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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson is a classic psychological horror novel that explores themes of fear, isolation, and the supernatural. The story follows Dr. John Montague, a paranormal investigator who invites a group of strangers to Hill House, a notoriously haunted mansion, to study its supernatural occurrences.
Among the guests are Eleanor Vance, a shy and lonely woman who has experienced poltergeist activity in her past; Theodora,...
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Boxcar children volume 91
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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While Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny help a friend fix up an old mansion filled with skeletons belonging to the doctor who once lived there, statues begin disappearing from the mansion grounds and a walking skeleton may be the culprit.
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Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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A paranormal investigator reveals the full story behind one of America’s most famous hauntings: the 1974 Bridgeport Poltergeist.
In 1974, news reports of paranormal phenomena witnessed by police in Bridgeport, Conecticut, drew crowds of thousands to an otherwise normal New England home. National media reported jumping furniture, floating refrigerators, and attacking entities. None of these events were ever explained....
In 1974, news reports of paranormal phenomena witnessed by police in Bridgeport, Conecticut, drew crowds of thousands to an otherwise normal New England home. National media reported jumping furniture, floating refrigerators, and attacking entities. None of these events were ever explained....
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a house believes she is haunted, she tries everything in her power to stop it in order to get people to move in--until she realizes that she is fine just the way she is.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
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"Quirky, tool-wielding Alice Cannoli-Potchnik begins to repair the dilapidated mansion next door--only to discover the old house is home to ghosts, and they need mending, too"-- Provided by publisher.
Ten-year-old Alice is moving for the eleventh time. She's lived in so many houses, each more broken than the last, that home to Alice is nothing more than a place you fix and then a place you leave. After all, who needs a permanent home when you're...
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English
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North Archer, Andie Miller's ex-husband, asks her to become the guardian of two orphans who have driven out three nannies already--and live in a haunted house! What follows is a hilarious adventure in exorcism, including a self-doubting parapsychologist, an annoyed medium, her Tarot-card reading mother, an avenging ex-mother-in-law, and, of course, her jealous fiancé. And just when Andie thinks things couldn't get more complicated, North shows up...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"London, 1938. In the suburbs of the city, a young housewife has become the eye in a storm of chaos. In Alma Fielding's modest home, china flies off the shelves and eggs fly through the air; stolen jewellery appears on her fingers, white mice crawl out of her handbag, beetles appear from under her gloves; in the middle of a car journey, a turtle materializes on her lap. The culprit is incorporeal. As Alma cannot call the police, she calls the papers...
8) The invited
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A chilling ghost story with a twist: the New York Times bestselling author of THE WINTER PEOPLE returns to the woods of Vermont to tell the story of a husband and wife who don't simply move into a haunted house, they start building one from scratch, without knowing it, until it's too late... In 1924, a young mother, Hattie Breckenridge, is hanged from a tree in her yard by the town mob, accused of a crime that was actually committed by her daughter....
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Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night.
10) Close to home
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English
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"Vowing to make a fresh start, Sarah McAdams has come home to renovate the old Victorian mansion where she grew up. Her daughters, Jade and Gracie, aren't impressed by the rundown property on the shores of Oregon's wild Columbia River. As soon as they pull up the isolated drive, Sarah too is beset by uneasy memories--of her cold, distant mother, of the half-sister who vanished without a trace, and of a long-ago night when Sarah was found on the widow's...
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English
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"A woman trying to outrun her past is drawn to a quiet coastal town in Maine--and to a string of unsolved murders--in this haunting tale of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen"--Provided by publisher.
After an unspeakable tragedy, Ava Collette flees from Boston to a remote village in Maine, and rents an old house named Brodie's Watch. The isolated seaside mansion is peaceful-- until she glimpses the long-dead sea...
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Series
Casebusters volume 5
Language
English
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Charles Collier thinks that he can see eyes that peer out from the walls of his new house, so he comes to the Casebusters to see if they can find out if his new house is really haunted.
13) Inheritance
Author
Series
Lost bride trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Inheritance is the first in The Lost Bride Trilogy by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts--a tale of tragedies, loves found and lost, and a family haunted for generations. 1806: Astrid Poole sits in her bridal clothes, overwhelmed with happiness. But before her marriage can be consummated, she is murdered, and the circle of gold torn from her finger. Her last words are a promise to Collin never to leave him... Graphic designer Sonya...
14) Haunted
Author
Series
Hannah Smith novels volume 3
Language
English
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The house is historic, some say haunted. It is also slated to be razed and replaced by condos, unless Hannah Smith can do something about it. She's been hired by a wealthy Palm Beach widow to prove that the house's seller didn't disclose everything he knew about the place when he unloaded it, including its role in a bloody Civil War skirmish (in which two of Hannah's own distant relations had had a part), and the suicides--or where they murders?--of...
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English
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"When Louise finds out her parents have died, she dreads going home. She doesn't want to leave her daughter with her ex and fly to Charleston. She doesn't want to deal with her family home, stuffed to the rafters with the remnants of her father's academic career and her mother's lifelong obsession with puppets and dolls. She doesn't want to learn how to live without the two people who knew and loved her best in the world. Most of all, she doesn't...
18) Hide and go boo!
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Ghosts Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua have found the perfect house to haunt, and when an unsuspecting stranger shows up, they put their scaring skills to the test.
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of haunted houses and describes efforts to determine whether or not they are real. Presents evidence for and against the existence of haunted houses, and includes color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.
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