You hear a loud creak and the lights flicker. Could it be a ghost? You don't have to believe in ghosts to enjoy spine-tingling ghost stories! Get the details about ghosts that supposedly haunt Hampton Court Palace in England and the White House in Washington DC, USA, and discover a ghostly ship of the high seas.
Your heart pounds as your friend tells you a scary story about a headless ghost. Could it be true? Maybe not, but it's still fun to hear! Scary stories come from all around the world. Take a deep breath and settle in to hear about a noisy ghost that was said to haunt an 11-year-old girl, a possessed doll, and more spine-chilling tales.
By night, a gang of cats steal out of their houses for their secret society of the Scaredy Cats where they tell each other spooky tales. Hear about the cat who shelters from the fog in an eerie old tavern, only to discover the Foggy Moggy Inn has a grisly past of its own.
Two friends decide to sneak into an abandoned science laboratory to explore, only to find that the lab isn’t empty after all. When they try to leave, they realize that the place is more like a labyrinth than a laboratory – and like most labyrinths, this maze has a monster waiting at the finish line . . .
Billy Broccoli is a boy with questions: about his new school, his new step-family ... his whole new life, in fact. Hoover Porterhouse (aka the Hoove) is a ghost with all the answers. The Hoove is funny and cool, a great baseball player, and is a real people person (even if Billy is the only one who can see him).
A school camping trip takes a turn for the sinister in this page-turning thriller for fans of mysteries and the supernatural. The second story in Dan Smith's gripping Crooked Oak series.
What’s hiding in Harwood Forest?
When Pete, Nancy and Krish arrive at Heathland Camp for a school trip, they’re in for an adventure – just not the kind they were expecting.
Nearby sits the abandoned Harwood Institute. The crumbling buildings are out of bounds but strange screams come from the surrounding forest at night. Mystery shrouds the events that took place at the institute during the war, so Pete and his friends make it their mission to find out the truth. But the forest is hiding a sinister secret, and the trio could be in real danger …
Are some mysteries best left undisturbed?
Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
Sitting on the top deck of a bus days before Christmas, Maya sees a couple arguing violently in the middle of a crowded Regent Street. They see her watching, she looks away, and the woman disappears. Maya goes to the police, who shrug and send her away. Then a body turns up... Now convinced she is a vital witness to a crime, the police send Maya into hiding in rural Wales. She resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery. Then the snow comes and no one can get out. But what if someone can still get in?
From the author of Dear Scarlett and Saving Sophia.
""Fleur Hitchcock... has cornered the market in hard-boilers for beginners."" - Alex O'Connell, The Times
""A taut and exciting thriller. Fleur Hitchcock beautifully captures Maya's sense of unreality and fear as she untangles family relationships along with the mystery."" - Scotsman
""For a young readership, this is surprisingly no-holds-barred, but it handles a potentially traumatising subject with just the right balance of tenderness and gusto."" - The School Librarian
When the moon is full and the sky lights up with fire, beware the Ghost Dog. Pity nobody told Horace the Haggis. When he sets off to the Secret Loch to teach the accident-prone Professor Nut the bagpipes, our hair-gelled hero has no idea what is lurking among the dark trees. In this second book of adventures all the old Acre Valley friends are back - Martha Mouse, Ferdy Fox, Major Mole, Ronald Rook and, of course, Stacey and Tracey, the Tweeting magpies. Horace's arch-enemy, The Cat With No Name, is never far away either, along with her fearsome allies Skull, Fang and Needletooth. Be Scared. Be Very Scared. (But have a laugh, too.).
The Bones Family lives in a dark closet, guarding the secrets and lies (little white ones and big whoppers) that belong to the hideous Biglums. But Little Billy Bones craves the excitement of the big wide world outside.
Then Millicent, a new friendly Biglum, arrives at the mansion. And when a skeleton-boy with a hidden history meets a no-nonsense orphan girl with a nose for mysery, the truth is bound to burst out of the Secrets Closet. . .
