Horror Tales for Teens
Halloween is around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than to read these terrifying tales? (Created September 2023)
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The Companion
Orphaned Margot learns that she is being brought to live with a wealthy family to be a companion to their daughter Agatha, who is completely silent. After a series of strange events, it appears that things are not quite as they seem in this huge gothic house.
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Five Midnights
If Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre can survive each other’s company, together they can solve a series of grisly murders sweeping though Puerto Rico.
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Clown in A Cornfield
Quinn and her father have moved to Kettle Springs to find a fresh start, but what they don't know is that the town is split between the adults, desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and the kids, who just want to have fun.
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Harrow Lake
When her horror movie director father is viciously stabbed, Lola is sent to live in Harrow Lake, where her father filmed his most famous slasher film. Lola thinks nothing can scare her, until enough sinister things happen to make her wonder if she’ll get out of the town alive.
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The Glare
After a decade on her mother’s tech-free ranch, Hedda moves in with her father, where she starts playing a game called The Glare, where if you die 13 times on level 13, you die for real. Hedda’s new friends start playing the game… And dying.
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Hide and Seeker
Zee disappeared, then reappeared after 404 days. He’s not the same – he seems terrified. Suddenly Zee and his friends are pulled into a shadowy world and forced to play a high stakes game of hide and seek made up of their own worst fears. MS
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Whispering Pines
Rae’s new town has some sort of monster stealing kids’ eyeballs. After her dad’s mysterious disappearance, she’s taken to investigating weird phenomena and teams up with her neighbor, whose family specializes in the paranormal. Monsters may not be the only weird thing in town. MS
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Burn Our Bodies Down
Margot and her mother have been together forever, but when Margot discovers a photo of her grandmother who looks exactly like her mother, she returns to their hometown to discover why her mother left, and what may be waiting for them.
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House of Hollow
The Hollow sisters disappeared for a month as children, leaving them forever changed - physically and otherwise. When the oldest sister Grey disappears again, strange things happen to the younger sisters, Vivi and Iris, forcing them to unravel what really happened long ago.
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Small Town Monsters
Outcast Vera and popular jock Max are up against dark forces that stretch much further than their small, coastal town - and into the very heart of evil. MS
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