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Publication Date
2015
Language
English
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"The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents' despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie's bizarre outbursts and subsequent descent into madness. As their home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an exorcism; he believes the vulnerable...
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
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Amid a global pandemic, one young woman is trying to keep the pieces together-of her family, stunned by a devastating loss, and of her mind, left mangled and misfiring from a mystifying disease. She's afraid of her own floorboards, and "WHAT IS LOVE? BABY DON'T HURT ME" plays over and over in her ears. She hates her friends, or more accurately, she doesn't know who they are. Has the illness stolen her old mind and given her a new one? Does it mean...
Author
Publication Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
In a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for the entire twelve years of his life, until he enters boarding school under an assumed name and is forced to face his fears.
7) Nightmares!
Author
Publication Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
Jason Segel, multitalented actor, writer, and musician, teams up with New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller for the hilariously frightening middle-grade novel Nightmares!, the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town. Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse! Charlie Laird has several problems. 1 ...
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Publication Date
2023.
Language
English
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Charity Curtis has the summer job of her dreams, playing the "final girl" at Camp Mirror Lake. Guests pay to be scared in this full-contact terror game, as Charity and her summer crew recreate scenes from a classic slasher film, Curse of Camp Mirror Lake. The more realistic the fear, the better for business.
11) Scared stiff
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Publication Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
A little girl devises a clever way to face her fears and discovers that she really doesn't have anything to be afraid of.
13) Night cry
Author
Publication Date
1984
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Often left alone on their five-acre Mississippi farm by her traveling-salesman father, Ellen learns, through a terrifying experience, to distinguish between real and false fears.
16) Flashlight
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Publication Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Description
Marie is afraid to sleep overnight in her grandparents' living room until her grandfather gives her a flashlight so that she can see in the dark.
Author
Publication Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Ten years ago, Grace saw something that would forever change the course of history. When evil in its purest form is unleashed on the world, she and others from their religious community are already hidden deep in the hills of Tennessee, abiding by every rule that will keep them safe, pure--and alive. As long as they stay there, behind the red perimeter.
Author
Publication Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 0.5
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Ethan checks under the bed for his monster, he finds a note saying that Gabe has gone fishing and will be back in a week. He tries out several substitute monsters, but finds that none are as perfect as Gabe.
Author
Publication Date
2025
Language
English
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There's a party tonight, but Cala doesn't want to go. While her family prepares for the celebration, Cala grieves her grandfather and tries to pretend she's not afraid. But when she is separated from her family at the cemetery, Cala encounters four mysterious riders who will show her she is actually quite brave after all. Adventure awaits readers of all ages on Día de Muertos in this stunningly original and lushly illustrated tour de force...
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