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Y / Abrahams
Down the rabbit hole: An Echo Falls mystery.
Peter Abrahams. 2005. (MJ)
Eighth grader Ingrid Levin-Hill loves acting, soccer and Sherlock Holmes
stories, so she's well-prepared when she inadvertently becomes a witness to a
murder. An absorbing and creepy story.
pb / Y / Carroll
When lightning strikes.
Jenny Carroll. 2001. (JS)
While walking home from school, high schooler Jessica Mastriani is caught in
a huge Indiana thunderstorm. When she runs for cover, she is struck by
lightning and gradually discovers that she has an unusual psychic ability.
If you like this one, see other books in the series.
pb / Y / Cole
Wounded.
Stephen Cole. 2003. (S)
Sixteen-year old Tom Anderson experiences a terrifying - and
life-threatening - tragedy while hiking on vacation. When he wakes, he's
being cared for by a mysterious family, and he gradually gets an ominous
feeling that something evil is happening - especially when his senses become
heightened and he begins to crave raw meat. A fast-paced and absolutely
compelling horror story.
Y / Cummings
Red kayak.
Priscilla Cummings. 2004. (MJ)
Regarded as a hero for his dramatic rescue of a little boy,
thirteen-year-old Brady Parks uncovers a secret that places him in the
middle of tragedy that will force him to choose between what he knows is
right and being loyal to his friends.
pb / Y / Cusick
The house next door.
Richie Tankersley Cusick. 2002. (MJS)
Seventeen year old Emma Donovan reluctantly accepts a bet, and finds herself
spending the night alone in the abandoned haunted house next door. A
fast-paced, romantic, and eerie tale.
Y / De Lint
Blue girl.
Charles De Lint. 2004. (S)
When Imogene moves to a new town, she and her shy new friend immediately
become the target of school bullies. But things get even creepier when
Imogene begins to have frightening dreams, and notices that a mysterious
ghost-like boy is following her.
Y / Gross
Turn to stone.
Philip Gross. 2002. (JS)
Nick is a runaway in desperate need of money and a safe place to sleep. He's
offered a chance to stay at an artists' academy by the mysterious Antonin.
Inside these ivy-covered walls is a world that's more like a cult than a
theater school, and when students begin disappearing Nick wonders where they
go. The deeper he digs, the more he's on the verge of uncovering the
horrifying truth.
Y / Halam
Dr. Franklin's island.
Ann Halam. 2002. (JS)
When their plane crashes over the Pacific Ocean, three science students are
left stranded on a tropical island and then imprisoned by a doctor who is
performing grisly experiments on humans.
Y / McAllister
Ghost at the window.
Margaret McAllister. 2002. (MJ)
Life at Ninian House, Ewan's Scottish home that slips back and forth in
time, becomes even more unpredictable when a ghostly girl from 1937 shares a
frightening secret with him. A fast-moving story that's part mystery and
part ghost story.
Y / Naylor
Jade green : A ghost story
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. 2000. (MJ)
Reviewer Jennifer Hubert says this book is "a fine gothic tale with all the
trimmings: a brave, orphaned heroine; a dark and dreary manor; a hunky
savior; a dastardly villain; and the star of the cast - a ghostly severed hand
that holds the secret to Jade Green's untimely demise."
Y / Sedgwick
The book of dead days.
Marcus Sedgwick. 2004. (MJ)
This story of magic and mystery is set in Europe in the 1700s and takes
place in the week between Christmas and New Year's Eve - the "Dead Days." A
magician uses the help of his servant and an orphan girl to search
graveyards, churches, and underground waterways for a book that he hopes
will save him from a pact he has made with evil. Watch for the sequel.
Y / Shan
Allies of the night.
Darren Shan. 2002. (MJS)
The eighth book in the popular horror/mystery series Cirque du Freak which
features vampires, murder and cliffhanger endings. Not for the faint of
heart.
M: Middle School Students
J: 7th - 9th Graders
S: High School Students
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