Sam and his friends plan a school Halloween event that includes wearing some very real looking costumes from a local store. But there's something very terrifying about the costumes, and the store owner isn't telling anyone the secret.
Guaranteed to thrill and chill, this spine-tingling collection of 22 spooky stories includes contributions by Franz Kafka, Charles Dickens, Guy de Maupassant, and many other well-known writers.
There's a lot more school spirit at Lincoln Elementary School than ever before--and the school's cheer squad is responsible. The cheerleaders have developed the ability to hypnotize people and have their victims do their bidding. The school's biggest rival had better watch out because they will be mesmerized before they know it.
When her computer is infected by Zippy the virus, who promptly takes over her entire house, young Jenny is shocked when the unplugged Zippy survives and demands that she become his round-the-clock companion. Original.
Contemporary American horror literature for children and young adults has two bold messages for readers: adults are untrustworthy, unreliable and often dangerous; and the monster always wins (as it must if there is to be a sequel). Examining the young adult horror series and the religious horror series for children (Left Behind: The Kids) for the first time, and tracing the unstoppable monster to Seuss's Cat in the Hat, this book sheds new light on the problematic message produced by the combination of marketing and books for contemporary American young readers.