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Children's books by topic: Scary Stories

Scary stories can be called horror. These books often have creepy ghouls, murders, or ghosts. These stories can have very terrifying situations, so they are not for the faint of heart. Readers may be called to contend with disturbing situations way out of their comfort zones.

Link to Brightwood by Tania Unsworth in the catalog.

Link to City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab in the catalog.

Link to the Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein in the catalog.

Link to the Girl in the Locked Room by Mary Downing Hahn in the catalog.

Link to Graveyard Shakes by Laura Terry in the catalog.

Link to Hoodoo by Ronald L. Smith in the catalog.

Link to the House of Months and Years by Emma Trevayne in the catalog.

Link to the Jumbies by Tracey Baptiste in the catalog.

Link to Just Beyond by R.L Stine in the catalog.

Link to the Nest by Kenneth Oppel in the catalog.

Link to Nightbooks by J.A.White in the catalog.

Link to Out of the Wild Night by Blue Balliett in the catalog.

Link to Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier in the catalog.

Link to One for Sorrow: a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn in the catalog.

Link to the Peculiar Incident on Shady Street by Lindsay Currie in the catalog.

Link to Serafina and the black cloak by Robert Beatty in the catalog.

Link to Shadow School #1:Archimancy by J.A. White in the catalog.

Link to Skellig by David Almond in the catalog.

Link to Scritch Scratch by Miriam Moss in the catalog.

Link to Small Spaces by Katherine Arden in the catalog.

Link to Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh in the catalog.

Link to Strange Star by Emma Carroll in the catalog.

Link to Thornhill by Pam Smy in the catalog.

Link to Watch Hollow by Gregory Funaro in the catalog.

Link to Well Witched by Frances Hardinge in the catalog.

Link to Where I Belong by Mary Downing Hahn in the catalog.

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