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The Ribbajack & other curious yarns
Par Brian Jacques. 2004
Six scary (but not too scary) ghost stories from the author of the Redwall series. In the title story, the…
nasty Archibald Smifft summons an occult creature, the Ribbajack, to do his evil bidding. In "Miggy Mags and the Malabar Sailor," a mongoose champions a young girl against her abusive uncle, and "Rosie's Pet" is a preadolescent werewolf love story. Grades 5-8. 2004.The stranger house
Par Reginald Hill. 2005
Two strangers arrive in Illthwaite with the intention of digging up bits of the past that the locals would rather…
keep buried. Sam Flood is a young Australian whose grandmother was dispatched from Illthwaite as a child, while Miguel Madero, a drop-out from a Spanish seminary, has come to the Stranger House in pursuit of an ancestor. The antipathy between them is instant, but their paths become increasingly entangled as the tension mounts to an explosive climax. 2005.Stones: a novel
Par William Bell. 2001
In his final year of high school, Garnet Havelock is just marking time, waiting to get out into the real…
world. Then, a mysterious girl transfers to his school and Garnet thinks he might have found the woman of his dreams. At the same time, he becomes caught up in a mystery centred in his community and discovers a horrifying chapter in his town's history. Winner of the Mr. Christie's Book Award. For Junior and Senior High readers. 2001.The celery stalks at midnight (Bunnicula Ser.)
Par James Howe. 1984
Chester the cat is more than ever convinced that Bunnicula, the Monroe family's pet rabbit, is a vampire. Chester's fears…
are confirmed when a trail of white vegetables is discovered the morning after the rabbit disappears. Grades 4-7.Magic terror: 7 tales
Par Peter Straub. 2000
An anthology of chilling horror fiction that includes "Bunny Is Good Bread", in which a future serial killer's childhood is…
portrayed; "Hunger", narrated by the pompous ghost of a serial killer; and the award-winning novella, Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff. 2000.Warlock (Egyptian novel ; #3)
Par Wilbur A Smith. 2001
Stricken with grief after the death of Queen Lostris, Taita becomes a hermit, studies the occult and transforms himself into…
a warlock. He discovers that there has been a divine purpose in his suffering, when he is called upon to save the dynasty of Queen Lostris from the evil that looms over Egypt. Some descriptions of sex. Sequal to "The seventh scroll" (DC14374). 2001. (Egyptian novel ; 3)Creed
Par James Herbert. 2001
Sometimes horror is in the mind and sometimes it's real. Telling the difference isn't always easy, especially for Joe Creed.…
He'd just photographed the unreal, and now he had to pay the price. He always thought that demons were just a joke - but the joke was on him.Others
Par James Herbert. 1999
When Nicholas Dismas, a private investigator, is hired to find a missing baby his investigation leads him to uncover the…
secret of "the others." It also leads to the resolution of the enigma of his own existence.The mediator I: love you to death (The mediator Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Meg Cabot. 2004
Suze is a mediator. Which means she spends a lot of time directing the unhappy dead into the afterlife, and…
it isn't easy - not all ghouls want to be guided. Newly arrived in California, Suze has hardly unpacked when her mediator skills are put to the test. A vicious spirit is hell-bent on making her life a complete nightmare. At least she's sharing her bedroom with Jesse - the most gorgeous ghost ever. But dare she make a move on the sexiest spook in town? For junior or senior high readers. 2004.Ghostlight (Dark paths. #8.)
Par Allan Frewin Jones. 1999
The old grange is haunted by a spirit called the Light of Misery. Professor Valentine's electronic device is designed to…
produce scientific proof of its presence. And he's sure that Jack's psychic ability is the connection he needs to open a door into the paranormal world. But the spirit is more dangerous than science indicates. Grades 5-8. (Dark Paths ; 8)The monk's curse (Dark paths)
Par Allan Frewin Jones. 1999
Twenty pillars of stone stand in a circle, but one stone appears to be missing. In ancient times one man…
understood their evil power and he left a warning that the twenty-first stone should never be added to complete the circle. But in modern times Frankie, Regan, Tom and Jack are caught up in the restoration of the henge and don't know about the potential for evil they are about to unleash by completing the circle of stones. Grades 5-8. (Dark Paths) 1999.Blood stone (Dark paths ; #6)
Par Allan Frewin Jones. 1999
The Greek island of Panos is magically beautiful, but Regan, Frankie, Tom and Jack are about to discover its grisly…
past. High above the sun-drenched beach stands an ancient stone altar where human victims were once sacrificed to Artemis, the Huntress, and their bloody bodies flung into the sea. Some say the old ways never died, and the murderous goddess of Panos will walk again in the guise of a young girl. Grades 5-8. Followed by "The Monk's Curse" (BR67101). (Dark paths) 1999.Beyond the foothills
Par Essie Summers. 1976
After the unwelcome publicity aroused by a television interview, Marilla St. John decided to retreat to the country for a…
while until the fuss had died down. She was not prepared for the encounter with Rufus Sinclair, a confirmed bachelor who had heard that Marilla St. John was a determined husband-hunter. How could she convince him he was wrong? 1976.The forbidden valley (Harlequin romance ; #1731)
Par Essie Summers. 1978
Charlotte was worried to death about her cousin Phyl, who seemed to have run away from home and left her…
children. It just didn't seem possible -- although Phyl's rather forbidding brother-in-law Edmund Leigh was only too ready to believe the worst of her. So Charlotte set about solving the mystery, without letting Edmund realize who she was. 1978.The monk: a romance (The World's classics)
Par Howard Anderson, M. G Lewis. 1980
The magic carpet slippers (Young Puffin Story Bks.)
Par Dick King-Smith. 2001
When 75-year old Percy Sloggett's battered old slippers are replaced, it is a surprise to discover that the new pair…
are magic. They make him feel years younger and also make him strong and clever. When they enable him to leap across the road to prevent an accident, they become life-savers as well. Grades 2-4. 2001.The worst witch (The worst Witch Ser.)
Par Jill Murphy. 1974
The letter, the witch, and the ring (Lewis Barnavelt and Rose Rita Pottinger series. #3.)
Par John Bellairs. 1993
Mrs. Zimmerman, the kindly neighbourhood witch, invites Rose Rita on a trip to discover the meaning of a puzzling deathbed…
letter. The trip becomes a nightmare as the two are drawn into a dark world where not even Mrs. Zimmerman's powers of witchcraft can help them. Sequel to "The Figure in the Shadows" (EB69292). Followed by "The ghost in the mirror" (EB69286.) Grades 5-8. 1976.The gathering (Puffin Bks.)
Par Isobelle Carmody. 1996
Nathanial's sick of hearing that Cheshunt's a place where nothing bad ever happens. So why does it seem so sinister?…
No one else thinks the curfew strange, the school subdued or the haunted look in people's eyes out of the ordinary. But then Nathanial's new. He has to be initiated in the ways of the town. Once that's done, he won't be causing any more trouble. Junior high readers.The ghost in the mirror
Par John Bellairs, Brad Strickland. 1993
In this sequel to The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring (EB69285), Rose Rita Pottinger and Mrs. Zimmermann, the kindly…
neighbourhood witch, are transported back to 1828. There they attempt to save the Weiss family from being destroyed by a wicked wizard. Grades 5-8. 1993.