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The ghosts of Ashbury High
By Jaclyn Moriarty. 2010
Student essays, scholarship committee members' notes, and other writings reveal interactions between a group of modern-day students at an exclusive…
New South Wales high school and their strange connection to a young Irishman transported to Australia in the early 1800s. Junior and Senior High. 2010.The future without hope (The world without end. #3.)
By Nazarea Andrews. 2014
Separated from Finn, captive of the Order, Nurrin has no hope left. But she has survived twenty years of zombies,…
and she has the unshakable faith that Finn will find her. But Finn is a long way away. The Order's influence runs deeper than was ever suspected, and politics are shifting--and zombies may not be the most dangerous thing she's facing. Finn always thought the war stripped him of all he had to lose. But with Nurrin missing and doors closing in his face, he realizes there is always more for the world to take--and he will drag the remains of civilization down with him before he gives up on the only promise that matters. Sequel to "The horde without end", followed by "The ruin of the world". 2014.The gold Cadillac
By Michael Hays, Mildred D Taylor. 1987
Wilma and 'lois, two black girls living in North Carolina during the 1950s, are proud of their family's new Cadillac…
until they travel to the South and encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Grades 3-6. 1987.The ghost of Avalanche Mountain
By Julie Lawson. 2000
When Ashley's famous aunt sends her the family goldstone necklace for a birthday present, Ashley is thrilled. She discovers that…
if she sleeps while wearing it, she dreams of the future. However, Ashley finds one particular dream disturbing. It is of a boy named Jonathan, whom she sees not only in her dreams, but in real life as well. The dreams grow more frightening until finally, an avalanche brings her face to face with the boy ghost, who has transcended the bounds of time to recover the goldstone and return its magic to the mountain where it was crafted. Grades 5-8. 2000.The ghost of Lunenburg Manor: a Tom Austen mystery
By Eric Wilson. 1981
The gingerbread girl
By Stephen King. 2008
In the emotional aftermath of her baby's sudden death, Em starts running. Soon she runs from her husband, to the…
airport, down to the Florida Gulf and out to the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key, where her father has offered the use of a conch shack he has kept there for years. Em keeps up her running'barefoot on the beach, sneakers on the road'and sees virtually no one. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. 2008.The girl who loved tom gordon
By Stephen King. 1999
While her brother and mother argue up ahead on the Maine hiking trail, nine-year-old Trisha stops to relieve herself and…
becomes lost for days in the wilderness. Her imaginary conversations with Red Sox relief pitcher Tom Gordon help her cope with the evil thing that's following her. 1999.The great and secret show
By Clive Barker. 1989
Armageddon begins quickly. It is 1971. In the small Californian town of Palomo Grove four girls go swimming in a…
mysterious and haunted lake. Nine months later several children are born. Their prize is the Art, the greatest power known to mankind. Dreams will be made real. At last the grove will see the Great and Secret Show. It will never be the same again; nor will the world. Strong language. Followed by "Everville" (DC17398). 1989. (Book of the art ; 1)The glass demon
By Helen Grant. 2010
The first death: seventeen-year-old Lin Fox finds a body in an orchard, and as she backs away in horror, she…
steps on broken glass ; the second death: blood and broken glass appears on Lin’s doorstep ; the third death: something terrible is found in the cemetery. As the attacks become more sinister, Lin doesn't know who to trust, but she's getting closer to the truth. But with each move the danger deepens, because someone won't stop until he's got rid of Lin and her family. For senior high readers. 2010.The girl who could fly
By Victoria Forester. 2010
Piper McCloud can fly. Just like that. Easy as pie. Problem is, the good folk of Lowland County are afraid…
of Piper. And her ma's at her wits' end. So it seems only fitting that she leave her parents' farm to attend a top-secret, maximum-security school for kids with exceptional abilities, whose skills range from super-strength to super-genius. But Piper is special, even among the special. And there are consequences. Grades 4-7. 2010.The ghost of Five Owl Farm (An Archway paperback.)
By Mary Q Steele. 1966
When Ted learns that his twin cousins are arriving for a visit, he decides to frighten them with ghost stories.…
He is amazed to discover that there really is something happening in the barn! Grades 4-7. 1966.The girl death left behind
By Lurlene McDaniel. 1999
When fourteen-year-old Beth's entire family is killed in a car accident, she has to live with her aunt and uncle…
and spoiled cousin Terri in another state. Beth misses her family and friends terribly, but with help she learns to cope while never forgetting. For junior and senior high readers. 1999.The ghost of Fossil Glen (Ghost Mysteries Ser. #1)
By Cynthia C DeFelice. 1998
Stuck on the face of a cliff while looking for fossils, sixth-grader Allie is guided to safety by a mysterious…
voice. Other strange happenings lead Allie to believe she is dealing with a ghost, of a girl not unlike herself. Grades 4-7. c1998.The ghosts
By Antonia Barber. 1969
The ghosts of Sleath (The david Ash Ser. #Bk. 2)
By James Herbert. 1994
When sightings of ghosts are reported in Sleath, a small and usually peaceful village in the Chiltern Hills, David Ash,…
a psychic investigator, is sent to investigate. What he uncovers there drives him to the very edge of insanity and in the final night of horror, awesome and malign forces are unleashed in the supernatural storm that threatens to consume the village. Sequel to "Haunted", followed by "Ash". 1994.The friendship riddle
By Megan Frazer Blakemore. 2015
When her former best friend gets popular and leaves her behind, sixth-grader Ruth prefers to be alone, studying for the…
school spelling bee, until she finds a riddle in an old book. Grades 5-8. 2015.The Fuller memorandum (Laundry files novel. #3.)
By Charles Stross. 2011
Covert agent Bob Howard is learning about a top-secret dossier that vanishes with his boss. Determined to discover the contents…
of this memorandum, Howard runs afoul of Russian spies, ancient demons, and apostles of a hideous cult planning to raise the Eater of Souls from the undead. Sequel to "The Jennifer morgue", followed by "The apocalypse codex". 2011.The first quarter of the moon
By Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The fire dragon (Dragon mage. #3.)
By Katharine Kerr. 2001
In the year 850, Prince Maryn prepares to assume the throne. The ill-fated love affair between the prince and the…
magical Lilli comes to an end. Raena and Rhodry continue their rivalry two centuries later. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The Black Raven". c2001. (Dragon mage ; 3)The fire within (The last Dragon Chronicles Ser. #1)
By Chris D'Lacey. 2005
When college student David Rain rents a room in an unusual boardinghouse full of clay dragons, he has no idea…
that they, along with some lively squirrels, will help jumpstart his writing career. Grades 5-8. 2005, c2001.