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The elevator ghost
By Glen Huser. 2014
When Carolina Giddle moves into the Blatchford Arms, no one knows what to make of her sequin-sprinkled sneakers and her…
trinket-crusted car. But the parents are happy there’s a new babysitter around, and Carolina seems to have an uncanny ability to calm the most rambunctious child with her ghostly stories. Armed with unusual snacks (bone-shaped peppermints, Rumpelstiltskin sandwiches) and candles to set the mood, she entertains the children with good old-fashioned storytelling and, at the end, a great Halloween party. It turns out that Carolina has a timeworn connection to the Blatchford Arms, and to the ghost who still haunts the building - especially its old-fashioned elevator. Grades 3-6. 2014.Seven dead pirates: a ghost story
By Linda Bailey. 2015
Lewis Dearborn is a lonely, anxious, "terminally shy" boy of eleven when his great-grandfather passes away and leaves Lewis's family…
with his decaying seaside mansion. Lewis is initially delighted with his new bedroom, a secluded tower in a remote part of the house. Then he discovers that it's already occupied -- by the ghosts of seven dead pirates. Worse, the ghosts expect him to help them re-take their ship, now restored and on display in a local museum, so they can make their way to Libertalia, a legendary pirate utopia. The only problem is that this motley crew hasn't left the house in almost two hundred years and is terrified of going outside. Grades 4-7. 2015.Small medium at large
By Joanne Levy. 2012
After being hit by lightning, twelve-year-old Lilah, who has a crush on classmate Andrew Finkel, discovers that she can communicate…
with dead people, including her grandmother who wants Lilah to find a new wife for Lilah's divorced father. Grades 5-8. 2012.Seeing red
By Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.Shot in the dark (Lorimer Sports Stories Ser.)
By Janet M Whyte. 2015
Eighth-grader Micah is psyched to have made the BC junior goalball team -- even though he gets the news while…
dealing with a flare-up of his degenerative eye condition. What he's not happy about is his parents' decision to get him a guide dog, and the possibility of losing his independence. When Liam, a new, first-rate player, joins the goalball team, Micah's frustration with his vision spills onto the court. He is rude to Liam and starts a fight with another teammate, Sebastian, after practice. It's only with the help of Cam, his Orientation and Mobility Specialist, that Micah starts to get a handle on his aggression and trust people enough to communicate how he feels. But with the team's big junior tournament quickly approaching, Micah has to reconcile his differences with Liam and Sebastian so as to become a real team player and help his team win the championship. Grades 5-8. 2015.Cammie takes flight
By Laura Best. 2017
Eleven-year-old Cammie Turple grew up with more obstacles than most. Visually impaired and abandoned by her parents, she was raised…
by her tenacious, bootlegging aunt in rural Tanner, Nova Scotia. After Cammie and her best friend, Evelyn Merry, destroy the local moonshine still, forcing Evelyn's abusive, alcoholic father to sober up but nearly killing Evelyn in the process, Cammie convinces her aunt to send her to the Halifax School for the Blind. Cammie navigates life at her new school, armed with an envelope with her estranged mother's address on it. Unsure if she can trust her new friend, Nessa, Cammie enlists her help in tracking her mother down. Will Cammie finally learn why she was abandoned and be able to start her new life? Or will she find too many secrets to count, and realize that she might never put the past behind her? Sequel to "Flying with a Broken Wing". Grades 4-7. 2017.Chasing the phantom ship
By Deborah Toogood. 2016
Matt Simmons has two weeks left of summer before starting grade six. He wants to enjoy that time with his…
best friends, Danny and Emma, but has to include his younger cousin Adam who is visiting. Trapped on a sandbar in the middle of the night, Matt and Adam see a ghostly, burning schooner before a silent old man rescues them. Matt is determined to unravel the mystery and reluctantly lets Adam join in. With Danny and Emma, they visit Danny’s grandpa, a retired sea captain. He warns them to leave the ghosts and mysteries of the sea alone, but the four friends ignore him. Setting out on a midnight boat trip to find the phantom ship, even little Adam proves a useful part of the team. But how dangerous is the ship, and who else is lurking in the waters of the Northumberland Strait? Grades 4-7. 2016.Flying with a broken wing
By Laura Best. 2013
Cammie Deveau began life with a few strikes against her. She’s visually impaired, abandoned by her mother at birth, her…
father was a casualty of the Second World War—and if all that isn’t enough, she’s being raised by her bootlegging aunt. No wonder she dreams of starting a brand new life. When Cammie learns about a school for blind and visually impaired children she becomes convinced a new life is waiting for her in Halifax, but how will she ever convince her aunt to let her go? Grades 3-6. 2013.Flickers
By Arthur Slade. 2016
Far from the isolated prairie ranch where they were born, orphaned twins Isabelle and Beatrice Thorn are living a glamorous…
1920s Hollywood life as wards of Mr. Cecil, a mysterious and influential director. Isabelle is a silent film starlet, destined for greatness in the very first talking picture--a horror flick that will showcase her famous scream, often seen but never before heard by audiences. Meanwhile, Beatrice spends her days hidden away on the Cecil estate with her books and her insect collection, scarves covering her birthmarks and baldness. But Beatrice's curiosity about Mr. Cecil, the death of her parents, the appearance of scorpion hornets--creatures that should not exist on this earth--and the unsettling fates of two people who visited his estate is getting the better of her, and she's starting to realize the director has truly dark designs for this movie. Grades 5-8. 2016.The night gardener: a scary story
By Jonathan Auxier. 2014
When orphaned Irish siblings Molly and Kip arrive to work as servants at a creepy, crumbling English manor house, they…
discover that the house and its inhabitants are not what they seem. Soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger, and the secrets of the cursed house will change their lives forever. Grades 4-7. Winner of the 2015 Silver Birch Fiction Award. Winner of the 2015 CLA Book of the Year for Children Award. Winner of the 2016 Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award Honour Book. 2014.Une terrifiante histoire de coeur (Roman Noir Ser. #Vol. 5)
By Carole Tremblay. 2007
Yann aime les histoires d'horreur et a horreur des histoires d'amour. Quand, le jour de la Saint-Valentin, des phénomènes inquiétants…
commencent à survenir à son école, il est loin de s'imaginer qu'il va bientôt découvrir de nouvelles façons d'avoir des frissons! Des néons qui s'éteignent, des taches rouge sang, des objets qui se déplacent... Années 3-6. 2007.Ferme les yeux
By Victoria Pérez Escrivá, Claudia Ranucci, Anne Calmels. 2009
Mon petit frère n'est jamais d'accord avec moi. J'essaie de lui expliquer, mais il ne m'écoute pas. Peut-être que vous…
avez raison tous les deux, dit maman. Pour le savoir, ferme les yeux -- 4e de couv. Titre uniforme: Cierra los ojos.Comment ratatiner les fantômes? ((P'tit Glénat).)
By Catherine Leblanc, Roland Garrigue. 2010
Les fantômes ont lair effrayants et invincibles Mais en réalité, si on connaît les recettes secrètes, on peut très facilement…
les vaincre ! Et pour commencer, saviez-vous que la seule vision dun enfant suffit à les terrifier ? Surprenant, non ? Découvrez aussi des astuces inédites pour déjouer les désagréments de leur présence inquiétante... -- 4e de couv.Mon papa à lunettes ((Loup-garou))
By Didier Dufresne, Chantal Cazin. 1998
Dracula (Penguin classics #Set Ii)
By Bram Stoker, Emily Hutchinson. 1999
Jonathan Harker, an English solicitor, visits Count Dracula in his Transylvania castle to transact some business. He soon learns that…
Dracula is not the ordinary man he appears to be. Abridged. 1999.Waiting for Gertrude: a graveyard gothic
By Bill Richardson. 2001
Waiting for Gertrude is a love story, a whodunit, and a comic fantasy set in Paris's Pére-Lachaise cemetery, the final…
resting place of many celebrated personages. The story is told in a series of letters and portraits, written in the voices of Oscar Wilde, Isadora Duncan, Chopin, La Fontaine, Marcel Proust, and Alice B. Toklas, whose souls now inhabit the bodies of cats in the graveyard. 2001.Shiverton Hall (Shiverton Hall Ser. #1)
By Emerald Fennell. 2013
Arthur Bannister has been accepted into Shiverton Hall, which turns out to be an incredibly spooky school, full of surprises.…
But Arthur has no time to worry about the strange coincidence, as he is too busy trying to make sense of Shiverton Hall. Grades 4-7. 2013.Caught off guard: twelve tales of surprise
By Bernard Jackson. 1990
The horror at Camp Jellyjam (Goosebumps. #33.)
By R. L Stine. 1995
While Wendy and Elliot are on a boring car trip with their parents, they ask if they can ride in…
the trailer. But the trailer comes loose, and Wendy and Elliot crash into an unusual summer camp. Camp Jellyjam's motto is "only the best," and the children are encouraged to win. But Wendy's roommate wins and then disappears. And all of the counsellors seem to be in a trance. Sequel to "The Barking Ghost". Followed by "Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes". Grades 4-7. 1995. (Goosebumps ; 33)The curse of the mummy's tomb (Goosebumps. #5.)
By R. L Stine. 1993
Gabe and his cousin Sari were exploring a pyramid. One minute, Sari was ahead of Gabe, the next minute, she…
had disappeared. But Gabe knows that he isn't alone -- someone, or some thing, is in the pyramid with him. Sequel to "Say Cheese and Die!", followed by "Let's Get Invisible!" Grades 5-8. 1993. (Goosebumps ; 5)