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Newbery Medal winner Laura Amy Schlitz's gothic novel in the grand Victorian tradition, Spledors and Glooms, is set in London and centered around the disappearance of a 12-year-old girl, who goes missing. Two children realize it is their guardian, a Venetian-born puppeteer and magician, who has kidnapped her and used his dark powers to imprison her mind and body in the form of a puppet and strive to return her to human form.

Laura Amy Schlitz delivers this Horn Book Fanfare and Laura Amy Schlitz delivers this Horn Book Fanfare and Cybils Award-winning best-seller that whisks 11-year-old Maud Flynn from a cold New England orphanage and into the stately mansion of three wealthy spinsters. After the Hawthorne sisters adopt her in 1909, they tell her she's their secret child. She must remain indoors at all times and must never stand in front of windows. Maud doesn't mind their restrictions. But she does wonder what could possibly require such secrecy.

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Grab your night-light and prepare to be CHILL-ed! This collection features the first two books in the Disney Chills series, which brings elements of the most popular Disney tales into the present day with contemporary stories, characters, and twists.

Amelia and her friends are taking part in a competition to visit Pumpkin Paradise Park - the most bloodcurding theme park ever! All they have to do is sell as many cookies as possible. But the creatures of Nocturnia have begun to act stranger than usual...no one can seem to remember anything - including their own names or even Amelia's big birthnight party! Where have everyone's memories gone? And how can Amelia save them when they have all forgotten who she is?

With his summer headed downhill fast, thirteen-year-old Justin faces a tricky choice—stand up to bigotry or let fear hold him back. When he's targeted by a bully, and a good friend stops speaking to him, Justin counts on help from Leroy Usher, the ghost whose magical carnival helped transform Justin's life after his father died last year. So this should be a breeze, right? His expectations rise further when a mysterious message from Mr. Usher invites him and pals Darby and Naz for a midnight visit.

Halle dreams of becoming a scream queen. She practices her loudest scream every day and has learned a lot from studying the horror movies of her favorite director, Maximus Price. Maximus lives just outside town, and when the chance to go to his home arises, Halle grabs it with both hands. She doesn’t realize that real life horrors await her at Price Manor.

Desde que mis vecinos tuvieron aquel accidente no soy la misma. Cuando aún salía el sol me pasaba las tardes con mi cámara de fotos, pero ahora todo ha cambiado. No puedo dormir, y tengo visitas recurrentes al borde de mi cama de la criatura de cuernos de humo negro. Hay un anciano en mis sueños que me dice que marche hacia la catedral, y que si la encuentro seré capaz de salir del bucle en el que me he visto atrapada durante tantos meses... pero solo tengo a Luca, y no hay ni rastro del sol en el cielo.

Bei einem Ausflug entdecken Emily Windsnap und ihr Freund Aaron ein riesiges Segelschiff. Das Seltsame ist: Nur sie können es sehen. Die beiden finden heraus, dass das Schiff schon längst untergegangen und als Geisterschiff zwischen den Welten gefangen ist. Um die Menschen an Bord zu retten, muss Emily sich auf eine gefährliche Reise nach Atlantis begeben. Ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt! Laura Maire entführt mit ihrer Lesung in die geheimnisvollen Tiefen des Ozeans und in eine Welt voll fantastischer Abenteuer.