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

A reissue of this bestselling quirky, creepy and unforgettable adventure series, perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Tim Burton.

Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones!

Who is the evil genius plotting revenge in the town that used to be Perfect?

Every fangirl's daydream is about to become Milly's nightmare.

In the dark and winding streets of Edinburgh, a burglar is on the prowl.

A thunderstorm rocks a strange-looking bus on its way to school.

After school, a boy boards an odd-looking bus.

After play rehearsal, schoolchildren board a bus that no one recognizes.

Aboard a strange-looking bus, a girl hears whining coming from a hatch beneath her seat.

Jake Prescott thinks he's finally in luck when magician Augustus Towers asks him to be his assistant.

Simone Yang is afraid of heights.

It's the Assistant Librarian's birthday!

Small, valuable things have been disappearing from the Library, including from a locked room.

Dozens of tiny paw prints in the Library break room?

A moon shines indoors, bats fly through the stacks and a wolf howls in the distance.

As a little kid, Val was intrigued by anything to do with the supernatural.

Pine Island is a remote getaway for campers and hikers.

People of North America are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time.

People of Europe are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time.

On a morning like any other, a young boy gets on his school bus, but the passengers are anything but ordinary.

After an away game victory, a bus full of American football players heads back home.

After a long school day, a young girl falls asleep on her bus, only to be awakened by a monstrous creature.

A young girl slides into the first-row seat of her school bus.

After detention, a young boy steps aboard the late bus.

During a field trip, a school bus takes students on a detour due to road construction.

Coulrophobia - the fear of clowns.

Malik Jackson has never told anyone about his terror of the dark.

Dolls are sweet and innocent, right?

Lately, whenever Anders looks in a mirror, he sees more than his own reflection.

Birdy got his name when a forest worker found him up in a tree as a small child.

Hans works faithfully for seven years building a new sewage system.

A jar of jam and a swarm of flies start off this not-quite-normal adventure.

Mama Goat has seven little kids who are pretty clever for their age.

Zach Lopez has just moved to Devil's Pass and is missing his old home already.

Evie Allen is smart wicked smart.

Tiffany Donovan has a lot of responsibility as class prefect not the least of which is the annual cake sale.

Jeff Allen needs a new phone.

The dark, secluded biography section at the back of the ancient public library is not a place many people want to visit.

On the way home from a friend's house late one night, Bradley takes a shortcut through the graveyard.

When she discovers a pair of mysterious shoes under her bed one night, Daphne decides to try them on.

During a visit to her great-aunt Glory, Simone is frightened of the curtains in the room where she sleeps.

Shaker Street residents are finding holes all over their gardens.

The brown house at the end of Shaker Street is a bit shady.

Ten-year-old Michael Wilson notices that strange things are happening at old Mrs Vernon's house, just two down from his Shaker Street home.

When Michael Wilson keeps hearing an unusual sound at night, he calls on his friends Liv and Leo to help him to work out what's causing it.

After enjoying some tasty cupcakes together, siblings Kareem and Amina hear a loud noise in the cupboards.

Having grown up watching her dad tend their lawn, Lisa has always wondered: where does the poison in weedkiller go after the weeds die?

A game of tag turns monstrous one night in the forested village of Pine Bluff, where kids who are it for too long transform into something terrifying.

Dory is brand-new to her neighbourhood, so it's a good thing she has a pet monster to keep her company.

When a spooky doll begins playing tricks on its new owner, Mrs.