrest of a classmate
and is terrified by death threats.
Westall, R. THE HAUNTING OF CHAS MCGILL AND OTHER STORIES.
Scary science fiction stories include "Almost a Ghost Story," "The
Creatures in the House," and "The Dracula Tour."
Westall, R. SHADES OF DARKNESS.
Some of the best ghostly stories of this author.
Westall, R. THE STONES OF MUNCASTER CATHEDRAL.
Soon after steeplejack Joe Clarke begins work on one of the spires of Muncaster's medieval
cathedral, terrible things start to happen and Joe realizes that there is a malevolent
force connected to the spire's gargoyle.
Westwood, C. CALLING ALL MONSTERS.
Having immersed herself in the books of horror writer Martin Wiseman, Joanne is shocked
when the hideous monsters in their pages come to life and begin haunting her days and
nights.
Windsor, P. THE CHRISTMAS KILLER.
At Christmastime, Rosecleer is having bad dreams while young girls are disappearing and
being found murdered.
Windsor, P. THE SANDMAN'S EYES.
Angry because he was confined in a school for disturbed juveniles for two years after
witnessing a murder, eighteen-year-old Michael seeks to prove his innocence by tracking
down the killer only he saw.
Wiseman, D. JEREMY VISICK.
Matthew is drawn almost against his will to help a boy his own age who was lost in a
mining disaster a century before.
Wulffson, D. TIME FIX AND OTHER TALES OF TERROR.
These eight tales of horror and suspense reveal the darker side of everyday life.
