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Horror
by Lauren Myracle
After she's dumped by her hippie parents on her aloof grandmother in Atlanta, Bliss is enrolled in Crestview Academy, an elite institution where the tensions of the present and the dark secrets of the past threaten to simmer into violence.
by Graham McNamee
It’s the worst winter in years. One night, running in the dark, Danny is attacked by a creature so strange and terrifying he tries to convince himself he was hallucinating. Then he learns about Native American legends of a monster that’s haunted the lake for a thousand years.
by William Sleator
Sixteen-year-old Ken loses his best friend in a plane crash and now he wants to be invulnerable. He finds a psychic who claims she can make him immortal for $50--if he will give up his soul. Ken agrees, but soon realizes that the psychic may be exacting a more sinister payment.
by David Almond
Fourteen-year-old Davie and his best friend, Geordie, are altar boys at their local Catholic Church. They're full of mischief, but that all changes when unhappy soul Stephen Rose comes to town.
by Simon Holt
The Vours are evil, demonic figures that inhabit human bodies during the darkest hours of the winter solstice. After Reggie reads about them in an old journal, she assumes they are figments of a madwoman's imagination. But after her little brother begins acting strangely, Reggie soon finds out what happens when fear comes to life.
by Kathryn Reiss
Seventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before.
by Neal Shusterman
Two brothers are thrust into the world of a bizarre phantom carnival where the price of admission is their souls. To save his reckless brother, Blake -- the responsible one -- must survive seven carnival rides before dawn. . . and each ride is a reflection of one of Blake's deepest fears.
by Brent Hartinger
Harlan's a popular kid and Manny's a geek. But something strange is happening to both of them. Harlan is slowly losing his grip because he's plagued by panic attacks he can't control. And Manny has started having nerve-racking nightmares that leave him exhausted and terrified.
by E.E. Richardson
Joel is looking forward to moving in with his new stepfamily, but as far as his sister Cassie’s concerned, they’re nothing but intruders. To make matters worse their new home is a rotting old heap, neglected for decades. Joel thinks it’s interesting, but as fascinated as he is by the place, he has to admit there’s something not quite right about it.
by Darren Shan
Grubbs Grady opts out of a family trip, never anticipating that he's about to take a terrifying journey into darkness where demons and werewolves haunt his waking nightmares.
by Marcus Sedgwick
When Tomas and his son, Peter, settle in Chust as woodcutters, Tomas digs a channel around their hut so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn't understand why his father has done this, nor why his father carries a long, battered box. When the dead of Chust rise from their graves, both father and son must face a soulless enemy and a terrifying destiny.
by Thomas Fahy
Five years ago six children who lived with their families in a religious cult escaped by burning the compound to the ground. They are reunited at the funeral of Harold, who had escaped with them years ago. Harold died of drowning -- his worst fear -- even though his body was found miles from any water.
by Lisa McCann
Not all dreams are sweet. Janie has dreamt other people's dreams for her entire life. She lives on the fringe, cursed with an ability she doesn't want and can't control. Then she falls into a gruesome nightmare, one that chills her to the bone. For the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant.
