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Author
Series
Hank Zipzer volume 10
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
[2006], c2006
Language
English
Description
Teased by the school bully because of his Halloween costume, underachieving Hank, with the help of his friends, exacts revenge by creating the scariest and grossest haunted house ever and inviting the bully to visit.
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"With their guesthouse dream in ahses, Alison and Mike must find a new way to make money from their ailing estate, as a major revelation sees their plight become even more pressing. Meanwhile life (death) goes on for the Ghosts as they investigate Kitty's untimely demise, Food Club loses its appeal, Lady Button discovers hidden talents, and Robin makes a prediction that prompts the Ghosts to consider their pasts and their futures. As the bond between...
Publisher
SDS
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
An American family moves to England, to the infamous Canterville Chase, the ancestral home that₂s been haunted for 300 years by the ghost, of Sir Simon de Canterville. When Sir Simon and the family₂s teenage daughter Virginia start plotting together to get her family back to New York, she discovers that Sir Simon has been cursed to be bound to the estate. After she uncovers the beautiful and tragic love story of Sir Simon₂s beloved wife, Virginia...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A social media influencer buys a murder house to renovate, but finds more than she bargained for behind the peeling wallpaper in this deeply psychological gothic debut thriller. Sarah Slade is starting over. She and her husband just bought a beautiful though crumbling Victorian house in a charming and lush community. The fixer-upper is a perfect opportunity to reach a new audience on her highly successful lifestyle blog, and it also serves as a distraction...
Author
Series
Shadow House volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Poppy Caldwell is an orphan who keeps seeing a figure standing behind her in the mirror at the group home where she lives, but she does not associate this ghost with the letter that mysteriously appears in her file, claiming to be from a long-lost aunt, and inviting her to Larkspur House--and she is just one of five children who find themselves gathered in this strange house with a deadly past, and apparently no intention of letting the children escape....
Author
Series
Whimbrel House volume 3
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Merritt Fernsby's life has changed considerably since he inherited Whimbrel House. He's engaged to Hulda Larkin, who opened his eyes to the uncanny. And he's grown quite protective of his uncle Owein -- several generations, and iterations, removed. Owein is presently inhabiting the body of a mixed-breed terrier when Merritt receives a missive from none other than Alexandrina Victoria, the Queen of England: I am interested in your dog. It's the queen's...
Author
Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Join Mason as he tackles ghosts, witches and grumpy teenagers to prove once and for all who the REAL talent in the world of paranormal creatures is. If anyone can take on the ghosts in the Grimbrook's haunted house - it's him. And no one else. But with an evil curse looming over him and the house's inhabitants, is Mason a bit out of his depth? Or is this just the challenge he needs to finally see some sense?"--Provided by publisher
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Since his wife died, Hugo Contreras's debt from her medical bills has become insurmountable. His world in Miami has shrunk. He shuffles between his efficiency apartment, La Carreta (his favorite place for a cafecito), and a botanica in a strip mall where he works as the resident babal©Øawo. One day, Hugo's nemesis calls. Alexi Ramirez is a debt collector who has been hounding Hugo for years, and Hugo assumes this call is just more of the same....
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The ghost and Mr. Chicken: After deciding to solve a murder mystery, a timid typesetter spends a fright-filled night in a haunted house.
The reluctant astronaut: A small-town carnival worker who is deathly afraid of heights suddenly finds himself working for NASA and getting mixed up in an experimental flight.
The shakiest gun in the West: After leaving the comfort of the East to bring modern dentistry to the West, a timid Pennsylvania dentist finds...