Ghost Stories

Joseph Delaney's popular book, The Spook's Apprentice, told the story of Thomas Ward, apprenticed to the local spook to help keep the county safe from the Dark. The novel is the inspiration for the movie Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Barnes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593488874Author Natasha DeenFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA Inc

Over forty stories in one book-all of them very, very short! None of the stories are more than two pages long, but each of them is special and thought-provoking to inspire short story writers. Drawn from a range of sources, including folk tales, urban...

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children meets Lord of the Flies in the exciting debut from Angharad Walker. 'A mesmerising other-worldly story that got deep under my skin - I couldn't put it down.' JASBINDER BILAN,...

A classic Christmas ghost story set in a haunted historic house - for fans of Emma Carroll and Lucy Strange.It's Christmas, and eleven-year-old Lolli must return to London and break a promise she made to herself - to never again step foot in the...

'Truly unforgettable ... deserves to be read and studied by all' - Onjali Q. Rauf, bestselling author of The Boy at the Back of the ClassSecrets from the past are the keys to the future...if two children can find them. Bold adventure, timely themes and...

This #1 New York Times bestseller and deliciously creepy horror novel has a storyline inspired by the Ripper murders and an unexpected, blood-chilling conclusion.Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord's daughter, with a life of wealth...

Una Wexford is thrilled to be adopted after the great war, but an eerie secret lurks in her new home - a life sized animated copy of herself. Is 'Ani' as innocent as she seems or does she want to steal Una's new family - and her life?About the...

The first book in an exciting new middle grade mystery series from actress, artist, and YouTube star Hayley LeBlanc! In Hayley Mysteries: The Haunted Studio, when Hayley is cast as the lead in a Nancy Drew like kids TV show, strange things start...

When Jonathan Harker arrives in Transylvania, he finds himself caught up in a fiendish plot to raise an army of the undead. Can he and his friends stop the plans of the terrifying vampire Count Dracula before it's too late? Bram Stoker's classic gothic...

The extraordinarily moving, funny and original new novel from the author of the rapturously acclaimed BLOOM. "You were born raging, Frances Frida Ripley. That's what happens when you're born in a storm." ...

The second terrifying tale in the Spook's spin-off series from bestselling author Joseph Delaney.Thomas Ward was working as the new County Spook, fighting the Dark with his own apprentice. But a new enemy stirred in the north, and Tom's calling required...

In this eerie full-color graphic novel adaptation of one of award-winning author Mary Downing Hahn's most popular ghost stories, mischievous siblings pretend their grandmother's Vermont inn is haunted and awaken the real spirits who dwell there.Travis...

Eleven-year-old Bella Bright has just moved into Darkling House in Castleton. On her first day at her new school, she is spotted by a pair of manipulative mean girls, Skylar and Regan. They push her into inviting them to a Halloween sleepover. Another...

'It's a dangerous job, but someone has to do it.'For years, the local Spook kept the county safe from evil. But now his time has ended, and there is only one boy who can take over - Thomas Ward, barely more than a child himself. Now he too must take on...

"For days after reading Brenna Thummler's Sheets I have been wandering my neighborhood, haunted, enchanted, and in need of freshly pressed clothing." -Lemony SnicketMarjorie Glatt feels like a ghost. A practical thirteen-year-old in charge of the...

11 year-old Eleanor has been sent away to a spooky old school run by a great-aunt she's never met. Shunned by the other girls, dismayed by Great-Aunt Margaret's coldness, Eleanor struggles with loneliness; so when a strange, skinny little boy, all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985985295Author Scott PetersFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Best Day Books For Young ReadersPublisher Best Day Books For Young Readers

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593117187Author Max BrallierFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Viking Books for Young ReadersPublisher Penguin USAWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm)...

America's favourite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. Dawn has always thought there was a secret passage hidden in her house. But that doesn't explain why creepy things happen when Dawn's...

Twin sisters, Cally and Kody Frasier aren't thrilled to have moved to Fear Street. They've heard the strange stories and know about the centuries of terror, but what they don't know is that they've moved into the one house that even their neighbours on...

The evil dummy comes to life to tell his own twisted tales and scary stories! Luke Harrison's dad makes horror movies. It's very fun to be around such scary stuff - especially when you have your own monster museum at home...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492629849Author Rin ChupecoFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Sourcebooks FirePublisher Sourcebooks, Inc

When you're dead, you're dead. When you're gone, you're gone.Unless, of course, you're not.And that's where I come in.The year is 1897, and Peggy Devona can speak with ghosts.She hides her gift from those afraid of a girl with such powers, terrified of...

'This is the entrance to the Witch Well and behind that door you'd face your worst nightmare. Don't ever go through there.' Night falls, the portcullis rises in the moonlight, and young Billy starts his first night as a prison guard. But this is no...

Fans will not want to miss the very first official guide to PIGGY! Full of tips, tricks, lore and more, this guide has everything you need to survive! Make it out alive with PIGGY: The Official Guide! This...

*A hilarious, dark adventure for kids and adults!*'A book aimed at kids that captures youthful humour perfectly. By which we mean it's energetic, weird, and delightfully disgusting - 10/10' Starbust Magazine'The bloodthirsty, heartfelt romp your brutal...

Snow Ghost came whispering out of the air, "Oh, for a home to be happy - but where?" Flying through the swirling, snow-filled skies, Snow Ghost searches for a place to call home, swooping gracefully over the whirling traffic of town, winding her way...

On her first day in Grave's Pass, Raven McKay spotted a pooka horses chasing goblins in a vacant lot, three banshees on a bus, a zombie in ripped jeans staring in the window of a phone shop, a bogeyman walking a labradoodle, a ghost on a ladder cleaning...

'In a booky world where many publishers are playing it solid and safe, Taylor Dolan is a breath of fresh air. I would give this series five stars out of five and say to you, go and crack open your kid's head (in a good way) and give the contents a stir...

The village is alive with rumours about the Tall Man and Tom lives in his house. Tom hears a boy in the cellar offering a 'special' acorn to a rat, Captain Rat, whom he begs to find the key to his leg-iron. The cellar is empty but Tom knows that the boy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739209308Author Ryan VernelFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint Green Jumper PublishingPublisher Green Jumper Publishing

The most popular of all ghost stories was first published on 17 December 1843, and by Christmas Eve 6, 000 copies had been sold at a published price of five shillings. The story of Scrooge, a miser who becomes a different man when he is presented with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781952239670Author Bushel & Peck BooksFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Bushel & Peck BooksPublisher Bushel & Peck Books

There are musical goings-on and a mystery for Ada to solve in Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony, the fourth beautifully illustrated adventure in the series from Chris Riddell, 2015-2017 Children's Laureate and author of the Ottoline books.Lord Goth is...

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A brilliantly-conceived and hugely imaginative 'sequel' to Mary Shelley's masterpiece, Following Frankenstein is a hugely exciting and beautifully-written historical adventure, perfect for 9-12 year olds.Sometimes I was jealous of the monster of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913230517Author Lee ThomasFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Tiny TreePublisher Andrews UK LimitedWeight(grams) 200gDimensions(mm) 220mm * 220mm * 3mm

Within the pages of this book can be found one of the most terrifying creatures in all of literature. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JOSEPH O'CONNOR ...

Dark, gripping and romantic - read the books that inspired the phenomenal Netflix vampire series.Book 6 in the Vampire Diaries series by bestselling author L J Smith.Elena Gilbert is once again at the centre of magic and danger beyond her imagining. And...