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The Aldens visit Goldwin University, where Grandfather attended college. The old library is about to be torn down. But legend says the stone gargoyles guarding the roof of the old building will do anything to protect it¿even fly. When the creatures begin appearing outside the windows, people are terrified. But the Boxcar Children think there is another reason the gargoyles are turning up in places they shouldn¿t. And they¿re determined to figure it out.

The old abandoned school in Silver City is being fixed up as an art center and the Boxcar Children volunteer to help clean up the place. But the other volunteers are scared by the spooky goings-on in the school¿doors lock by themselves, and chalkboard messages appear out of nowhere! Will the Aldens find out the secret of the haunted school?

Life can''t get much weirder in the spooky city ofDunwich Heights. That is until junior occultist Martin Magus discovers a cursedring that gives him the power to summon a trio of spirits to form MEGAGHOST, agiant supernatural robot sworn to defend the world against magical monsters,otherworldly menaces, and other creepy things that go SMASH in the night! Andjust in time, too, because a gang of juvenile delinquent cultists are plottingthe ultimate act of rebellion - raising a demon from the depths with one goal onits mind: DESTROY DUNWICH HEIGHTS!Written byGabe Soria (Midnight Arcade, Batman ''66) and illustrated by Eisner Award-winningartist Gideon Kendall (Marley''s Ghost), MEGAGHOST is an action-packed, arcaneadventure that mixes Saturday morning cartoon thrills with supernatural chills!Contains the entire Megaghost series (issues #1-5), the Megaghost Spook Housefeature story, 8 pages of brand new never before seen story content, and ispacked with sketchbook material!

A beautifully crafted new fairy tale with a dark twist. Be careful what you wish for.

Richelle Mead, Lisa McMann, Michael Grant, Meg Cabot, Laini Taylor, and nine more of the hottest YA authors to hit the shelves explore the concepts of prophecy and prediction in this story collection edited by NYT bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth, Carrie Ryan. Have you ever been tempted to look into the future? To challenge predictions? To question fate? It's human nature to wonder about life's twists and turns. But is the future already written-or do you have the power to alter it?From fantastical prophecies to predictions of how the future will transpire, Foretold is a collection of stories about our universal fascination with life's unknowns and of what is yet to come as interpreted by 14 of young adult fiction's brightest stars.This collection includes works from:Malinda Lo (Ash)Lisa McMann (Wake)Kami Garcia (Beautiful Creatures)Margaret Stohl (Beautiful Creatures)Laini Taylor (The Daughter of Smoke and Bone)Michael Grant (Gone)Saundra Mitchell (The Vespertine)Richelle Mead (the Vampire Academy)Matt de la Pena (I Will Save You)Meg Cabot (The Princess Diaries)Heather Brewer (The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod)Diana Peterfreund (Rampant)Simone Elkeles (Perfect Chemistry)Carrie Ryan (The Forest of Hands and Teeth)

Someone''s been a very bad zombie.Kate Grable is horrified to find out that the football coach has given the team steroids. Worse yet, the steriods are having an unexpected effect, turning hot gridiron hunks into mindless flesh-eating zombies. No one is safe--not her cute crush Aaron, not her dorky brother, Jonah . . . not even Kate! She''s got to find an antidote--before her entire high school ends up eating each other. So Kate, her best girlfriend, Rocky, and Aaron stage a frantic battle to save their town  . . . and stay hormonally human.

"A triumphantly moving book."  —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewHannah dreads going to her family''s Passover Seder—she''s tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she''s transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen. "[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review"Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —BooklistWinner of the National Jewish Book AwardAn American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"

Death is a country we see through the tiny keyhole of an immovable door.Raised by their grandmother after their parents’ death, Chloe and Olivia Borders are now in mourning for Rose. The Alzheimer’s that forced them to be split into separate foster homes has taken their last living family member. As a way to rekindle their friendship, the twins commit to a road trip— which spells their demise. Now the question is: What comes after, and how will they get back to life?

Twenty-four hours earlier the world was a pristine, productive, demon-free society and Sybille Malone an unknown Region One Fabric Counsel designer. Global Good's curator and guardian of banished relics warehoused in the Arctic Region, Eston Cote, needs to act fast. As Global Good's North Quad leader, he must prepare his colleagues in the other three Quadrants of the world for something they have never known... warfare. Celestial warfare. A fight for souls. Eston has discovered Sybille's connection to a chain of supernatural events that not only caused planetary earthquakes, but unleashed the Holy Warrior St. Michael the Archangel and his enemies. Michael's sole mission is to defend Sybille's calling, slaying the hounds of hell who threaten to possess the citizens of her world. Divinely foreseen and journaled by 21st century teenager St. Blair, Sybille's only hope of reining in the evil she unleashed on September 14, 2202, is to follow the directives of Blair and the saints before the demonic possessions outnumber the innocents.

Sybille Malone lives in an overpopulated Manhattan, Region One, of Global Good 2202. Their society is the fulfillment of utopian ideals developed by the surviving masses of 2100. Seventeen-year-old Sybille is a resident of Dayshift and longs for a Nightshift boy known only as Mark. Distraught by Global Good's restrictive culture, Sybille is desperate until she finds a relic of a past civilization. The discovery of Blair's diary sets off a chain of supernatural events that not only affects Sybille's close relationships, but has Global Good scrambling to find the culprit.Note: The first book is written in multi-perspectives as a puzzle that needs piecing together. The story concludes as the characters find their common thread. Book 2 in the series - St. Blair: Sybille's Reign finds Sybille in the eye of a celestial storm.

The second book in a spookily funny new series, where the living meets the dead and survival is a race against time. Perfect for fans of Skulduggery Pleasant and Who Let the Gods Out.

Vlad's mother still thinks he's a rubbish vampire because he doesn't have super-strength. Can Vlad prove he has other skills that are just as good - or will he be sent to the Black Tower?

Imagine a teenager possessing a psychic ability and struggling to cope with this freakish power, all the while trying to lead a normal life. Now, imagine being uprooted and forced to live in a small tourist town where nothing much ever happens. It’s bores-ville from the get-go. Welcome to Fairy Falls. Expect the unexpected…The Fairy Falls Animal Shelter is in trouble. Money trouble. It’s up to an old calico cat named Whiskey—a shelter cat who has mastered the skill of observation—to find a new human pack leader so that their home will be saved. With the help of Nobel, the leader of the shelter dogs, the animals set out to use the ancient skill of telepathy to contact any human who bothers to listen to them. Unfortunately for fifteen-year-old Meagan Walsh, she hears them, loud and clear.Forced to live with her Aunt Izzy in the safe and quiet town of Fairy Falls, Meagan is caught stealing and is sentenced to do community hours at the animal shelter where her aunt works. Realizing Meagan can hear her, Whiskey realizes that Meagan just might have the pack leader qualities necessary to save theanimals. Avoiding Whiskey and the rest of shelter animals becomes impossible for Meagan, so she finally gives in and promises to help them. Meagan, along with her newfound friends, Reid Robertson and Natalie Knight, discover that someone in Fairy Falls is not only out to destroy the shelter, but the animals as well. Can Meagan convince her aunt and co-workers that the animals are in danger? If she fails, then all the animals’ voices will be silenced forever.

"I cry for all of us who bear the burden of these times."Aaaaaaaaaaaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!One day at the river changed everything.So begins the terror from the pale ones who remake the lands and the people to suit their pale vision.But the ghost woman and her one true love conjure a plan.Will La Llorona's heart be strong enough to fulfill it?More importantly, when the time comes….will the people be ready?In times filled with terror and torment, one woman's haunting grief rises from beyond to become the people's howl in the dark. Sometimes a heartache is so great, it belongs to everyone. Sometimes a healing is so powerful it holds within it the spark to change everything….if we're ready.A queer reclamation of the classic Mexican ghost story, La Llorona, that spans the ages and the Americas (MesoAmerica 1500 to present day San Francisco) to reunite the people with their ghosts and mend what was torn apart.In her debut YA novella, award-winning children's book artist and author Maya Gonzalez takes readers on an emotional and layered journey that weaves history with love, spirit with flesh, and merges ancient myths with current political times. Powerful themes of love, pre-colonial queer identity, sacred feminine, loss and endurance course through the pages as the story gathers and flows and gathers again to support healing, negotiate deep ancestral trauma and ultimately, transformation. In a style akin to poetic prose with a potent cathartic undercurrent that lies shimmering just beneath the surface, Ma Llorona's reach doesn't end at the page. Like a river, she will flow into your dreams, call up your ghosts and have you howling in the night."They called you La LloronaAnd told terrible talesBut I know who you wereI know the truthYou are the womanAs big as all the starsYou are the womanAs big as all the land and seaThe river mirrors your faceThe wind carries your wailThe grass and cool soil your beautiful bodyWhen I am hereI am with you in totalYou are never alone…I know becauseI am the womanWho loves you foreverI will count every star and say I love youA thousand timesLike our last night together, my loveI will tell the truth of your taleA thousand timesSo you remember who you once wereYour name is my name nowI am La LloronaI cry for youI cry for meI cry for all of usWho bear the burden of these times."

Two Katie MacAlister young adult vampire novels Got Fangs? and Circus of the Darned now back in print and together for the first time!Meet Francesca. She’s in Europe, working in a traveling faire along with psychics, magicians, and other really bizarre people. Her life? Not-so-normal. Her boyfriend, Ben? Not-so-alive. And in these two novels, it’s up to Francesca to redeem his soul, find something to wear on their very first date, deal with her emerging psychic talent, and shake the warring Viking ghosts she accidentally conjured.

Two worlds separated by magic. The future of both rests in her hands. Surrounded by a loving family and her two best friends, Brianna St. James’ life has been filled with love and happiness. Now that she’s graduated from high school, her only worry should be what major to declare in the fall. But when nightmares plague her, and unexplainable things start to happen, any hopes for a simple life flicker and fade. Drustan, her sworn Guardian and protector, has been sent to bring her home. Now he must help her remember a past that was taken from her and protect her from the dark forces that would see her dead. Two worlds. One hope. Her. **Myst and the Isle of Myst series are not inspired by or influenced by the video game series**

Dream Wanderers Apprentices Book 2Dream Wanderers guide you through your worst nightmares. Gren is excited because her little sister Winnie and Winnie's friend Mollie are going to spend their school break with her. Gren's friends Calli and Tayo agree to spend their break with her as well, to help take care of the children while Gren is at work. What Gren doesn't know is that Mollie has a problem that she wants assistance with; her dreams come true. But what happens when…Someone learns of Mollie's ability to see the future and sets a plan in motion to kidnap her and profit from her gift. Wandering into a kidnappers nightmareWhat the person doesn't realize is that Winnie was grabbed instead. Gren and her friends use their skills to try to find Winnie, before the kidnapper realizes the mistake.

When destiny gets it wrong, a lifetime of true love hangs in the balance.Gabriel Black doesn''t want to believe he''s been dumped, but when the texts, calls and sweetly scented letters from his long-distance girlfriend, Elle Cassidy, suddenly stop, what else can he think?Just as well his family is starting a new life away from the rat race, which means he can find out what''s going on face to face. But when things don''t go to plan, he finds it hard to keep his cool. And when life gets downright creepy, Gabe''s hot temper quickly burns through his veins as he struggles to comprehend his situation.When the dust settles, he learns that a twist of fate means he''ll have to navigate a new, never-before-trodden path if he''s to have Elle at his side. It''s not easy, danger lurks in the shadows and he has to fight to protect what''s his. But Gabriel and Elle have allies, the ghostly glow of the moonlight is their friend, family love provides breathtaking strength, and together they can face the future no matter how many soul-takers try to tear them apart.