Horror for Teens
Searching for some thrills and chills? Look no further! MS = books for middle school readers (Updated March 2024)
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The Bad Ones
After not speaking with her best friend Becca for months, Nora learns she has suddenly disappeared, along with three other people in their small town. Can Becca’s string of clues and their childhood chant help Nora find her?
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Gorgeous Gruesome Faces
Sunny, Candie, and Mina formed a rising K-Pop group until Mina suddenly died. Candie wants to move on and reclaim her fame, but Sunny wants answers, and Mina’s death only gets more mysterious as their new competitors are dying.
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Holly Horror
Evie, her mother, and her brother move into an old house, where a girl named Holly disappeared, and whose body was never found. When Evie finds Holly’s diary, she starts to hear the girl’s voice in her head demanding she find the truth. MS
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This Delicious Death
Melting glaciers released a strange pathogen that turns humans into cannibals, able to survive only if they eat other humans. Lab-grown human flesh provides an acceptable substitute for four afflicted friends who want to attend a concert, but one’s sudden disappearance at the show leads to chaos.
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When Ghosts Call Us Home
Sophia and her sister Layla made a horror film in their teens that has achieved cult status, but Sophia’s nightmares about making the film in their old house lead her to search for her vanished sister.
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The Lake House
Three girls go to summer camp, only to find the lake house awaiting them is burnt to the ground. They think it’s an accident until they find a murder victim and realize they are alone on the island with the killer. MS
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The Black Girl Survives in This One
Fifteen chilling and thrilling tales of Black teens who face monsters, slay villains, and defy death. MS
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What Stalks Among Us
Ditching a school field trip, Sadie and Logan encounter a huge corn maze, which is fun to explore until they see the first corpse – and it looks like one of them.
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Beholder
Athan is the only survivor of a massacre at a fancy party, which makes him a prime suspect in the eyes of the police. Can his ability to see the recent past in his mirror reflections help him find the real killer?
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Monstrous
Latavia’s new in town, and the locals have decided they will sacrifice her to an ancient monster, but she has other ideas in mind, starting by negotiating with the monster.
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