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By Margaret Buffie. 1992
Sixteen-year-old Jess and her parents moved to Willow Creek Ranch after the death of her brother. Jess thinks she's seeing…
things -- what happened at the ranch so long ago, and why is it happening again? She doesn't really want to know the answers, but she must find out. Junior high and older. Originally published in 1992.By Stephen King. 2001
By Diane Hoh. 1997
By Annie Dalton. 1989
Shortly after his fourteenth birthday Gerard Noone goes to live with his dead mother's wealthy family in their Elizabethan house,…
"Owlcote". His childhood, spent in children's homes and with foster-families, has equipped him to deal with most situations, but there is a curse overshadowing Noones' house. Gerard and his cousin Harriet must learn how to lift it.By Bret Easton Ellis. 1991
Contains scenes of violence and sexually explicit material. Patrick Bateman is a twenty-six-year-old yuppie, working on Wall Street. He is…
handsome, sophisticated, charming and intelligent - he is also a psychopath. His avocation is torturing and dismembering the bodies of his female victims and then festooning his apartment with their body parts.By Francesca Jeffries. 1996
Leslie is planning a huge birthday party for her 16th, which everyone is invited to. But then Leslie nearly gets…
knocked down by a runaway car, and people start getting hurt. It seems like someone doesn't want Leslie to make it to 16, but she is determined to have her party, even if it kills her...By Anthony Masters. 1995
Jodie dares his friends from the youth hostel to get by the warden and spend the night in a creepy,…
nearby crypt. To pass the time, they tell ten scary stories that they have heard - or experienced - about vampires. As the last story finishes, they hear footsteps... Grades 4-7.By Pete Johnson. 1996
Only mad scientists in stories can create monsters, can't they? Not ten-year-old Daniel. Well not until the night of his…
spooky party when he and his friends make up a ghost story about a terrifying dog. And as each night the ghost dog -- a bloodthirsty, howling monster -- haunts his dreams, Dan suspects that what he imagined has somehow become real. Grades 3-6.By Diana Hendry. 1997
Harvey Angell is called on by Henry to help solve the mystery of Sibbald House, the the lonely house rented…
by Aunt Agatha for a seaside holiday. It's not quite the holiday anyone expects. The sea's as wild and angry as the old landlord, Tom Troone. And what are the weird noises that Henry hears in the night? What is the story the locals know but won't tell?By Stephen King. 1998
When Mike Noonan's wife dies, he suffers from writer's block, until he goes to his retreat, Sara Laughs. It's a…
community run by tyrannical Devore, who is hell-bent to obtain custody of his grandchild, Kyra. Her mother turns to Mike for help. But there are others determined to prevent his success. Strong language, descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. 1998.By Michael Morpurgo. 1996
There is gold in the Big Hill on Clare Island, and it would make the islanders rich. But to claim…
it would mean destroying the hill for ever. Jessie Parsons and her American cousin, Jack, are desperate, because the Big Hill is the heart of the Island - special, beautiful, the perfect place. They can't save it on their own, but they do have a secret ally - the ghost of Grania O'Malley. Grades 5-8.By Kenneth Lillington. 1995
Eighteen-year-old Kate Crimonesi sees an elf. She has seen it before, in a photograph of Professor Bodkin, the writer. When…
the elf begins to intrude on her thoughts and life Kate seeks help from the Professor. But he is paralysed and helpless. Kate realises he has become a victim of the ancient force and will not be released unless she can be offered up in return. Senior high readers.By Maria Palmer. 1995
A teenager goes missing from the mall where Andi works, and she becomes suspicious of everyone she works with. Why…
is her boss acting so strangely? Why is the artist who makes astrological charts so secretive? Why is Leo always hanging around her shop? The answers lie, not in the stars, but in the people around her. Junior high readers. (Horrorscopes series)By Chris Wooding. 1998
Davey's always been a light sleeper. But since his last trip home, the dark has become a dangerous place and…
sleep the stuff of nightmares. Enter the Catchman. Once he terrorised a city, now he's stalking Davey. He's waiting until Davey turns his back, closes his eyes. Junior high.By Maria Palmer. 1995
Kate's family seems pretty ordinary. She gets on well with her brother, Jon, and her stepmother, Susan, while still keeping…
in touch with her mother and older brother, Nick, who's now left home. There are all the usual family tensions, of course, but nothing she can't handle. But then she gets a terrible horoscope and everything goes haywire. What is causing these explosions of emotion, and can Kate find out in time? Junior high readers. (Horrorscopes series)By Catherine Storr. 1995
Lisa is sure that she has seen a ghost in the reflection of her mother's bedroom mirror. There is no…
one she can confide in: not her grandparents, who are oddly secretive about ghosts and the past; nor her mother who seems so preoccupied since her recent marriage; and she definitely won't tell her new step-brother and sister, they are French and she loathes them! Junior high readers.By Maria Palmer. 1995
When Danny hits a young girl with a stolen car he is too frightened to confess his crime. Things only…
get worse when the victim comes looking for him with a plan for revenge. (Horroscopes series)By Maria Palmer. 1995
They look alike but that's all they have in common. Nina loathes being a twin and has always envied and…
hated Gemma. When Daniel and Gemma get together, she's prepared to go to any lengths to break them up. Junior high readers.By Joan Aiken. 1997
The Fog hounds are silent, mysterious and deadly. They roam the land from dusk to dawn. No-one who is chased…
by them ever lives to tell the tale. But Tad is not afraid. Tad wants one for himself. And when he comes face to face with a Fog hound puppy, things can never be the same again. Grades 3-6.By R. L Stine. 1999
It's summer vacation and fun in the sun is in order. All the cool kids head down to the beach…
where one by one a killer stalks them and then disappears as quickly as footprints in the sand. Grades 4-7.