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By Marty Chan. 2020
Xander thinks the George Wickerman Hospital would be the perfect setting for Spirits and Specters, a role-playing game where players…
go on “missions” to find evidence of paranormal activities. According to local legend, tuberculosis patients were used as test subjects in medical experiments that ended tragically, and their disfigured ghosts walk the hallways of this now-abandoned building. What better location to go ghost hunting? Even though they didn’t really believe the rumors, Xander and his friends soon begin to suspect that they are not alone. Is this place actually haunted by ghosts? Or something even more terrifying?By Charis Cotter. 2020
?Adapted from family stories told across Newfoundland and passed down over generations, these 10 spine-tingling tales traverse centuries and introduce…
readers to nooks and the Island's nooks and crannies. This spooky collection features black-and-white illustrations as well as traditional context on each story and the art of storytelling in Newfoundland.By Jeff Szpirglas, Steven P. Hughes. 2019
By Kenneth Oppel. 2022
Gabe’s summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories turns terrifyingly real when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead…
girl—and must join forces with her to protect the world of the living. A new story by award-winning author Ken Oppel for ages 10 and up.The story of the tragic death of sixteen-year-old Rebecca Strand and her lighthouse keeper father is just an elaborate tale Gabe tells tourists for his summer job on Toronto Island. Or so he thought. When his ghost tours awaken Rebecca’s spirit, Gabe is drawn into a world far darker than any ghost story he’s ever heard. Rebecca reveals that she and her father were connected to the Order, a secret society devoted to protecting the world from "the wakeful and wicked dead"—malevolent spirits like Viker, the ghost responsible for their deaths. But now the Order has disappeared and Viker is growing even stronger, and he’ll stop at nothing to wreak chaos and destruction on the living.Gabe and his friends—both living and dead—must find a way to stop Viker before they all become lost souls.By Madeline Smoot. 2017
It's amazing the kinds of monsters you can find in an old closet. Whether it's a dragon in a hotel…
room or a Bigfoot baby in an abandoned mansion, the monsters hiding in the closets come in all shapes and sizes. In this collection of ten exciting tales, monsters help show us what it is to be human. Includes stories by Elliot Addison, Jessica Lee Anderson, Susan Bianculli, Melanie Cole, Jaime Formato, John Linwood Grant, Laura Keating, Jonathan Lahr, Hope Erica Schultz, and Lisa Timpf.By Marty Kaminsky. 2000
These fifteen motivating stories prove that integrity and honor are not entirely missing from the playing fields. Readers will share…
the excitement as blind mountain climber Erik Weihenmayer scales the heights of Mount McKinley; as sprinter Gail Devers returns from a life-threatening illness to defend her Olympic title . . . and more. Despite facing incredible adversity, each of these stars found the heart and stamina to persevere.By L. M. Montgomery. 1988
In this heartwarming collection of nineteen short stories L.M. Montgomery returns to the enchanting shores of beautiful Prince Edward Island…
to tell about orphans much like Anne of Green Gables -- vulnerable, sensitive, and full of hope and courage. There's the lonely young girl on a quest for a real-life mother, a budding artist who dreams of fame and fortune, and old family quilt that unites two sisters with a long-lost relative, an ancient Egyptian doll that invokes an unusual spell for a little girl yearning for a special friend. L.M. Montgomery brings to life a magical place and a circle of characters who will long be treasured and remembered.By Bram Stoker. 2012
Far, far away, there is a beautiful Country which no human eye has ever seen in waking hours. Under the…
Sunset it lies, where the distant horizon bounds the day, and where the clouds, splendid with light and color, give a promise of the glory and beauty that encompass it. Sometimes it is given to us to see it in dreams. This Country is the Land Under the Sunset. This is the story of that Country, and what happened when evil came to abide there. It is a story all of us must hear.By Charles Dickens. 2012
One might not necessarily think of Dickens as a mystery writer, but detectives and criminals do figure into much of…
his work. This...gathers a dozen of his stories featuring cops of one kind or anotherBy Bram Stoker. 2012
Squire Stephen Norman, who was the Lord of the manor, presided over the feudal society of Normanstand. Squire Norman marries…
Margaret Rowly, the younger sister of his dear friend Squire Rowly, who was the squire of the neighbouring town. Wanting to produce an heir to recede him as the Squire of Normanstand, Squire Norman and Margaret decide to have a baby. While Margaret is expecting, Squire Norman eagerly anticipates the birth of his son. However, the baby ends up being a girl.By Betsy Groban. 2018
From literary masterminds Lois Lowry, Gary D. Schmidt, Linda Sue Park, Katherine Paterson, Karen Cushman, Gregory Maguire, and more comes…
a timeless and inspirational anthology about the sometimes-challenging, always-rewarding coming-of-age years: middle school.With eleven short stories told in text messages, emails, formal letters, stories in verse, and even a mini graphic novel, Totally Middle School tackles a range of important subjects, from peer pressure, family issues, and cultural barriers to the unexpected saving grace of music, art, friendship, and reading. Brimming with heart and humor, these poignant stories from bestselling and award-winning authors shine a light on the moments when everything is thrilling and terrifying at the same time--in a way it will never be again.By Bram Stoker. 2013
American Adam Salton is contacted by his great uncle in England, who is trying to re-establish a relationship between the…
last two members of the family. Adam travels to Mercia, and quickly finds himself in the center of some inexplicable occurrences. The new heir to the Caswall estate, Edgar Caswall, appears to be making some sort of a mesmeric assault on a local girl. And a local lady, Arabella March, seems to be running a game of her own -- something strange, inexplicable, evil...By Lucie Arnoux, Snne-Laure Mercier, Julia Nicholson. 2015
Red shoes, golden slippers, seven-league boots... Just step into the shoes of princes and princesses, ogres and orphans, cats and…
rabbits, and discover a fascinating fairy-tale world of footwear. Did you know that long ago Cinderella lived in China? That dogs in America wear boots? And that a small pair of shoes in France can fall in love? With original illustrations by Lucie Arnoux, this is a timeless and captivating collection of fairy tales and folktales, whose footprints have lasted through the generations, over the centuries, and all around the world.From the Trade Paperback edition.By Dori Hillestad Butler, Aurore Damant. 2017
Edgar Award Winner Dori Hillestad Butler gives us the ninth title in her not-too-scary chapter book mystery series, The Haunted…
Library.Kaz are Claire are on the case again—this time, they're looking for Kaz's long-lost uncle! Their search takes them to a bakery and a movie theater. Along the way, they meet another kid ghost detective. Will Kaz and Claire be able to figure out what's going on?From the Trade Paperback edition.By Louisa May Alcott. 2015
Louisa May Alcott was an American novelist best known as author of the novel 'Little Women.' In the mid-1860s, Alcott…
wrote passionate, fiery novels and sensational stories. She also produced wholesome stories for children, and after their positive reception, she did not generally return to creating works for adults. Alcott continued to write until her death.By Fabricio Vanden Broeck, Jane Medina. 1999
Jorge is trying to learn the ways of his new country. He wants to fit in at school, but he…
doesn't want to forget his homeland, Mexico. His family is still doing things like they're in the old country, but Jorge wants to find out everything he can about his new country--on the other side of the river. Learning a new language, getting a library card, taking tests, and making friends are challenges for Jorge. Just when Jorge has found a friend in Tim, his life changes once again. Told from the point of view of Jorge, Jane Medina's moving poems vividly depict one boy's struggle to make a new life in a new country.By Alma Flor Ada, F. Isabel Campoy. 2013
Juanita lives in New York and is Mexican. Felipe lives in Chicago and is Panamanian, Venezuelan, and black. Michiko lives…
in Los Angeles and is Peruvian and Japanese. Each of them is also Latino. Thirteen young Latinos and Latinas living in America are introduced in this book celebrating the rich diversity of the Latino and Latina experience in the United States. Free-verse fictional narratives from the perspective of each youth provide specific stories and circumstances for the reader to better understand the Latino people’s quest for identity. Each profile is followed by nonfiction prose that further clarifies the character’s background and history, touching upon important events in the history of the Latino American people, such as the Spanish Civil War, immigration to the US, and the internment of Latinos with Japanese ancestry during World War II. Alma Flor Ada and F. Isabel Campoy’s informational yet heartwarming text provides a resource for young Latino readers to see themselves, while also encouraging non-Latino children to understand the breadth and depth of the contributions made by Latinos in the US. Caldecott Medalist David Diaz’s hand-cut illustrations are bold and striking, perfectly complementing the vibrant stories in the book. YES! WE ARE LATINOS stands alone in its presentation of the broad spectrum of Latino culture and will appeal to readers of fiction and nonfiction.By Tom Henighan. 2008
A mysterious white horse, a quirky parrot, a haunted house, an ancient curse, something frightening in the attic… A summer…
holiday turns into a nightmare when the Mallory family rents a shabby cottage in a remote corner of Ontario’s Rideau Lakes. Seventeen-year-old Chip Mallory and his sixteen-year-old sister Lee are persuaded to go along on "one last family vacation" with their parents before they get caught up in their own lives again. But when a great storm comes up, and the family moves to an island in the lake, all their technology can’t save them from an encounter with an ancient curse. Chip and Lee are drawn into a complex web of past and present; they struggle to make sense of these ancient mysteries, aided by a visiting anthropologist, a poor backwoods girl, and a beautiful young woman who lives on an island with her reclusive and powerful grandfather.By محمد علي بن علان الصديقي. 2001
By ابن هشام. 2001
يقول عنه في المقدمة: "هذا كتاب شرحت به مختصري المسمى بـ: شذور الذهب، في معرفة كلام العرب، تممت به شواهده،…
وجمعت به شوارده،..قصدت فيه إلى إيضاح العبارة، لا إلى إخفاء الإشارة، وعمدت فيه إلى لفّ المعاني والأقسام، لا إلى نشر القواعد والأحكام، والتزمت فيه إنني كلما مررت ببيت من شواهد الأصل ذكرت اعرابه، وكلما أتيت على لفظ مستغرب أردفته مما يزيل استغرابه، وكلما أنهيت مسألة ختمتها بآية تتعلق بها من آي التنزيل، وأتبعتها بما تحتاج إليه من إعراب وتفسير وتأويل، وتصدي بذلك تدريب الطالب، وتعريفه السلوك إلى أمثال هذه المطالب". نيل و فرات