Haunted - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 1849393214 ISBN 13: 9781849393218

Publisher: Andersen Press, 2013

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A fantastic collection of ghost stories from leading children's authors

Derek Landy (Scepter of the Ancients), Philip Reeve (Mortal Engines), Joseph Delaney (Revenge of the Witch), Susan Cooper (The Dark Is Rising), Eleanor Updale (Montmorency), Jamila Gavin (Coram Boy), Mal Peet (Keeper), Matt Haig (Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest), Berlie Doherty (The Goblin Baby), Robin Jarvis (The Dark Portal), and Sam Llewellyn (Little Darlings) have come together to offer 11 ghost stories. The stories include a drowned boy who is determined to find someone to play with; a lost child trapped in a mirror, ready to pull you in; devilish creatures, waiting with bated breath for their next young victim; and an ancient woodland reawakened. Some will make you scream, some will make you shiver, but all will haunt you gently long after you've put the book down.

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Andersen Press, founded in 1976, publishes some of the most well known and best loved names in the world of children's books, and is also well-known for its fiction list.

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Short stories and ghosts are like the chocolate and peanut butter of literature, and young readers will devour this collection that combines both, just as eagerly. Contributed by 11 heavy hitters in children’s and teen literature, including Susan Cooper, Mal Peet, and Philip Reeve, the tales offer surprises and delight throughout. Notable stories include Derek Landy’s contemporary “Songs the Dead Sing,” featuring a girl who is unable to move on to the next phase of her afterlife, and Reeve’s “The Ghost Wood,” about a bond between a boy and his (new) best friend that transcends time itself. Each selection makes a strong read-aloud choice, and the book practically invites itself along on that next backyard camping excursion or late-autumn sleepover. Recommend this to kids who tore through Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) or Barry Yourgrau’s Nastybook (2005). Just remember to warn them of an occasional “long, slow, almost thoughtful scrape of claws.” Grades 5-8. --Erin Downey Howerton

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