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JON
Ghostville Elementary Series (age 7-10)
by Marcia Jones
school ... spooky
Publisher comments: The basement of Sleepy Hollow's elementary school is haunted. At least that's what everyone says. But no one has ever gone downstairs to prove it. Until now ...
title: Ghost Class
title: Ghost Game
title: Ghosts be Gone!
title: Frights! Camera! Action!
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HOO
The Ballad of Belle Dorcas (age 7-10)
by William H. Hooks
folklore ... historical ... spooky
When she falls in love with Joshua, a slave, free-born Belle Dorcas uses the magic of a conjer woman to keep Joshua with her.
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VAN
The Widow's Broom (age 7-10)
by Chris Van Allsburg
fantasy ... magic ... spooky
Some of Minna Shaw's neighbors don't trust her clever broom. "It's dangerous", they say. "It's a wicked, wicked thing". Minna disagrees. She appreciates the broom's help around the house. She enjoys its quiet company. It seems perfectly innocent and hardworking to her. But one day two children get a well-deserved thrashing from the broom. For her neighbors, this is proof of the broom's evil spirit. Minna is obliged to give up her dear companion. Chris Van Allsburg, master of the mysterious, brings this supernatural tale to life with moody and memorable pictures that will haunt readers long after the book's covers are closed.
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SAG
Araminta Spookie Series (age 7-10)
by Angie Sage
humor ... spooky ... mystery
This house is not for sale. Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house; Araminta has to stop her! With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
title: The Sword in the Grotto
title: Frognapped
title: Vampire Brat
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JON
Bailey City Monsters Series (age 7-10)
by Marcia Thornton Jones
mystery ... humor ... spooky
Bailey City is full of some pretty weird grown-ups. It's the perfect place for some pretty spooky goings-on.
title: Double Trouble Monsters
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BAU
The Secret of the Painted House (age 7-10)
by Marion Dane Bauer
mystery ... spooky
When her family moves from Chicago to the country, nine-year-old Emily is drawn to a mysterious playhouse she finds in the woods and soon meets its sad, lonely inhabitant.
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Eoin Colfer's Legend of -- Captain Crows Teeth (age 7-10)
by Eoin Colfer
humor ... spooky
Will and Marty Woodman travel with their family to a small seaside town famous for its resident ghost, pirate Captain Augustine Crow, who haunts the seashore.
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DAD
Adventures of the Bailey School Kids Series (age 7-10)
by Debbie Dadey
spooky ... mystery ... school
Bailey City seems like such a normal place, but the Bailey School Kids encounter some pretty strange grownups. Mermaids and mummies, phantoms and gremlins. Who or what else will they meet?
title: Angels Don't Know Karate
title: Bogeymen Don't Play Football
title: Cyclops Doesn't Roller-Skate
title: Dragons Don't Cook Pizza
title: Elves Don't Wear Hard Hats
title: Frankenstein Doesn't Plant Petunias
title: Gargoyles Don't Drive School Buses
title: Genies Don't Ride Bicycles
title: Ghouls Don't Scoop Ice Cream
title: Giants Don't Go Snowboarding
title: Hercules Doesn't Pull Teeth
title: Knights Don't Teach Piano
title: Martians Don't Take Temperatures
title: Monsters Don't Scuba Dive
title: Pirates Don't Wear Pink Sunglasses
title: Santa Claus Doesn't Mop Floors
title: Skeletons Don't Play Tubas
title: Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots
title: Werewolves Don't Go To Summer Camp
title: Wolfmen Don't Hula Dance
title: Zombies Don't Play Soccer
title: Aliens Don't Wear Braces
title: Bigfoot Doesn't Square Dance
title: Cupid Doesn't Flip Hamburgers
title: Ghosts Don't Eat Potato Chips
title: Gremlins Don't Chew Bubble Gum
title: Mermaids Don't Run Track
title: Mrs. Jeepers in Outer Space
title: The Bailey School Kids Joke Book

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