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Publisher
Reader's Digest Association
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Draws on scientific theories and firsthand testimony to present a collection of unexplained paranormal events, in an illustrated volume that shares practical information on a range of topics, from near-death experiences and telepathy to psychic healing and famous haunting cases.
63) Whirlwind
Author
Series
Dreamhouse Kings volume 5
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
HL 640L
Language
English
Description
To save the world from destruction, rescue their kidnapped mother, and battle the evil Taksidian, the King siblings try to control the mysterious portals in their house that send them to different time periods.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Description
After receiving the gift of Second Sight from his old friend, the Bodach, ten-year-old Donald becomes responsible for safeguarding the ancient power of the walking stones before their glen is flooded by a hydroelectric company.
Author
Series
Supernatural investigations volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 410L
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel collection features four strange stories from the sleepy town of Gravity Falls, Roadkill County, Oregon. The first story, Face It, is about Pacifica summoning a monster who steals Mabel's face. The second story, Comix Up, is about Stan getting trapped in a world of comics. In Don't Dimension It, Mabel gets pulled into a multi-verse filled with many different Mabels. And in Pines Brothers: The Jersey Devil's in the Details, a young...
68) The Gathering
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Nathaniel moves to a sinister town that has been bruised by an ancient evil, he finds himself one of those Chosen to fight the cycle of darkness.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Soon after steeplejack Joe Clarke begins work on one of the spires of Muncaster's medieval cathedral, terrible things start to happen and Joe realizes that there is a malevolent force connected to the spire's gargoyle.
71) Necropolis
Author
Series
Gatekeepers volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 16
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
To stop the evil corporation Nightrise from unleashing its devastating power around the globe, fifteen-year-old Matt and three other Gatekeepers travel to Hong Kong to find Scarlet, the final Gatekeeper, whose fate is inextricably joined to their own.
72) Scary School
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
Description
Describes a year at Scary School, where werewolves, zombies, and humans mingle and the teachers range from dragons to vampires.
73) Fiendish
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group USA
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 13
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
Description
Clementine DeVore, seventeen, is determined to learn what happened ten years ago that led to her magical imprisonment and problems in her town, but a dangerous attraction to Fisher, the boy who freed her, town politics, and the terrifying Hollow get in the way.
74) Pale phoenix
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
[1994]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
When her parents take in a strange orphan girl with a mysterious past, fifteen-year-old Miranda decides to find out why she seems to have come from nowhere and how she seems to be able to disappear at will.
75) Cold spell
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"When her boyfriend disappears with a mysterious girl, seventeen-year-old Ginny leaves her hometown of Atlanta and fights wolves, escapes thieves, and braves the cold to rescue him"--
78) Library of souls
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 18
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
Time is running out for the Peculiar Children. With a dangerous madman on the loose and their beloved Miss Peregrine still in danger, Jacob Portman and Emma Bloom are forced to stage the most daring of rescue missions. They'll travel through a war-torn landscape, meet new allies, and face greater dangers than ever. Will Jacob come into his own as the hero his fellow Peculiars know him to be? (Features more than 50 all-new Peculiar photographs.).
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Examines the motif of the flying woman as it appears in a wide variety of cultures and historical periods, in legends, myths, rituals, sacred narratives, and artistic productions. ... Throughout, Young demonstrates that female power has always been inextricably linked with female sexuality and that the desire to control it is a pervasive theme in these stories."--Jacket flap.