K. R. Alexander
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When five kids are invited to a cemetery at midnight, they think it's just a prank. When they find a grave-stone that instructs them to dig up a grave, they think it's just a joke, but it's no joke, an evil force is unleashed--a force that takes the shape of their worst fears, a shark in the water, ghost in the walls, nightmare of being buried alive, snake about to strike, and a sinister clown waiting in the woods. Once these fears are released, they...
2) Scare me
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"Every year, the town of Happy Hills holds its haunted house contest. In a spooky old manor, teams of kids come up with new ways to frighten people. The scariest team wins. But this year, all the teams are going to lose. Because this year the house itself has awakened . . . and it won't be happy until it's devoured all the people inside. What started out as a game has turned into something much more deadly"--
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"Samantha and Rachel used to be friends. But then Rachel betrayed Samantha . . . and Samantha decided to make her life a living nightmare. Then one day, Sam and Rachel found themselves in a fight by a lake. Samantha pushed Rachel . . . and watched as Rachel fell back. And back. Into the water. And gone. No way to save her. No way she could be alive. The next day, Rachel shows up to school as if nothing happened. And now she's the one who wants to...
4) Vacancy
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"When Jasmine moves to Gold River after her mother's death, she finds herself powerfully drawn to the Carlisle, an abandoned hotel on the edge of town. . . It's local tradition in Gold River for kids to try to stay a night in the Carlisle without being scared away. When Jasmine hears about this, she convinces her friends to join her. . . Only...The building isn't abandoned. There are plenty of people staying there--dead people. And once you walk into...
5) Follow me
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"It's strange enough for Tamal to be the new kid in town. But it's even stranger to be living in the house that everyone wants to avoid, a house with a very deadly history. Nobody wants to talk about what happened ... nobody except the terrifying girl Tamal keeps encountering throughout the house. Tamal's parents can't see her, but he's sure she's there--and wants something from him. Tamal's family thought this house would be a new start ... but instead...
7) Darkroom
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Beatrice knows she doesn't have any followers. Nobody wants to watch her living her ordinary life. But then she strumbles across a new app, DARK[room]. Some users say it's super cool. Others say it's super dangerous. Beatrice downloads it and discovers that it allows her to see ghosts everywhere around her. And they're going to get her if she doesn't get them first. When Beatrice streams her haunted encounters, people think she's making them up. But...
8) Haunt me
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Maria has never gotten over her sister Isabella's death, and the guilt she feels about what happened. It hangs over everything she does, even an innocent slumber party with her two best friends. When one friend suggests they play a game that summons the spirits of the dead, Maria thinks it's all make-believe, but then she starts to hear from a spirit claiming to be her sister.
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A spooky doll story filled with thrills and chills, for fans of Mary Downing Hahn and Neil Gaiman.Josie always liked visiting her grandmother's house. But when she's forced to move there, she starts to feel like something is a little . . . off. Her grandmother has some very strange rules:Never leave your windows open after dark.No dolls in the house.Never, ever go by the house in the woods.A little spooked, Josie is relieved to find that her...
10) Last laugh
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"What's scarier than a collection of clown dolls in a secret locked room? How about... those clown dolls coming to life. And hunting you down."--Publisher marketing.
11) Possess me
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K. R. Alexander is the pseudonym for author Alex R. Kahler.As K. R., he writes creepy middle grade books for brave young readers. As Alex -- his actual first name -- he writes fantasy novels for adults and teens. In both cases, he loves writing fiction drawn from true life experiences. (But this book can’t be real . . . can it?)Alex has traveled the world collecting strange and fascinating tales, from the misty moors of Scotland to the humid jungles...
12) Bury me
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"No one ever leaves Copper Hollow. It's a town with a deadly history . . . but nobody ever talks about it. Kimberly thinks there might be something strange going on. She's not sure what--until the menacing doll appears with two words written across its clothes: Bury me. Kimberly and her friends try to destroy the doll . . . but every time they think it's gone, it comes back again. Is there any way to rid themselves of the evil once and for all?"--Publisher...
13) The collected
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It's been five years since Josie squared off against the evil Beryl and her killer haunted dolls. She hasn't talked about it since, and likes to pretend it didn't happen. Too bad she didn't tell her younger sister, Anna. Because Anna is now the one being drawn in to the evil -- and the evil has some new tricks this time.
14) Speak for me
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Nomi is afraid of dolls. But even she gives into pressure and winds up with an Emmy doll, which has enough artificial intelligence to help you with your homework, communicate with your firends, and organize your life. Nomi's friend Jenna promises that having an Emmy will make her life easier...and will also make her less of an outsider. At first, this works. Nomi's doll is a good listener and a big help. But then the doll starts getting ideas of her...
15) Gallowgate
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Sixth-grader Sebastian Wight is cursed with the ability to see the dead, but now a nasty spirit, the shadowman, is determined to claim him for the dead--and this brings him to Gallowgate Academy for Ætheric Arts, where he can learn to control his abilties.
16) Escape
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"WESTWORLD meets CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY meets JURASSIC PARK, as kids win a chance to enter the place of their dreams -- and find that it quickly turns into a nightmare. It's all anyone talks about, and it's all Cody dreams about. It's the biggest adventure park in the world, and it's more than mere rides and rollercoasters: At ESCAPE, you can do anything you want, be anyone you want, and there are no adults to tell you no. Cody's a nobody,...
17) The collector
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Josie must discover the connection between a strange house in the woods, her grandmother's stories, and missing children, or risk losing her sister to dark magic.