New Children's Fiction Books

Samantha, the laughingstock of the girls' basketball team, meets someone who can grant her three wishes. But she isn't careful what she wishes for and they come true, turning her life into a living nightmare.

Jodie is staying with her grandparents on their farm and sees the scarecrows "come alive!"

A young girl purchases the most frighteningly lifelike Halloween mask and then, to her horror, discovers that she is unable to remove it from her face.

Strange things happen when Greg starts using the camera he and his friends found.

When their father inherits an old house in the town of Dark Falls, Amanda and Josh are excited--until they begin to suspect that the house is haunted.

Michael ignores his father's warning not to touch an antique cuckoo clock.

"When Jerry finds a dusty old piano in the attic of his new house, his parents offer to pay for lessons. At first, taking piano seems like a cool idea. But there's something creepy about Jerry's piano teacher, Dr. Shreek. Something really creepy. Something Jerry can't quite put a finger on."--Back cover

Tommy gets lost in his new school and hears kids crying for help - from behind the school walls.

When a strange howling is heard and a rabbit is torn to shreds, everyone thinks that Grady's new dog is responsible, and Grady is determined to prove them wrong.

"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 into another little shop of horrors?"--Page 4

Justin and Marissa want to help their dad search for an ancient manuscript. However, they get lost in the woods of Brovania. The woods are filled with very strange creatures ...

Ginger and her twin brothers Nat and Pat are lost in the woods. They meet the beasts -- big blue furry creatures -- and they want to play a game. The winners get to live. The losers get eaten.

Losing sight of their tour group while visiting London, Sue and Eddie find themselves locked in a gloomy prison tower with a strange dark figure who seems to want them dead.

"Sue and her brother, Eddie, are visiting London when they run into a little problem. They can't find their tour group. Still, there's no reason to panic. Because there's no way their tour guide would just leave them. All alone. In a gloomy old prison tower. There's no way they'd get locked inside. After dark. With those eerie sounds. And a strange dark figure who wants them ... dead"--

Soon after he purchases a dusty can of monster blood at the funky old toy store near his great-aunt's house, Evan begins to notice some strange things happening to the people around him.

"Kid-reporter CJ Delaney stumbles on the scoop of a lifetime when strange, spooky things start happening around her small town"--

"Twelve-year-old Kimmy Jones discovers secrets about her heritage and learns about a witch who has been wreaking havoc for centuries"--

"The Pied Piper's little sister Clare is determined to uncover the truth behind her brother's seemingly cruel actions"--