Scary Stories

Maudie isn’t your typical twelve-year-old girl—she’s the ghost of one. Along with her best friend Kit and little brother Scratch, she haunts a cottage in the woods, doing her best to scare off the vacationers and forget her old life. But everything changes when Kit and Scratch go missing. Maudie knows something terrible must have happened, and she’s right: Longfingers—a monster from her own nightmares, with spidery fingers and needle-sharp teeth—has stolen her friends away.

Young listeners are invited into a world where shadows dance and whispers echo through the night. This spine-tingling collection features ten chilling stories, each crafted to thrill and delight. From the mysterious figure lurking in the attic to the ghostly giggles heard in the woods, every tale is designed to send shivers down your spine while igniting your imagination.

From K.R. Alexander, a bestselling master of such middle-grade frights as The Collector and The Fear Zone, comes the story of a girl whose live is inextricably linked to that of her dead twin...who refuses to go away, and wants to take control.

On Halloween night, Josie and her two best friends, Jackson and Alison, sneak into the infamously haunted Bachelor’s Grove cemetery. They are hoping to prove the existence of a famous ghost to secure coveted editorial spots on the school newspaper. Instead, they are chased out by a security guard before they gather any evidence…or so they think.

Не хотим тебя пугать, читатель, но это сборник страшных рассказов. Страшно интересных, страшно смешных… и просто страшных. Ты ужаснёшься, сколько всего может случиться с современными школьниками. Но не волнуйся: авторы поделились этими историями не только чтобы пощекотать тебе нервы. Итак: как вести себя, если тебя похитили марсиане? что делать, если учительница превратилась в монстра — а отвечать урок всё равно надо? а может, твой зубной врач оказался настоящим чудовищем? или вдруг выяснилось, что в любимой энциклопедии описаны одни лишь ужасы? как быть, если по соседству завелся призрак?..