Search Results: 24 books from 3 publishers. Learn more

Ghost Girl

Linda Oatman High (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781630784898

A new place for a family vacation. A long walk on a dark night. Something appears up ahead. A girl. She's as pale as a pearl. A ghost? Yes! She visits this same beach each year ... for three days. Why? It's where she drowned. And now she's back searching for something.

Grave Message

Mary Jennifer Payne (author)

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459828650

Jaylin is studying for a stressful English exam when she receives a message from her best friend, Fatima. The thing is, Fatima died a year ago in a terrible traffic accident. At first, Jaylin thinks someone is playing a horrible prank, but as the texts become more detailed, containing secrets that just the two of them shared, Jaylin realizes she’s either going mad or Fatima is actually reaching out to her from beyond the grave. Then Fatima shares one last secret and asks Jaylin to set the record straight around the circumstances of her death. Jaylin is torn. Is she strong enough to relive losing her best friend all over again? This high-interest Orca Anchor title is written specifically for teens reading below a grade 2.0 level.

Careful What You Wish For

Mahtab Narsimhan (author)

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459834019

A lonely teen discovers a website that grants wishes. Eshana is a bit of a social misfit. She feels more comfortable talking to people online than in person. One day she discovers a website that claims to be a safe space where young people can support each other in making their dreams come true. She starts talking with someone called Wise One. They hit it off immediately. Eshana admits to the Wise One how hard it is for her to make friends. The next day she goes to school and suddenly everyone wants to talk to her. Eshana is thrilled. But then, after telling Wise One about a girl who has been bullying her, she hears that the girl has been injured in a car accident. Are Eshana’s wishes really coming true? If so, is having the life she’s always wanted worth the costs?

Dracula

Bram Stoker (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918092

Why are the Transylvanian peasants so fearful of Count Dracula's castle? When a young businessman discovers the truth, it is nearly too late. Will Jonathan have enough time to save his beloved fiancÂŽ from the vampire's deadly embrace?

Three Ghost Stories

Charles Dickens (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426582

A collection of three different stories, Gothic and grotesque, but with enduring charm: The Signal Man; The Haunted House; and The Trial for Murder. The novels are the author’s brief but successful foray into the mystery and detective genres.

The Shunned House

H.P. Lovecraft (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532426186

The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft is filled with horror story clichés, before they became cliché. In the story, the protagonist discovers strange fungi and other plants in and around an abandoned house. When he and his uncle decide to spend the night in the house, they find a nightmare awaits.

The Mark of the Beast

Rudyard Kipling (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425431

The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling is a short horror story set in mystic India where things are not always as they seem. One New Year’s Eve, a group of British friends get drunk at a club. One of them, Fleete, is so drunk that he desecrates the temple of the Monkey God. A leper priest bites him as punishment and Fleete begins to act strangely.

The Invisible Man

H.G Wells (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425066

Griffin is a scientist who has developed the process to make a person invisible. He tests it out on himself, only to find that he cannot reverse the process.

The Lair of the White Worm

Bram Stoker (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532425158

A world of lurking horrors and bizarre denizens that features a giant white worm that can transform into a woman. The Lair of the White Worm is a chilling Victorian horror story.

The Forsaken Inn

Anna Katharine Green (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424762

One newly-wed couple arrives at an inn to stay for the night. The next day, they check out and are never seen again, or are they? Several years later, the owner of the inn discovers a secret room with the body of the bride in it. How can this be when she saw the couple leave her inn with her own eyes?

The Fall of the House of Usher

Edgar Allan Poe (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424731

The Fall of the House of Usher is a Gothic novel by Edgar Allan Poe. The story tells of a mysterious house and an unnamed narrator's horrific experience with it.

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424380

This is believed to be the first Gothic novel and essential reading for both fans and scholars of the genre. The story is about Manfred, the lord of the castle, and his family. The story merges medievalism and terror in a style that has endured ever since.

The Body Snatcher and Other Tales

Robert Louis Stevenson (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532424274

Renowned as the author of such popular adventure stories as Kidnapped and Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson also wrote gripping tales of terror and the supernatural. Stevenson's considerable gifts as a teller of tales shine brightly in this choice collection of three of his best short stories.

Tales of Terror and Mystery

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532423970

In his attempt to drift away from the character that defined his writings, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tries to experiment in the Tales of Terror and Mystery. This time, he takes the reader into a parallel, fantastic world where flying near-transparent monsters and man-eating large cats are causing terror in the human society. But with Sherlock Holmes gone, can anybody solve the seven mysteries?

Kwaidan

Lafcadio Hearne (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532422904

Japanese for ‘ghost stories’, Kwaidan is a collection of supernatural occurrences as told by the Japanese oral historians. Witness horror straight from the Masters of Horror and be prepared to meet fantastic characters like spirits, goblins and insects that mimic human behavior.

Dracula's Guest

Bram Stoker (author)

Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 9781532422256

Be Introduced to the power of Dracula and the supernatural elements of the book.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Robert Louis Stevenson (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918108

Henry Jekyll is a respected doctor-- a kindly man much loved by all. Why is he so protective of the vicious criminal, Edward Hyde? Jekyll's friends are stunned when the mystery is finally unraveled. They can scarcely believe that the man they had so admired had been living a double life!

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602918115

Victor Frankenstein was only trying to advance the cause of science. How could his experiment have produced such a terrible result? The creature's powers were superhuman. Was there any real chance that Victor could stop the monster before he murdered again?

Amber Fang: Revenge

Arthur Slade (author)

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459822764

Life as an ethical vampire isn't easy for Amber Fang. First, she has to track down and eat a murderer every month. Second, her mother is imprisoned in a bunker controlled by ZARC, a multinational arms dealer. Third, her fellow vampires are hot on her trail, bent on ridding the world of scrupulous bloodsuckers. And then there's Dermot, the handsome secret agent who hired her as an assassin in the first place and who has promised to help her rescue her mother. Amber can't decide if she should kiss him or kill him. Then ZARC strikes a blow that leaves Amber stunned and heartbroken. Now she's out for revenge. Amber Fang: Revenge is the third book in the popular Amber Fang series.

Amber Fang: Betrayal

Arthur Slade (author)

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459822733

For Amber Fang, life used to be simple: study library science by day, read by night and, when she got hungry, enjoy an ethical meal straight from the jugular. Her mother taught her well. It's just good manners for vampires to eat only murderers. But now her mom has vanished, and Amber is alone. Her contract work as an assassin has been terminated. But the secret organization ZARC is still trying to hunt her down, using algorithms, drones and a murderess with metal hands. Through the dark web Amber learns that her long-lost mother has been "disappeared" to a secret compound in Antarctica. When Amber arrives and pries open a door to investigate, what she discovers shocks her to the core. And it will change her life forever. If she survives. Amber Fang: Betrayal is the second book in the popular Amber Fang series.

Amber Fang: Hunted

Arthur Slade (author)

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers ISBN: 9781459822702

Amber Fang enjoys life's simple pleasures. A perfect evening for her includes a good book, a glass of wine and, of course, a great meal, preferably straight from the jugular. Raised to eat ethically, Amber dines only on delicious cold-blooded killers. But confirming that her chosen victims deserve to die takes time. And patience. So it's a good thing Amber is studying to be a librarian. Her extraordinary research skills help her hunt down her prey, seek out other vampires and stay on the trail of her mother, who has been missing for over two years now. But one day while Amber is stalking a rather tasty-looking murderer, things go horribly wrong. Amber has walked into a trap. The hunter becomes the hunted. Now on the run, Amber receives the perfect job offer out of the blue. Someone wants to pay her to kill (and eat) the world's worst criminals. It sounds too good to be true. Amber Fang: Hunted is the first book in this exciting new vampire series.

The Barge Ghost

Terri Thomas (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919334

Looking for adventure, Sunni and Bree take summer jobs on a salmon-processing barge in Alaska. When they dig into the history of the old ship, they're shocked to hear an actual voice from their past!

The Woman Who Loved a Ghost

Janet Lorimer (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919297

Is Alex losing her mind? What else could explain the mysterious young man that no one else can see?

Death Grip

Janet Lorimer (author)

Publisher: Saddleback Educational Publishing ISBN: 9781602919228

How does it feel to be an outcast? Katie learns a lesson about prejudice from a woman who's been dead for 50 years.