Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories
St Martin's Press The Eyes of the Amaryllis
Book Synopsis Experience love and loss in this enchanting sea mystery from Natalie Babbitt, The Eyes of the Amaryllis, the basis for the 1982 movie adaption of the same name.When the brig Amaryllis was swallowed in a hurricane, the captain and all the crew were swallowed, too. For thirty years the captain''s widow, Geneva Reade, has waited, certain that her husband will send her a message from the bottom of the sea. But someone else is waiting, too, and watching her, a man called Seward. Into this haunted situation comes Jenny, the widow''s granddaughter. The three of them, Gran, Jenny, and Seward, are drawn into a kind of deadly game with one another and with the sea, a game that only the sea knows how to win.The Eyes of the Amaryllis is a 1977 New York Times Book Review Notable Children''s Book of the Year.
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St Martin's Press Untamed UNTAMED By Cast P C Author Sep232008
Book SynopsisLife sucks when your friends are pissed at you. Just ask Zoey Redbird she''s become an expert on suckiness. In one week she has gone from having three boyfriends to having none, and from having a close group of friends who trusted and supported her, to being an outcast. Speaking of friends, the only two Zoey has left are undead and unMarked. And Neferet has declared war on humans, which Zoey knows in her heart is wrong. But will anyone listen to her? Zoey''s adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested, shocking true intentions come to light, and an ancient evil is awakened in PC and Kristin Cast''s spellbinding fourth House of Night novel. (Recommended for readers age 13 and older)
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St Martin's Press The Ghost of Fossil Glen
Book SynopsisFrom beloved author Cynthia DeFelice, The Ghost of Fossil Glen marks the first installment in this gripping middle grade series featuring sixth-grader and ghost magnet Allie Nichols, who solves mysteries with the help of her friend Dub.Allie Nichols knows she''s being pursued by a ghost. But her friend Karen calls her a liar and doesn''t want to hear stuff like that. It is Allie''s old pal Dub who listens eagerly as Allie tells him about a voice that guides her safely down a steep cliff side, the face in her mind''s eye of a girl who begs Help me, and a terrible nightmare in which that girl falls to her death. Who is the girl? Is she the ghost? And what does the ghost want from Allie?As Allie discovers that her role is to avenge a murder, she also learns something about friendship, false and true, in this chilling tale from bestselling author Cynthia DeFelice.
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers The Demonata 2 Demon Thief
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Breaking Dawn
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Kingdom of the Feared
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Poppy Books The in Between
Book SynopsisThis heartbreaking story—perfect for fans of If I Stay and Five Feet Apart—follows a girl swept up in the magic of her first love, until it all comes to a tragic end that might lead her into the afterlife itself. Soon to be a motion picture on Paramount+ starring Joey King! After bouncing around in foster homes for most of her childhood, seventeen-year-old Tessa Jacobs doesn’t believe she deserves love—not from her adoptive parents, and certainly not from anyone at school. But everything changes when she has a chance encounter with Skylar, a senior from a neighboring town who’s a true romantic. Their budding relationship quickly leads to the kind of passion you only see in the movies. As her heart begins to open, Tessa's beliefs about love begin to change. When tragedy strikes, Tessa wakes up alone in a hospital room with no memory of how she got there. And then she learns the horrifying news: Skylar
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Jimmy Patterson Best Nerds Forever
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Vampire Mountain
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Took Graphic Novel
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Wait Till Helen Comes Graphic Novel
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Puppets Payback and Other Chilling Tales
Book SynopsisMeet a malicious hand puppet that’s as much a part of your body as your hand itself. Attend a school that prepares students not for life, but for death. Witness a boy who lends his baseball glove to a different kid every spring—though he himself died years ago .Trade Review"There is something for every fan of paranormal page-turners.... Unearthly tales sure to tingle the spines of fans new and old." — Kirkus Reviews "This collection of short spooky tales is accessible for more sensitive readers, but will still find fans with Hahn’s regulars and horror aficionados alike." — School Library Journal
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Clarion Books Gloom Town
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc All The Lovely Bad Ones
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Clarion Books A Mary Downing Hahn Ghostly Collection 3 Books in
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc The Nightmare House
Book SynopsisA gorgeous book with scares enough for the brave at heart and heart enough for everyone. I loved every page. Lora Senf, author of The ClackityIn this spooky middle grade novel perfect for fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and V. E. Schwab, a young girl's deepest fears take on terrifying new life when she confronts a supernatural foe who can manipulate her nightmares.Penny Hope used to be brave, but that was before she met the Fear Maker. Years later, he still haunts her dreamsa tall, thin man with red eyes, in a haunted house in the woods, who devours human souls and leaves his victims'' eyes hollow and empty. Penny's beloved grandma tells her to write down these nightmares as poems in her notebook. But then Penny starts seeing blank-eyed people in the waking world, too. She's the only one who notices.As more people around her fall prey to the Fear Maker, Penny must gather her courage once and for all to save the souls of t
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Monster Tree
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Random House USA Inc Nightmares The Sleepwalker Tonic
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Scholastic US The Stonekeepers Curse A Graphic Novel Amulet 2
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 01 GreatGrandpas in the Litter Box
Book SynopsisWhat I wanted was a cute little kitten. Instead, I got a tough tomcat that talks. And that's not all! He says he's my Great-Grandpa Julius and he needs my help. And messy litter box or not, family is family!
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 02 Through the Medicine Cabinet
Book SynopsisOne minute I was looking for my retainer in the bathroom. The next, I was staring at a boy who looked just like me. And I don't mean my reflection! What's going on here?
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 06 Im out of My Body...Please Leave a
Book SynopsisWhen Zack's friend Spencer brings a 60's-style hippie book on astral travel to a sleepover, Zack learns the ins and outs of out-of-body travel in a snap. Getting out of their bodies seems awfully easy for the boys. The problem is, how do they get back in?!
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 07 Never Trust a Cat Who Wears
Book SynopsisOne minute, it was an Egyptian cat stature. The next, it was real, live cat with sharp claws. And I have the scratch to prove it! This was one trip to the museum I would never forget.
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 13 The Misfortune Cookie Zack Files
Book SynopsisWhat would you do if your fortune cookie fortunes started coming true? Confucius says something very weird is going on! Could his thirteenth adventure be Zack's unlucky number?
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 16 Evil Queen Tut and the Great Ant
Book SynopsisUh-oh! Thanks to a heaping helping of a new dietetic sugar substitute, Zack shrinks down to the size of a bug. It's not all that bad--until he discovers an army of ants who are building an ant pyramid for their despotic pharaoh-queen!
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 17 Yikes Grandmas a Teenager
Book SynopsisA trip to New York City to celebrate her 89th birthday--and participate in a Rockettes reunion at Radio City Music Hall--leaves Zack's Grandma Leah feeling younger than springtime. And she's looking that way too, since a strange trip through an airport metal detector turned back the hands of time and is making Grandma grow younger and younger!
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 18 How I Fixed the Year 1000 Problem
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 19 the Boy Who Cried Bigfoot
Book SynopsisZack's first trip to sleep-away camp gets a little hairy when legends of a mysterious creature lurking in the woods turn out to be more than just campfire tales. Is it the missing link? Yeti? Sasquatch? Bigfoot?
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 22 This Bodys Not Big Enough for Both
Book SynopsisZack used to be in control of hisown body. But that was before someone else—someone who's been dead almost one hundred years—took over. She's bossy, she's British, she's a queen—and she and Zack are not amused!
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 23 Greenish Eggs and Dinosaurs
Book SynopsisWhen Zack bought a dinosaur egg at the flea market, he was given one warning: DO NOT put it in the microwave! I'll bet you can guess what happened next...
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Penguin Putnam Inc Zack Files 24 My Grandma Major League Slugger
Book SynopsisI went to visit my Grandma Leah in Chicago, and we went to a White Sox game. Doesn’t sound like such a big deal, right? Well, here’s the thing—Grandma played in the game!
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Penguin Putnam Inc Goldfish from Beyond the Grave 4
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Ghost at the Fire Station 6 Haunted Library
Book SynopsisWith a lot of searching and a lot of luck, Kaz has found his dog Cosmo, his little brother Little John, his grandmom, and his grandpops. But what about his parents? Or his big brother Finn? Will he ever see them again? Kaz wants to keep looking for his family, but when Claire hears about a ghost at the fire station, Kaz knows it’s a case for C & K Ghost Detectives!
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Penguin Young Readers Group The Unleashed
Book SynopsisIn the terrifying sequel to The Haunted, Hendricks discovers that even though Steele House is gone, the hauntings in Drearfield are far from over -- and it's up to her to stop them.After everything that went down at Steele House, Hendricks just wants her life to return to normal. Prom is coming up and the school is in full preparation mode. Hendricks tries to pitch in, to mimic her best friend Portia's enthusiasm, but the events of the last few months still haunt her. Steele House. Raven. Eddie. Hendricks believes Eddie is still out there. She just has to find a way to reach him. Together with her friends, she forms a circle of seven and attempts to summon his spirit. Suddenly things start happening again. Flickering lights in the school library. Mysterious girls roaming the halls. The same song playing on a loop wherever she goes.It all culminates in a violent attack and Hendricks realizes what they summoned may not be Eddie at all. The one thing
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Ghosts at the Movie Theater 9 Haunted Library
Book SynopsisEdgar Award Winner Dori Hillestad Butler gives us the ninth title in her not-too-scary chapter book mystery series, The Haunted Library.Kaz are Claire are on the case again—this time, they're looking for Kaz's long-lost uncle! Their search takes them to a bakery and a movie theater. Along the way, they meet another kid ghost detective. Will Kaz and Claire be able to figure out what's going on?
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Thames & Hudson Ltd The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers And Other
Book SynopsisFourteen of the most gruesome fairy tales from around the world are re-told for contemporary readers and restored to their original, grisly versions.Trade Review'Guaranteed to raise the hairs on the back of your neck. A wonderful addition to the bookshelf of any young reader who seeks to walk on the spookier side of the street' - Neil Gaiman'Deliciously dark, provocative, modern and relevant...Think Grimm’s tales told with a splash of Roald Dahl from a world turned upside-down' - The School Reading List'This collection ... intentionally avoids the Disney-fication of folklore ... These tales are disturbing - and satisfyingly so... Atmospheric illustrations pair effectively with the text, and Campbell departs from tradition to include overtly feminist stories as well as gay and lesbian romance without a hint of societal condemnation... Creepy and progressive' - Kirkus Reviews'Smart, layered and full of beautiful storytelling ... The stories are dynamic and thrilling and the illustrations are just so incredibly vivid … brilliant!' - Elle McNicoll, author of 'A Kind of Spark''Quietly revolutionary... fairy tales retold from a perspective – feminist, queer, disabled – that you don't often find in traditional tales. Beautifully done' - James Catchpole, author of 'What Happened to You?''I loved this! Jen puts an unconventional twist on classic scary fairy tale tropes... I love how each is a peek into the culture of different countries all over the world' - Morgan Long, YouTube vlogger'With its stunning illustrations and beautifully written stories, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is a deliciously dark and provocative subversion of traditional fairytales' - Louise O'Neill, author of 'Almost Love' and 'The Surface Breaks''A frighteningly good read-aloud' - The School LibrarianTable of ContentsThe Adults Who Lost Their Organs (German) The Boy Who Tricked a Troll (Norwegian) The Daughter Who Loved a Skeleton (Nigerian) The Girl With the Horse’s Head (Chinese) The House That Was Filled With Ghosts (Japanese) The Kingdoms at the Centre of the Earth (Russian) The Man Who Hunted Children (South African) The Man Who Tricked Death (Egyptian) The Princess Who Ruled the Sea (Inuit) The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers (Korean) The Son of Seven Mothers (Indian) The Souls Trapped Under the Ocean (Irish) The Woman and the Glass Mountain (Spanish) The Woman Who Could Remove Her Head From Her Body (Salvadoran)
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Penguin USA Girls Save the World in This One
Book SynopsisA ravenous read. --Kirkus ReviewsShaun of the Dead meets Clueless in this hilarious YA horror comedy set at a local zombie convention--featuring a teenage girl gang that has to save the world from a horde of actual zombies. Perfect for fans of Geekerella, Undead Girl Gang, and Anna and the Apocalypse. Mega-fan June Blue's whole life has been leading up to this moment: ZombieCon!The Ultimate in Undead Entertainment has finally come to her hometown. She and her two best friends--gorgeous, brilliant Imani and super-sweet, outrageously silly Siggy--plan on hitting all the panels and photo ops, and meeting the heartthrob lead of their favorite zombie apocalypse show, Human Wasteland. It's going to be the best time of their lives--and one of their last adventures before they all split up for college.And when they arrive, everything seems perfect. June's definitely not going to let anything get in the way
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Random House USA Inc Dont Tell a Soul
Book SynopsisStay up all night with this modern day Rebecca! Perfect for fans of Truly Devious--a haunting story about a new girl in an old town filled with dark secrets . . . that might just kill her.People say the house is cursed. It preys on the weakest, and young women are its favorite victims. In Louth, they''re called the Dead Girls.All Bram wanted was to disappear--from her old life, her family''s past, and from the scandal that continues to haunt her. The only place left to go is Louth, the tiny town on the Hudson River where her uncle, James, has been renovating an old mansion.But James is haunted by his own ghosts. Months earlier, his beloved wife died in a fire that people say was set by her daughter. The tragedy left James a shell of the man Bram knew--and destroyed half the house he''d so lovingly restored.The manor is creepy, and so are the locals. The people of Louth don''t want outsiders like Bram in their town, and with ea
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Scholastic US Monster Blood Classic Goosebumps 3 03
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Scholastic US How I Met My Monster Goosebumps Most Wanted 3 03
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Not Stated The Blob That Ate Everyone Classic Goosebumps 28
Book SynopsisGoosebumps now on Disney+!A famous horror writer. That''s what Zackie Beauchamp wants to be. He''s writing a story about a giant blob monster. A pink, slimy creature who eats up an entire town!Then Zackie finds the typewriter. In a burned-down antiques store. He takes it home and starts typing.But there''s something really odd about that typewriter. Something really dangerous. Because now every scary word Zackie writes is starting to come true.
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Houghton Mifflin All the Lovely Bad Ones
Book SynopsisTravis and his sister, Corey, can't resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little 'haunting' of their own. But Travis and Corey soon find out that they aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn.Trade Review"* "Credible spooky....A fine scary tale for a campfire." - New York Times Book Review"
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Clarion Books The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall
Book SynopsisIn this chilling Gothic tale from ghost story master Mary Downing Hahn, an orphan girl sent to live in Crutchfield Hall finds the place haunted by the ghost of her cousin Sophia, who is bent on revenge. Twelve-year-old Florence looks forward to a new life with her great uncle and aunt at Crutchfield Hall, certain it’s bound to be better than the grim orphanage she has lived in since her parents’ death. But Florence doesn't expect the ghost of her cousin Sophia, who haunts the cavernous rooms and dimly lit hallways of Crutchfield and concocts a plan to use Florence to help her achieve her murderous goals. Will Florence be able to convince the others in the household of the imminent danger and stop Sophia before it's too late? Twelve-year-old Florence looks forward to a new life with her great uncle and aunt at Crutchfield Hall, certain it’s bound to be better than the grim orphanage she has lived in since he
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Random House USA Inc Spooky and Spookier Four American Ghost Stories
Book SynopsisAmerican history mixes with legend in four classic ghost tales for Step 4 early readers: a Cape Cod ghost horse that leads ships away from danger; a portrait that protests being moved within Virginia’s Shirley Plantation museum; a Colorado miner who continued to look for love even after his bones were dumped down an outhouse hole; and a one-handed California sea captain whose ghost is still said to prowl Stinson Beach. Step 4 Readers use challenging vocabulary and short paragraphs to tell exciting stories. For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.
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Random House USA Inc How to Hang a Witch
Book SynopsisThe #1 New York Times bestseller!It’s the Salem Witch Trials meets Mean Girls in this New York Times bestselling novel from one of the descendants of Cotton Mather, where the trials of high school start to feel like a modern-day witch hunt for a teen with all the wrong connections to Salem’s past. Salem, Massachusetts, is the site of the infamous witch trials and the new home of Samantha Mather. Recently transplanted from New York City, Sam and her stepmother are not exactly welcomed with open arms. Sam is the descendant of Cotton Mather, one of the men responsible for those trials—and almost immediately, she becomes the enemy of a group of girls who call themselves the Descendants. And guess who their ancestors were? If dealing with that weren’t enough, Sam also comes face to face with a real, live (well, technically dead) ghost. A handsome, angry ghost who wants Sam to stop touching his stuff. But soon Sam discovers she is at the center of a centuries-old curse affecting anyone with ties to the trials. Sam must come to terms with the ghost and find a way to work with the Descendants to stop a deadly cycle that has been going on since the first accused witch was hanged. If any town should have learned its lesson, it’s Salem. But history may be about to repeat itself. “It’s like Mean Girls meets history class in the best possible way.” —Seventeen Magazine “Mather shines a light on the lessons the Salem Witch Trials can teach us about modern-day bullying—and what we can do about it.” —Bustle “Strikes a careful balance of creepy, fun, and thoughtful.” —NPR I am utterly addicted to Mather’s electric debut. It keeps you on the edge of your seat, twisting and turning with ghosts, witches, an ancient curse, and—sigh—romance. It’s beautiful. Haunting. The characters are vivid and real. I. Could. Not. Put. It. Down.” —Jennifer Niven, bestselling author of All the Bright Places
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Penguin Putnam Inc Too Bright to See
Book SynopsisA Newbery Honor Book • Winner of the Stonewall Book Award • A National Book Award FinalistA gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding. –The New York Times Book ReviewIt's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided the two of them need to use the next few months to prepare. For Moira, this means figuring out the right clothes to wear, learning how to put on makeup, and deciding which boys are cuter in their yearbook photos than in real life. But none of this is all that appealing to Bug, who doesn't particularly want to spend more time trying to understand how to be a girl. Besides, there's something more important to worry about: A ghost is haunting Bug's eerie old house in rural Vermont...and maybe haunting Bug in particular. As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of who this ghost is and what they're trying to say, an altogether different truth comes to light--Bug is transgender.Trade ReviewNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST"This book is a gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding, full of everything any of us would wish for our children. It will almost certainly be banned in many places, but your child almost certainly needs to read it." –The New York Times Book Review“A tender portrayal of a kid who is just coming to understand who he is.” –TIME★ “This coming-of-age and coming-out story takes a needed departure from other stories about transgender youth....A chilling, suspenseful ghost story balances the intimate, introspective narrative style.…Haunting and healing.” –Kirkus, starred review ★ "Smart and thought-provoking.... Through Bug’s journey to self-realization and self-acceptance, and the wonderfully nuanced understanding of gender he comes to, Lukoff provides a tender rumination on grief, love, and identity." –Publishers Weekly, starred review★ “Equal parts unsettling, heartwarming, and satisfying…a nuanced and compelling exploration of gender, friendship, and family.” –Booklist, starred review★ "Lukoff’s three primary themes—gender identity, grief, and ghostly hauntings—work in elegant harmony despite the load. Lukoff navigates Bug’s journey of identity and discovery with grace, welcoming...A hopeful examination of grief and gender, and a good ghost story to boot." –School Library Journal, starred review★ “Lukoff combines gothic horror vibes with a slow-building trans awakening…The spooks and mysteries are an added bonus that sets this narrative apart from similar titles.” — BCCB★ “While gender identity remains prominent throughout, Lukoff also combines pitch-perfect adolescent angst, evolving friendships and spooky encounters to create a welcoming story accessible to young readers of all backgrounds.” — Shelf Awareness"When we talk about wanting to see a diverse range of books for kids, this is precisely what we should be thinking of.... Smart. Original. Necessary. ” –Betsy Bird, Fuse8 “Bug’s first-person, present-tense narration gives readers a close look at his sense that things don’t quite fit….and his gradual understanding of why that is.” –The Horn Book"A much-needed book about the acceptance of a transgender boy who finds the support he needs from his family, his best friend, and eventually his friends at school." –School Library ConnectionBoston Globe Best Book of 2021TIME Best Children’s Book of 2021Washington Post Best Children's Book of 2021New York Public Library Best Book for Kids of 2021 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book for 2021 NPR Best Book of 2021 PW Best Book of 2021Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2021Kirkus Best Book of 2021School Library Journal Best Book of 2021
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Penguin USA Our Last Echoes
Book SynopsisKara Thomas meets Twin Peaks in this supernatural thriller about one girl''s hunt for the truth about her mother''s disappearance.In 1973, the thirty-one residents of Bitter Rock disappeared. In 2003, so did my mother. Now, I''ve come to Bitter Rock to find out what happened to her--and to me. Because Bitter Rock has many ghosts. And I might be one of them.Sophia''s earliest memory is of drowning. She remembers the darkness of the water and the briny taste as it filled her throat, the sensation of going under. She remembers hands pulling her back to safety, but that memory is impossible--she''s never been to the ocean. But then Sophia gets a mysterious call about an island names Bitter Rock, and learns that she and her mother were there fifteen years ago--and her mother never returned. The hunt for answers lures her to Bitter Rock, but the more she uncovers, the clearer it is that her mother is just one in a chain of disappearances. People have been vanishing from Bitter Rock for decades, leaving only their ghostly echoes behind. Sophia is the only one who can break the cycle--or risk becoming nothing more than another echo haunting the island.
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