Tween Horror Fiction

Updated April 30, 2024
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The fear zone
Alexander, K. R.
Paper Book
If you don't stand up to your fears,they will destroy you.When five kids are invited to a cemetery at midnight, they think it's just a prank. When they find a gravestone that instructs them to dig up a grave, they think it's just a joke.It's no joke.An evil force is unleashed - a force that takes...
Eerie tales from the School of Screams
Annable, Graham
Paper Book
From the director of the Oscar-nominated movie Boxtrolls comes a middle grade horror anthology that will leave you holding onto your blankets for dear life! Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Goosebumps! School is tough. School...
Nightmare island
Bourne, Shakirah
Paper Book
From rising star Shakirah Bourne, author of Josephine Against the Sea, comes a mysterious adventure that explores one of the most chilling tales in Caribbean mythology: the faceless douen children. Twelve year-old Serenity Noah has never told anyone about her recurring...
The girl in the locked room : a ghost story
Hahn, Mary Downing
Paper Book
Ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn unrolls the suspenseful, spine-chilling yarn of a girl imprisoned for more than a century, the terrifying events that put her there, and a friendship that crosses the boundary between past and present. A family moves into an old, abandoned house. Jules...
Whispering Pines
Lang, Heidi
Paper Book
Stranger Things meets The X-Files in this eerie, heart-pounding middle grade adventure about a young boy and girl who must protect their small town from otherworldly forces threatening to destroy it. Rae's father vanished without a trace--and Rae knows what happened...
The stitchers
Lawrence, Lorien
Paper Book
Fourteenyearold Quinn Parker knows there's something off about Goodie Lane. More specifically, about the neighbors. She calls them "the Oldies" because they've lived there as long as anyone can remember, but they never seem to age. When her dad was alive, they'd come up with all sorts of theories...
This appearing house
Malinenko, Ally
Paper Book
From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks and Ghost Squad, about a terrifying house and the girl haunted by her experience with cancer, grief, and healing. Are you brave enough to step inside? For as long as anyone could remember...
Are you afraid of the dark. The Witch's Wings and Other Terrifying Tales 1, The witch's wings and other terrifying tales
Mejia, Tehlor Kay
Paper Book
Based on Nickelodeon's hit horror franchise Are You Afraid of the Dark?, The Witch's Wings and Other Terrifying Tales is the first in an all-new horror graphic novel series with three original stories based on Hispanic urban legends and cultural lore from bestselling and...
The stars did wander darkling
Meloy, Colin
Paper Book
A suspenseful and atmospheric horror set in 1980s Oregon, perfect for fans of Stranger Things, Neil Gaiman, and Margaret Peterson Haddix, from New York Times bestselling author and the Decemberists' lead singer/songwriter, Colin Meloy. Maybe Archie Coomes has been watching too many horror...
No place for monsters
Merritt, Kory
Paper Book
In this spellbinding, lavishly illustrated story that Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney calls "wildly imaginative and totally terrifying," two unlikely friends face down their worst fears in order to stop their small town--and themselves--from disappearing.  Levi and...
Spirit hunters
Oh, Ellen
Paper Book
"Oh has crafted a truly chilling middle grade horror novel that will grab readers' imaginations." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Even more impressive than the shiver factor is the way the author skillfully uses the compelling premise to present a strong, consistent message of not...
EscalofriosStinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Goosebumps now on Disney+! Jordan Blake and his sister, Nicole, are sick of the hot weather in Pasadena, California. Just once they'd like to have a real winter with real snow. And then it happens. The Blakes are taking a trip to Alaska! Mr. Blake has been asked to photograph a...
Stinetinglers : all new stories by the master of scary tales
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to leave you shivering. A boy who hates bugs starts to see them everywhere. A basketball player's skin starts to almost drip off his hands--but...
Stinetinglers : all new stories by the master of scary tales
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
They call me the Night Howler!
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Goosebumps now on Disney+!Mason Brady loves comics! He knows every hero, villain, and sidekick. He even draws his own characters. On a trip to his favorite place, the Comic Book Characters Hall of Fame Museum, Mason explores every exhibit. He even comes across the very real Night Howler. But...
What stays buried
Young, Suzanne
Paper Book
A Bram Stoker Award nominee! In her first book for middle grade readers, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Young brings together a thrilling ghost story, a heartfelt coming of age journey, and a poignant reminder that those we've loved and lost are never far away--perfect for fans of Bone...

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