Tween Horror Fiction

Updated April 30, 2024
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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 no-brainer's guide to decomposition
Cuevas, Adrianna.
Paper Book
In Pura Belpré Honor-winning author Adrianna Cuevas's new spooky middle grade novel. Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father's body-farm laboratory--that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD.  No one has ever ...
The headless doll
Ford, Mike
Paper Book
From the author of The Lonely Ghost comes a chilling new tale about a vengeful ghost who wants her doll back -- or else. A headless doll. A deserted island. A haunted lighthouse. Twelve-year-old Jen's summer vacation is not going anything like she expected it to. She's staying with...
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...
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...
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. The Witch's Wings features three original stories based on...
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...
It came from the trees
Russell, Ally.
Paper Book
The wilderness is in Jenna's blood. Her Pap was the first Black park ranger at Sturbridge Reservation, and she practically knows the Owlet Survival Handbook by heart. But she's never encountered a creature like the one that took her best friend Reese. Her parents don't believe her; the police are...
EscalofriosStinetinglers: All New Stories by the Master of Scary Tales
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Los relatos más terroríficos del maestro de los cuentos de miedo, autor de Pesadillas. RECOMENDADO POR JENNA BUSH EN SU CLUB DE LECTURA DEL TODAY SHOW Y EN SU PODCAST READ WITH JENNA Escalofríos es perfecto para los fanáticos de las historias de...
Scariest. book. ever.
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Goosebumps now on Disney+!The only thing to fear . . . is everything. Twins Betty and Billy are visiting their Uncle Wendell at his secluded house in the Wayward Forest. What they think is going to be a boring stay quickly turns into a real nightmare. Wendell is in possession of the scariest...
Stinetinglers : all new stories by the master of scary tales
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
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...
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...
A bite above the rest
Virnig, Christine
Paper Book
A boy moves to a Halloween-themed town only to realize there may be more to the tourist trap than meets the eye in this middle grade novel of "thrills and chills in a gloriously goofy setting" (Kirkus Reviews) perfect for fans of The Last Kids on Earth and Escape from Mr....
Wishbone
Winans, Justine Pucella
Paper Book
Coraline meets Ghost Squad in this terrifying story about what happens when you aren't careful what you wish for. Ollie Di Costa wishes things could be different. He wishes the bullies at school would leave him alone. He wishes his parents would stop...
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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