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If You Like Harry Potter, Read These *Adult Books*
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Thrills and Chills (Halloween) - YA
YA Once Upon A Summer Reading
Staff Picks for Fall - Teens
Thrills and Chills (Halloween) - YA
YA Once Upon A Summer Reading
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A horrific family tragedy sends sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of an old orphanage that was home to children who were more than just peculiar, but possibly dangerous--and who may still be alive. Illustrated with vintage found photographs.
2) White smoke
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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Black History Month - YA
If You Like Inheritance Games, Read These!
Mystery Fiction - YA
Thrills and Chills (Halloween) - YA
If You Like Inheritance Games, Read These!
Mystery Fiction - YA
Thrills and Chills (Halloween) - YA
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Publisher Annotation: The Haunting of Hill House meets Get Out in this chilling YA psychological thriller and modern take on the classic haunted house story from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson!
3) Far Far Away
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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-- An Edgar Award Finalist -- A dark, contemporary fairy tale in the tradition of Neil Gaiman. Jeremy Johnson Johnson hears voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But Jacob can't protect Jeremy from everything. When coltish, copper-haired...
4) Asylum
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Asylum novels (Madeleine Roux) volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Madeleine Roux's New York TimesDon't miss Madeleine Roux's all-new gothic horror novel, House of Furies.
5) Marina
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Pub. Date
2014
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English
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-- Carlos Ruiz Zafon's haunting Marina has long been a cult classic in Spain and is now an international best seller.A Blackstone Audio production.
7) Scowler
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2013
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Equal parts haunting and horrifying, this literary horror novel gives readers insight into the mind of a controlling homicidal man and the son who must stop him. "Marvin Burke is one of the great monsters of literature, a figure of immense, credible terror and savagery."--Cory Doctorow, author of -- Nineteen-year-old Ry Burke, his mother, and little sister eke out a living on their dying family farm. Ry wishes for anything to distract him from...
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2013
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English
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-- The Waking Dark, “This book has the combination of mystery and fright that I love. So many twists and shocks, I nearly jumped out of my chair several times! Trust me—this is a true chiller. Not to be missed!” —R. L. Stine “A thriller dark and beautiful and—yes—achingly romantic at every unexpected twist and turn. Astounding.” —Lauren Myracle, New York Times bestselling author of -- Rotters "Great dialogue and intriguing...
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Asylum novels (Madeleine Roux) volume Prequel
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English
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When Rick is sent to Brookline asylum against his will, he soon finds out that life there is nearly inhumane. He seeks the help of a sympathetic nurse and plans his escape before it's too late.
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Publisher Annotation: Bears aren't the only predators in these woods. Best friends Neena and Josie spent high school as outsiders, but at least they had each other. Now, with college and a two-thousand-mile separation looming on the horizon, they have one last chance to be together-a three-day hike deep into the woods of the Pisgah National Forest. Simmering tensions lead to a detour off the trail and straight into a waking nightmare ... and then...
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2009
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English
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Torn between two vampire brothersDamon: determined to make Elena his, he'd kill his own brother to possess her.Stefan: desperate for the power to destroy Damon, and protect Elena, he gives in to his thirst for human blood. Elena: the girl who can have anyone finds herself in the middle of a love triangle . . . one that might turn deadly.
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Vampire diaries. Original series volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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A deadly love triangleElena: beautiful and popular, the girl who can have any guy she wants.Stefan: brooding and mysterious, desperately trying to resist his desire for Elena . . . for her own good. Damon: sexy, dangerous, and driven by an urge for revenge against Stefan, the brother who betrayed him.Elena finds herself drawn to both brothers . . . who will she choose?
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Tantalize series volume 2
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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-- At last, Miranda is the life of the party: all she had to do was die. Elevated and adopted by none other than the reigning King of the Mantle of Dracul, Miranda goes from high-school theater wannabe to glamorous royal fiend overnight. Her reckless and adoring guardian angel, meanwhile-fighting in human guise as the princess's personal assistant-has his work cut out for him with the Master's Death Day gala fast approaching. Can Zachary save his...
15) Midwinterblood
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2014
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English
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Seven stories of passion and love separated by centuries but mysteriously intertwined-this is a tale of horror and beauty, tenderness and sacrifice.An archaeologist who unearths a mysterious artifact, an airman who finds himself far from home, a painter, a ghost, a vampire, and a Viking: the seven stories in this compelling novel all take place on the remote Scandinavian island of Blessed where a curiously powerful plant that resembles a dragon...
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Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 1
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Historical Fiction - YA
Historical Fiction- Adult/ YA
If You Like Hunger Games, Read These!
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Historical Fiction- Adult/ YA
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A gothic murder mystery set in gritty Victorian-era London, where an intrepid society girl finds herself embroiled in the investigation of a serial killer known as Jack the Ripper.
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Stalking Jack the Ripper volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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In 1889, the ship Etruria departs Liverpool, England, for New York carrying Audrey Rose Wadsworth and her crime-solving partner, Thomas, a famous escape artist, and a cold-blooded killer.
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Haunting of Sunshine girl volume 1
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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Shortly after her 16th birthday, Sunshine Griffith and her mother, Kat, move from sunny Austin, Texas, to the rain-drenched town of Ridgemont, Washington. Though Sunshine is adopted, she and her mother have always been close, sharing a special bond filled with laughter and inside jokes. But from the moment they arrive, Sunshine feels her world darken with an eeriness she cannot place. And even if Kat doesn't recognize it, Sunshine knows that something...
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2013
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English
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The Bluebeard fairy tale retold. . . .When seventeen-year-old Sophia Petheram's beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation-on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting-from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer options, Sophie accepts, leaving her humble childhood home for the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey, in the heart of Mississippi.Sophie has always longed for a comfortable...
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