Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers

To health.

Safety comes at a price.

A second novel from the bestselling author of Branford Boase-shortlisted and Carnegie-nominated Witch.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRANFORD BOASE AWARD NOMINATED FOR THE 2022 CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL Set in the 17th century, a breathtaking debut, and a potential prize-winner, about the power of women, witchcraft, fury, revenge and the ties that bind us.

When Ellie and her family move into Inchwood Manor, Ellie quickly discovers strange things are happening.

Book Band: Dark Blue, ideal for ages 9+A heart-warming story about friendship and finding your place in the world set in an urban city, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school.

Book Band: Dark Blue, ideal for ages 9+A heart-warming story about friendship and finding your place in the world set in an urban city, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school.

Henry Bats is running out of time, and the pocket watch counting down to his death won't stop ticking.

'Do monsters always stay in the book where they were born?

Winner of the Quiz Writers' Choice Award for Secondary FictionNominated for the Carnegie Medal for WritingShortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and Diverse Book AwardAfter a shocking event leaves Tyrese struggling with grief, he's taken to visit family in Jamaica.

When the ghosts of two young children start to haunt a local school, trainee ghost hunters Eve, Clovis and Tom are invited to help investigate the case.

Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing'A vivid and powerful story .

Stranger Things meets Point Horror in the first of a brilliant new series for readers aged 11+ from Yvette Fielding, British television's first lady of the paranormal and presenter of Most Haunted.

Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction AwardNominated for the Carnegie MedalMaggie has witnessed impossible things.

A New York Times bestseller Get Out meets Holly Jackson in this YA social thriller where survival is not guaranteed.

When Granny leaves her umbrella behind, Mum asks Milo to take it to her.

All ghosts wear white sheets.

A beautifully written coming-of-age novel nominated for the 2017 CILIP Carnegie Prize from an acclaimed literary voice.

Every family has secrets - but not every family has a secret pact with a demon.

Every family has secrets - but not every family has a secret pact with a demon.

Schlaflos in Kaninkorva – das geht gar nicht!

New in the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Mary Shelley, the English novelist and creator of Frankenstein.

She watched as her friends were ignored.

It is dark on the river.

Chris wakes from a bad dream and the house is so quiet.

A teenage boy must confront his unusual gift for seeing people that no one else can see.

Alex is tough.

It's been one hundred years since Head Teacher Victory Piggot terrified his last pupil, but now he's back.

What is a vampire?

A memory comes to the Dark Man.

A black crumbling bridge is guarded by a fire-breathing demon.

The Dark Man must seek the gold coins.

Four tales of terror to keep you awake at night .

Only child Ben moves to the country with his mum and befriends a crow for company.

When Grace, Adam, and Ruby get lost in the fog, they stumble into a parallel world where a terrible catastrophe has occurred.

When Chris sees an ornamental glass angel smash at his feet he doesn't think anything of it.

It is Rebecca Jane's birthday, the first since her mum died.

When a glass Christmas angel smashes in front of Chris's motorbike, a stranger warns him this must be an omen.

Ben has moved to the country - and his best friend is a crow that lives in his garden.

How do you cope when you are suddenly turned in to a vampire?

Ava doesn't know how she came to be in Kosovo, or what is wrong with her.

What happens when a vampire is involved in a hit-and-run accident?

Omar thinks he's flying to New York for work experience in a laboratory - but he's kidnapped en route and taken far away.

Finn's life sucks.

Juliette is a model - but she's also a vampire.

Five teenagers camping in a forest in Hungary stumble across a dead body.

As Gabriel enters his aunt''s ancient castle he soon learns that skeletons aren''t always scary and ghosts can tell the most interesting stories.