The Horrible Spookhouse


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A little girl lost in the woods wanders into a haunted house, where she disappoints the witches, monsters, and other inhabitants because she refuses to be frightened of them.




Spook Street


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"What happens when an old spook starts to lose his mind? Do the Services have a retirement home for people who know too many secrets but don't remember their secrets? Or does someone come to take care of the senile spy for good? These are the questions River Cartwright must ask himself as his grandfather--David Cartwright, a Cold War-era operative--starts to forget to wear pants, and starts believing everyone in his life is someone sent by Services to watch him. However, River has other things to worry about. A bomb goes off in the middle of a flash mob performance in a busy shopping center and kills forty innocent civilians. The agents of Slough House have to figure out who is behind this act of terror before the situation escalates"--




Araminta Spook: Vampire Brat


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Fabulously feisty Araminta has a Spooky werewolf adventure in Book 4 of this very funny series by the No.1 bestselling author of Septimus Heap. Now available in paperback for the first time.




Araminta Spook: Skeleton Island


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When Araminta and her best friend Wanda go on a school trip to Skeleton Island, they don't expect to get stranded there overnight. And they certainly don't expect the island to be haunted by ghostly skeletons of pirates! It certainly makes for a spooky sleepover. Luckily these ghoulish pirates just want someone to help them find their lost treasure, then they'll happily set sail on their ghost ship once more. But someone else wants the treasure for themselves – can Araminta find what is lurking in the depths before it's too late?




Araminta Spook: Gargoyle Hall


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When Araminta throws cold water over her best friend, Wanda, to disperse a crowd of panicked bats, it's decided Araminta has been 'helpful' one too many times, and she is packed off to boarding school. On arrival, Araminta is surprised to discover that Gargoyle Hall makes her home, Spook House, seems positively cosy. Strange moans and clanks echo down the corridors and the two head girls are equally creepy. Most of the other pupils have been scared away, but Araminta senses that something – or someone – is behind the menace. With the help of best friend Wanda and Uncle Drac's prize bat, she is going to do something about it!




Children's Book Review Service


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How to Get Your Child to Love Reading


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Offers advice and guidelines on how to expand a child's world through books and reading, introducing three thousand teacher-recommended book titles, craft ideas, projects, recipes, and reading club tips.




Children's Book Review, 1994


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Provides access to reviews of children's books and periodicals that are indexed by Book Review Index.




The Spook House


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Death awaits them all ... A man stares into the deep river swirling beneath him – hands tied, noose around his neck – and waits for the order to end his life. Another is trapped for eternity in a room full of corpses. A cowering woman is strangled in the dead of night. These are just some of the countless victims for whom all hope is lost in Ambrose Bierce’s chilling stories of death, delusion and the supernatural.




Spook House


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Unlikely friends Mallory and Beth embark on a landmark paranormal investigation--they will explore and document Derby Hill's notorious Spook House. Surrounded by forest and cut off from the modern world, the ghost hunters slowly begin to uncover the terrifying secrets behind a macabre series of murders. Unearthly forces come against the women as they uncover a legendary room and the ghosts that call it home. Will they allow the living to enter? Beth's attempts to connect with the dead residents leads her down a dangerous path--one she may not come back from if she refuses to let go of the ghosts who beckon her. Mallory's search for scientific truth leaves her wondering what's real. Will her obsession with the Spook House forever unbalance the archaeologist? "Set against the backdrop of the south's notorious past, M.L. Bullock's Spook House is a dark, scary ghost story with plenty of twists and turns. I couldn't put it down!" Spook House is the third installment in M.L. Bullock's Southern Gothic Series. Each book is a paranormal novella featuring southern hauntings. Other books in the collection include Being With Beau and Death's Last Darling. Find a comfy spot, preferably by a rainy window and get lost in the Spook House.




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