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"A groundbreaking work as delicate as a butterfly's wing and as menacing as a knife in the dark, The Ocean at the End of the Laneis told with a rare understanding of all that makes us human, and shows the power of stories to reveal and shelter us from the darkness inside and out.A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in is long gone, he is drawn to the farm at the end of the road, where, when...
2) Coraline
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When Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her own (only better), things seem marvelous. But there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Coraline will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and return to her ordinary life.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 48
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Drew and her friend Walker, desperate to get revenge against stuck-up Tabby and Lee for a nasty Halloween joke, come up with a plan designed to scare the wits out of the snobby duo, but Drew and Walker end up getting a fright themselves when their trick goes a little too well.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 33
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During a stay at King Jellyjam's Sports Camp, Wendy thinks the counselors are a little too happy--eerily happy--and concerned about winning, but her "sports freak" brother is not convinced.
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"The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers--In End of Watch, the diabolical "Mercedes Killer" drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don't figure out a way to stop him, they'll be victims themselves. In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator...
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Jessica and her best friend, Ryan, find the perfect HorrorLand souvenir--a two-headed coin with mysteriously dark powers. After an unlucky flip of the coin, they find themselves in a strange land being chased down by angry guards. HorrorLand was scary but this is much worse. Will they be able to escape?
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 44
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Bad things happen when Greg determines to convince his English teacher of the powers of the evil camera.
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An eleven-year-old boy's violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City's most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the...
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 46
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Gretchen and her stepbrother, Clark, hate staying at their grandparents' house. There's something odd about the upstairs room ... the one that's locked.
11) Ghost camp
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 45
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Hoping to fit in at Camp Spirit Moon despite its weird traditions, brothers Harry and Alex participate in several bizarre rituals, until tricks that are played by their fellow campers escalate out of control.
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Last kids on Earth volume 8
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2022.
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Starring in their own epic adventure, dynamic duo Quint Baker and Dirk Savage encounter new monsters and embark on a post-apocalyptic quest for the ages.
13) Doctor Sleep
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The now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) must save a very special twelve-year-old girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless; mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the...
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 2
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"Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they ... meet ... some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they notice that their father is developing plantlike tendencies. In fact, he is becoming distinctly weedy--and seedy. Is this just part of their father's 'harmless' experiment? Or has the basement turned...
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Stephen King introduces each of these short stories with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it. There are connections between stories -- themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. "Afterlife" is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature...
16) Candles burning
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In this Southern saga begun by Michael McDowell and finished after his death by Tabitha King, seven-year-old Calley and her mother find themselves exiled to Pensacola Beach after the brutal murder of her father. There a woman awaits their presence—for Calley is no normal little girl.
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Last kids on Earth volume 9
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2022.
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Picking up after Quint and Dirk's Hero Quest, the Last Kids are happily reunited--but quickly faced with a monstrous new mission. Inside an other-dimensional fortress, the evil Thrull, alongside a vile new villain, is carrying out a sinister plan. Jack, Quint, June and Dirk must make their own plans to infiltrate the stronghold before Thrull gets any closer to completing the mysterious Tower, a structure that could ultimately spell doom for this dimension....
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Chronicles of Vladimir Tod volume 1
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For thirteen years, Vlad, aided by his aunt and best friend, has kept secret that he is half-vampire, but when his missing teacher is replaced by a sinister substitute, he learns that there is more to being a vampire, and to his parents' deaths, than he could have guessed.
19) Desperation
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Several cross-country travelers--including a writer, a family on vacation, and a professor and his wife--end up in the little mining town of Desperation, where a crazy policeman and evil forces compel them to fight for their lives.
20) Revival: a novel
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"In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt in front of his house when a shadow falls over him. He looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later, who with his beautiful wife, will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs--including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy...