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1961) The wrong train
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 6
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A treasury of scary stories envisions the experiences of a train passenger who becomes subject to the nightmarish elements in stories told by a mysterious stranger, who demands a terrible price to make the stories end.
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[2016]
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A long-awaited revision of the bestselling Case Study in Contemporary Criticism: Frankenstein Revised to reflect critical trends of the past 15 years, the third iteration of this widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelley's English Romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to Frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gender/queer, postcolonial, and cultural studies perspectives....
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c2004
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No one is as good at stripping bare the dark desires of the inhuman soul as Laurell K. Hamilton, something she has proven time after time in her New York Times bestselling Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novels. Now, in Incubus Dreams, Anita's life is more complicated than ever, as she is caught between her obligations to the living and the undead.
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Boogeyman novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2021
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n the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI, are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman - and he’s playing games...
1966) Immortal pleasures
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[2024]
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"An ancient Aztec vampire roams the modern world in search of vengeance and love in this seductive dark fantasy"--
Hundreds of years ago, she was known as La Malinche: a Nahua woman who translated for the conquistador Corťs. In the centuries since, her name has gone down in infamy as a traitor. But no one ever found out what happened to La Malinche after Corťs destroyed her people. In the ashes of the empire, she was reborn as Malinalli, an immortal...
1967) Ascend
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p2012
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Duty-bound to marry her friend Tove in order to give the Trylle people their strongest king and queen in history, Wendy, a changeling troll princess, is torn between two other suitors, Finn and Loki.
1969) Black dawn
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Night world volume 8
Pub. Date
2017.
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When sixteen-year-old Maggie's brother disappears, she is determined to find him, never suspecting that the trail will lead her into the Night World, which is ruled by the young vampire prince Delos, who falls in love with Maggie.
1970) The best of Poe
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Contains comic-style adaptations of four stories by Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Cask of Amontillado," and "The Murders in the Rue Morgue."
1971) Gótico
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2021.
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"After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She’s not sure what she will find—her cousin’s husband, a handsome Englishman, is a stranger, and Noemí knows little about the region. Noemí is also an unlikely rescuer: She’s a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are...
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[2021]
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Krewe member Jon Dickson's fiancee Kylie Connelly is contacted by an old friend who has just moved to Salem, Massachusetts, when the unimaginable happens as the Halloween holiday approaches. Jenny Auger has just managed to buy the historic home of her dreams. But it comes with far more history than she ever imagined, the skeletal remains of seven victims interred in the old walls of the house years and years before, along with a threatening curse....
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[2015]
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Slowly being tortured to death by their aunt, whose madness is infecting the entire neighborhood, Meg and her crippled sister, Susan, find themselves at the mercy of a troubled boy who can either end their misery or be their salvation.
1974) Chainsaw man: 9,Bath
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2022.
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Denji was a small-time devil hunter just trying to survive a harsh world. After being killed on a job, Denji is revived by his pet devil-dog Pochita and becomes something new and dangerous--Chainsaw Man! With the climactic battle against the Gun Devil close, Aki may be wavering. Has he found something more important to him than revenge? And what is the true meaning behind the vision shown to him by the Future Devil?
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c1995
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"This volume contains four independent stories. The imprisoned muse Calliope is forced to provide story ideas, a cat seeks to change the world with dreams, William Shakespeare puts on a play for an unearthly audience, and a shape-shifting immortal (obscure DC Comics character Element Girl) longs for death." -- from Wikipedia, accessed 11-12-15.
1976) La hacienda
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2022
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"La novela gótica mexicana se aúna con la mejor tradición de Rebeca en esta novela de suspense sobrenatural, ambientada en una remota hacienda durante los años de la guerra de independencia mexicana. El padre de Beatriz murió injustamente ajusticiado por alta traición y su hogar fue destruido. Cuando el atractivo Rodolfo Solórzano pide su mano, Beatriz decide ignorar los rumores que envuelven la muerte de su primera mujer y acepta sin dudarlo,...
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Walking Dead graphic novels volume 30
Pub. Date
2018
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Recent events have thrown Alexandria into turmoil, and now Rick, Dwight, Eugene and Negan all have something to prove
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Pub. Date
2019.
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"The story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly place called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult scholar looking for solid evidence of a haunting; Theodora, his lighthearted assistant; Eleanor, a friendless, fragile young woman well acquainted with poltergeists; and Luke, the future heir of Hill House. At first, their stay seems destined to be merely a chilling encounter with inexplicable phenomena. But Hill House is gathering its...
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(Dean Ray),Odd Thomas novel) volume 5-6
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[2016]
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Odd Apocalypse: Once presided over by a flamboyant Hollywood mogul during the Roaring '20s, the magnificent West Coast property known as Roseland is now home to a reclusive billionaire financier and his faithful servants. And, for the moment, it's also a port in the storm for Odd Thomas and his traveling companion, the inscrutably charming Annamaria. In the wake of Odd's most recent clash with lethal adversaries, the opulent manor's comforts should...
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2022
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"One of Blackwood’s most popular paranormal stories, this classic novella tells the story of two friends who embark on a canoe trip down the Danube only to find themselves caught in a nightmare world of dark forces and malevolent spirits. As they travel further downriver, they realize that they are not alone in this strange place and that something is following them, stalking them through the night"--Amazon.