Ghost Stories

Marnie Blue and her school friends are spending the weekend at CORAL, an activity centre in Mermaid Lagoon. There will be lots of fun things to do, like playing with the water catapult and singing round the bubble fire. Not to mention midnight snacks!...

They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series of all time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a whole new generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare! Gabe is exploring the tunnels...

The floor shook. The tables and chairs shook. The children shook. Suddenly, the door creaked open... and a huge figure loomed over them. It was... The Frankenstein Teacher!Class 3F get a very unusual new teacher. Frankenstein! But although Frankenstein...

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 thrillingly spooky gothic mystery... The grown-ups all think she's going to die soon ? she can see it in their eyes. Still, when twelve-year-old Stina is sent to be treated at Raspberry Hill Sanatorium, she can't believe her luck. She even gets to...

When Jamie's father buys a house that has been empty for many years, they discover ghosts, mystery - and danger. Can Jamie and his friend Colin learn the truth before anyone else gets hurt? About the AuthorPippa has written over eighty books for...

It's meant to be a stress-free holiday in London, but suddenly Seth and Nadiya will need all their skills asDefenders. Ghostly activity is threatening a Premier League club as they build a new stadium on Roman ruins.One worker has already met a grisly...

Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman, was Philip Pullman's first novel for children, published by Chatto and Windus in 1982. It is a wonderful gothic melodrama which he first wrote as a play for school-children when he was an English...

Padraig Kenny's The Shadows of Rookhaven is a story about family and forgiveness, the sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven.Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and...

Winner of The Readers' Choice 2023 Best Children's Book, Runner up for The Diverse Book Awards 2023 'Best Children's Book', Shortlisted for Breakthrough Children's Book of Year - The Week Junior Book Awards 2023, Longlisted for The Juniper Book Award...

Written by New York Times bestselling novelist Neil Gaiman, with otherworldly illustrations by artist Dave McKean, MR PUNCH - 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION is the new deluxe cut of this landmark graphic novel. A young boy stumbles across a Punch and Judy...

Determined to be the world's greatest detective, Zaiba is always on the lookout for a crime to solve! When a new family moves to the village, Zaiba is intrigued to hear about the strange happenings in their home. Things go missing, objects are smashed...

'A MONSTROUSLY FUNNY NEW VOICE,' MAZ EVANS, WHO LET THE GODS OUT? The second seriously silly adventure in the hilarious series that turns everything you thought you knew about monsters upside down! Perfect...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728236544Author Lindsay CurrieFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Sourcebooks Young ReadersPublisher Sourcebooks Young ReadersWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781368048361Author Vera StrangeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Disney PressPublisher Disney Book Publishing Inc.Weight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 192mm...

Gripping stories of myth, folklore and magic:Two step-brothers share one nightmare; red gloves that reach for your throat; a changing room where a stranger asks to swap lives with you; and a ghost in the rain... An expert storyteller weaves nine spells...

Winner of the Stonewall Book Award and the Lambda Literary Award By National Book Award winner Kacen Callender, this exquisite novel reminds us that grief and love can open the world in mystical ways. "The...

A ghostly love story set in a spooky, underwater world from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator P.J. Lynch.Jacob's father was a farmer, but after their river is dammed and their town is flooded, Jacob takes to fishing the new lake over the town...

It's the new funniest mystery detective series ever, from the genius behind the bestselling Barry Loser books! Super Weird Mysteries is a hilarious new series, perfect for readers aged 7 and up, and fans...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062682857Author Alvin SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

The Afterlife is at peace. Things are quiet at the Embassy. Jake's life is - as much as it can be - back to normal. Not for long...The peace-loving king of demons is about to pass to the void, to be replaced by his son, a vain and spiteful demon who the...

In one volume, R.L. Stine presents two bone chilling stories of teens in terror in his worldwide bestselling Fear Street series, which has sold 80 million copies around the world. ln Party Games, Rachel is thrilled to be invited to Brendan Fear's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2022 (United States). Joint winner of Kids' Indie Next 2021 (United States) and Kids' Indie Next Pick 2021 (United States).Book...

Monsters are in the eye of the beholder.Rosa suffers from a rare condition that renders her mute. She lives on the strange island of Mirasol where the rain never seems to stop.In the gloom of the island, its superstitious population are haunted by all...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416918103Author R. L. StineFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Simon & Schuster AustraliaPublisher Simon & Schuster AustraliaWeight(grams)...

A chilling tale from the "Fear Street - Superchillers" series.About the AuthorR.L. Stine is the massive bestselling Young Adult horror writer, and with over four million copies in print of Fear Street titles, he is often attributed with inventing the...

"A poignant story." -School Library Journal "An unforgettable, life-affirming tale." -Booklist The Graveyard Book meets Hatchet in this eerie novel about a boy who is stranded on a mysterious beach, from debut author Samantha M. Clark.A boy washes up on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781338111002Author Victoria SchwabFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Scholastic PressPublisher Scholastic PressWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 213mm *...

From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes ten new stories that are sure to send a shiver down your spine. Two kids embark on a field trip to the zoo . . . and stumble upon a creature they never expected to meet. A boy makes a machine...

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...

It's Desmond and Andres versus creepy monster lunch ladies in the sixth book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol series!Usually the cafeteria is where good food goes to meet its maker, but at Kersville Elementary, lunchtime is a little different. For...

Now in paperback, book 2 in the spine-chilling middle-grade series that Stephen King called "the perfect book for kids to cool off with on a hot summer day, because the chills come guaranteed"The Ladies in White want you to join their family-forever . . ...

From the author of You Must Not Miss comes a haunting contemporary horror novel that explores themes of mental illness, rage, and grief, twisted with spine-chilling elements of Stephen King and Agatha Christie, now as a paperback.Following her father's...

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...

Return to the weird and wonderful world of Maudlin Towers for a second adventure - brilliantly written and illustrated throughout by Chris Priestley in this striking and funny package. Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the...

Return to the weird and wonderful world of Maudlin Towers for a second adventure - brilliantly written and illustrated throughout by Chris Priestley in this striking and funny package. Mildew and Sponge don't think much of Maudlin Towers, the...

Written Stone Lane is a direct sequel to the bestselling YA/ crossover novel Cold Bath Street but can be read as a stand-alone. RAUFFE RADCLIFFE LAID THIS STONE TO LYE FOREVER: AD 1655 so says the mysterious stone laying on Written Stone Lane. When the...

Percy Jackson meets Dracula in this action-packed monster hunting series! With the perfect combination of humour and heroism, Max Helsing will keep readers aged nine and up on the edge of their seats.Max Helsing's camping trip to Bone Creek was never...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593117361Author Michael ReginaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint RazorbillPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 533gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 156mm *...

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...