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• Showstopper

  Anderson, Lily, 1988-

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  320p. (Gr. 9+) Faye and her friends find themselves thrust into a real-life horror show when a series of murderous attacks plague their theater camp's cast and crew.

• Make Me a Monster

  Bayron, Kalynn

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  320 p. (Gr. 9+) Meka is a mortician's assistant at her parents' funeral home—but when tragedy strikes, her world is torn apart. Ravens are circling her home. Strangers are following her. Someone is leaving mysterious items at her door. And worst of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Black Girl Survives in This One

  Horror Stories

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  354 p. (Gr. 8+) A collection of fifteen horror stories centering on Black girls who battle monsters--both human and supernatural--face down death, and survive.

• Dead Girls Don't Dream

  Cipri, Nino

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  304 p. (Gr. 9+) When Riley is murdered in an occult ritual, the witch's daughter Madelyn resurrects her in an attempt to break the cycle of violence and escape the horrors of Voynich Woods.

• How to Survive a Horror Movie

  Dunmore, Scarlett

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  352 p. (Gr. 9+) When a serial killer starts murdering her classmates, high school senior Charley starts seeing their ghosts and must use her extensive knowledge of horror films to survive.

• Ruin Road

  Giles, Lamar, 1979-

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  368 p. (Gr. 9+) High school football player Cade—too tall, too ambitious, too Black—buys a ring in a pawn shop and makes a wish that people stop acting scared of him. His wish is granted… but suddenly people seem to have lost their fear of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Predatory Natures

  Goldsmith, Amy

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  420 p. (Gr. 9+) Lara's dream job aboard a luxury train takes a strange turn when she discovers the mysterious botanical cargo in the caboose. And with them, a pair of wealthy, mysterious siblings, who claim the plants they’re transporting are for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And the Trees Stare Back

  Griffis, Gigi,

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  361 p. (Gr. 9+) In Soviet-occupied Estonia, Vik searches for answers in the cursed forest where her younger sister Anna disappeared and returned five years later without having aged.

• Hollow

  Grothe, Taylor

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  352 p. (Gr. 8+) While navigating a recent Autism diagnosis, Cassie gets separated from her friends on a camping trip and meets a mysterious wood carver who brings her to his artists' compound where she feels an eerie sense of belonging.

• Empty Heaven

  Kölsch, Freddie,

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  415 p. (Gr. 9+) After a scarecrow deity inhabits their friend, a group of teens must outmaneuver townspeople under the thrall of ancient magic as they try to reverse the possession.

• The Dark We Know

  Lee, Wen-Yi

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  336 p. (Gr. 10+) After the deaths of two childhood friends, Isadora Chang's small hometown went from feeling claustrophobic to suffocating, so she took off before the town could swallow her, too. When Isa's abusive father dies, however, she agrees…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Honeysuckle and Bone

  Tobias, Trisha

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  320 p. (Gr. 9+) Carina escapes her troubled past to become the nanny for a prestigious family on their Jamaican estate. But when inexplicable things start happening to her in the house, only getting worse each night, Carina realizes that someone, or…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beast

  Van Camp, Richard

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  301 p. (Gr. 8+) For as long as Lawson can remember, his life in a small Northwest Territories town has revolved around "the Treaty" set down centuries ago to prevent the return of bloody warfare between two peoples: his own, the Dogrib, and the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• And the River Drags Her Down

  Yun, Jihyun

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  400 p. (Gr. 9+) When her older sister is found mysteriously drowned, Soojin Han disregards every rule and uses her ancestral magic to bring Mirae back from the dead. At first, the sisters are overjoyed, reveling in the miracle of being together…Read moreRead more of this annotation