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Reading someone's diary is bad but Slappy is already evil, so how could anyone resist finding out all of this dummy's terrifying secrets? Zoey and Billy Traister find a large suitcase in a trash pile in the empty lot behind their house. Inside: a grinning ventriloquist dummy. Who would throw out a perfectly good dummy? They bring it home and quickly find out why the dummy was tossed in the trash.

Maz Evans book two, a new Farshore book, full description to follow when available...

Gripping stories of myth, folklore and magic: two step-brothers share one nightmare, red gloves that reach for your throat, a changing room where a stranger asks to swap lives with you and a ghost in the rain.... An expert storyteller weaves nine spells. Fear mixed with wit, heart and magic.

A spiteful fairy. A beautiful princess. An outstretched finger. A spindle. A hundred-year snooze. A charming prince. A kiss. All the familiar ingredients.

But wait! Where did that extra prince come from? And those fairy gifts that were never there before? And what does a flock of balding sheep have to do with anything?

Gail Carson Levine has waved her magic wand over the old standby of "Sleeping Beauty" and presto! It reappears, transformed, sparkling, and hilarious. Chuckles and giggles are guaranteed.

After one misadventure too many, 11-year-old serial miscreant Conn is sent home from school. Picked up by his professor aunt Doireann, she takes him to her office in UCD’s National Folklore Collection on the way home. Surrounded by old books and artefacts, it’s only a matter of time before...

World War II is drawing to a close. Despite desperate resistance, the Allies are advancing on Berlin and getting ready for the final push. Meanwhile, a small group of German soldiers is being driven to the front, when they fall into an ambush, venture deep into a forest on foot, and seek refuge...

Jules' family moves into an old abandoned house. Her parents love it, but she's frightened and feels a sense of foreboding. When she sees a pale face in an upstairs window, she can't stop wondering about the eerie presence on the top floor - in a room with a locked door. Her fear replaced by fascination, Jules becomes determined to make contact with the mysterious figure and to unlock the door. Past and present intersect as she and her ghostly friend discover the fate of the family who lived in the house all those many years ago. 

Twelve-year-old Lila has two goals for the summer: 1. Win back the friends who ditched her for being "too dramatic." 2. Stop being so dramatic. But then Lila's estranged Grandpa Clem dies, throwing a wrench in her plans. Now she'll have to spend the summer in Ohio while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. It's supremely unfair. How can she show off the "new and improved" Lila from so far away?

A delightful tale of victory against all odds from master storyteller, Michael Morpurgo. “Every fox in the whole town, in the whole country just about, is a football fan… And we all have an impossible dream.” In a cosy den under a garden shed lives a family of foxes. They love to watch...

Hörspiel-Spuk mit Uhu Schuhu: das kleine Gespenst in großer Form! Jede Nacht Punkt zwölf erwacht das kleine Gespenst... Und auf Burg Eulenstein beginnt ein Hörabenteuer untermalt von Schlüsselbundgerassel und Truhendeckelgeknarze! Frisch inszeniert, mit einem Reigen exzellenter Sprecher und eigens komponierter Musik, spukt der Kinderbuchliebling in einer kunterbunten Hörspielproduktion! Nacht für Nacht geistert das kleine Gespenst durch die Gemäuer seiner Burg oder besucht Freund Uhu Schuhu. Aber wie aufregend wäre es, die Welt einmal bei Tageslicht zu sehen!

"Bedenke den Stress, Mimi!" - "Ach was, bedenke den Spaß!" Tom und seine geisterhaften Freunde sind zurück! Der vierzehnjährige Tom Röschenberg hat eine Geisterbahn geerbt und alle Untoten darin sind höchst lebendig! Und es bleibt spannend für unseren jungen Ghostsitter: Nicht nur, dass sich Vampir Vlarad aufgrund übermäßigen Konsums von Hamsterblut in einen solchen verwandelt hat; nun steht auch noch der hundertste Getodstag von Wombie dem Zombie an.

Sir Michael Morpurgo retells two of Shakespeare’s best-loved plays, Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer’s Night Dream, in this stunning audio collection in association with the RSC, featuring readings by members of the Royal Shakespeare Company and Michael himself. Translating these iconic...

Auf der Fahrt zum nächsten Rummelplatz schlägt Geistermädchen Mimi eine Abkürzung mitten durch einen Wald vor. Doch kaum haben die Fahrzeuge den Waldrand passiert, bricht die Verbindung zu Mimi ab, Welfs Auto verliert einen Reifen und der Truck mit Anhänger landet im Straßengraben. Als Tom versucht, zu Fuß zu der Stelle zurück zu gehen, wo er das letzte Mal Kontakt zu Mimi hatte, muss er bald feststellen, dass das seltsamerweise nicht möglich ist: Ohne es zu wollen läuft Tom immer im Kreis und kommt dort wieder an, wo er losgelaufen ist!

12-year-old Nancy Crumpet lives above a bakery and her life is a delightful mix of flour, salt and love. Yet her mind is brimming with questions nobody can answer. Why did her birth parents disappear? Why can she speak with the sky? And why must she keep her mysterious birthmark hidden? Everything is about to change when the Scareground returns to Greenwich. Nancy is convinced it holds the answers to her parents' disappearance. She and her best friend Arthur Green meet Skelter, the fair's spooky owner, and discover a world full of dark magic and mystery.

With more than 23 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! School’s almost out for the summer, and A.J. is dreaming about all the fun things he’s going to do on vacation. But A.J.’s dream quickly turns into a nightmare when three familiar spirits appear to...

Tom hat eine Geisterbahn mit quicklebendigen Geistern geerbt! Und die im Zaum und geheim zu halten, ist gar nicht so einfach: Vampir Vlarad mutiert dummerweise bei Blutkonsum zum jeweiligen Spenderwesen, meistens zu Meerschweinchen. Mit Zombie Wombie ist nicht zu spaßen, wenn man seinem Plüschhäschen zu nahe kommt, und Hop-Tep, die Mumie, kann aufgrund der Bandagen um den Kopf nur telepathisch kommunizieren.

Frankie Miller and his friends have a Magic Club. They meet every week to learn new tricks and perform for each other. It's supposed to be fun, but there's always one problem: Ari Goodwin. He's a pest! He ruins their tricks and makes fun of them. When Frankie's friend Melody Richmond finds a recipe in an old book to turn a person invisible, they decide to try it out on Ari. But he's on to them. He's switched the cups and now Frankie's the one who's invisible. There must be an antidote in the book, but Melody can't find it. It's missing! Now Frankie is changing, and he wants revenge.

In this not-so-scary ghost story from Jacqueline Davies, bestselling author of the Lemonade War series, quirky, tool-wielding Alice Cannoli-Potchnik begins to repair the dilapidated mansion next door—only to discover the old house is home to ghosts, and they need mending, too! Home is where...

New Rotterdam is no place for a kid—and that’s what Emrys Houtman likes about it. Emrys obsessively documents his town’s urban legends and cryptid sightings in a Wiki, along with his neighbors and fellow horror fans Hazel and Serena. It’s all in good fun until one day, the trio stumbles upon the Doomsday Archives, a collection of relics with dazzling powers and dangerous consequences. When a mysterious blood-red hourglass begins appearing around town and children begin to go missing, the trio must band together to stop the horrors plaguing New Rotterdam, or risk losing their home.

Under the sea, Dr. Calamari’s magic show is the place to be. But when Squiggy unwillingly becomes part of the show, his magical day quickly turns into his worst nightmare! Will Squiggy be able to reverse the spell? Dive in to find out in this early chapter book.