Halloween Horror by https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8 All these scary stories are available from Willow Park First Year Library en-us 2023-10-16 07:19:12 UTC 2023-10-23 13:05:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9db-2642.png The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748341137 A man called Harris Burdick left a set of drawings from a series of stories he had written with the publisher. He promised he would return with the stories the next day.  He was never heard from again.  So, best-selling authors have created the stories to go with those drawings - mysterious, dark thrillers.]]> 2023-10-16 07:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748341137 Frankenstein by Mary Shelley bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748350736 The story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a monster using parts from people buried in graves.  After the monster comes to life he almost immediately regrets it and realizes he has invented a hideous and dangerous creature.  ]]> 2023-10-16 07:37:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748350736 Dan and the Dead by Thomas Taylor bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748358437 Dan can see ghosts. See them, speak to them, and sometimes help them - for a price. Dan and his ghostly sidekick Simon (who took a bullet in the brain a few hundred years ago) help the unquiet dead solve their problems and move on to wherever they go. But when they take on the case of a teenage shoplifter, things start to spin out of control.]]> 2023-10-16 07:43:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748358437 Johnny and the Dead by Terry Pratchett bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748362506 Johnny Maxwell's new friends are, well, dead. The town council wants to sell the cemetery, and its inhabitants aren't about to take that lying down! Johnny is the only one who can see them, and they need his help to save their home and their history.]]> 2023-10-16 07:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748362506 A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748364987 Conor is a young boy facing fear and confusion as he tries to cope with the terminal illness of his mum. This is a book that creates empathy and understanding of the powerful emotions around family and love, loss and grief. A heartwarming story with fantastic illustrations. ]]> 2023-10-16 07:48:17 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748364987 Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748367937 This is a 12-part series about Darren Shan, a boy who has become involved in the world of vampires. 
The series starts in a gothic freak show featuring weird, creatures. In the midst of the excitement, true terror raises its head as one of the performers - Mr. Crepsley - is a vampire! As if by destiny, Darren is drawn to Mr. Crepsley and what follows is his horrifying descent into the dark and bloody world of vampires.
]]> 2023-10-16 07:50:19 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748367937 Raven's Gate (The Power of Five series) by Anthony Horowitz bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748385048 When Matt Freeman gets into trouble with the police, he's sent off to a foster home. It's not long before he senses there's something wrong with his guardian - with the whole village in fact. Then Matt learns about the Old Ones and begins to understand just how he is different. But no one will believe him - no one can help...]]> 2023-10-16 08:04:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748385048 Coraline by Neil Gaiman bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748387330 The day after her family moved into their new flat, Coraline goes exploring...she counts twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.
The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own.
Only it's different...find out HOW different...]]> 2023-10-16 08:06:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748387330 The Enemy by Charlie Higson bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748394879 Watch the trailer for The Enemy by author Charlie Higson. A  pandemic has turned all the adults into zombies. Only children under fourteen are unaffected, and they're fighting to survive in a devastated London.]]> 2023-10-16 08:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748394879 Ghost Stadium by Tom Palmer bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748413278 Lucas, Irfan and Jack want to do something exciting. Telling their parents they are going camping, the boys sneak into the old abandoned football stadium to spend the night. However, rumour has it that a man died in the stadium and his deadly spirit still lurks around. 
When scary things start occurring the boys realise that something very sinister is happening, but how do they escape? This is a scary story with an incredibly spooky, supernatural ending. 
]]> 2023-10-16 08:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2748413278 The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2754203032 This is probably the best-known case for legendary detective Sherlock Holmes as he is faced with a seemingly supernatural terror.]]> 2023-10-19 08:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2754203032 The Curse of the New Kid by MD Spenser bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2754424446 Lucas is used to being the new kid in school. He's twelve years old and he's already been in eight different schools. When everybody from the bullies to the nerds pick on him, he feels like he's cursed. Then all at once, strange and horrible things start to happen to his enemies. After a while Lucas begins to enjoy it...until it becomes too frightening for him to handle.]]> 2023-10-19 11:26:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2754424446 bkennedy36 https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2758666782 Presented in diary entries, newspaper clippings and letters this book is believed to be the classic vampire story. The novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so that he may find new blood and spread the undead curse.  Read it if you dare.]]> 2023-10-23 07:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/bkennedy36/n014gbbeyp4v6in8/wish/2758666782