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Joe Hilton's Monthly Picks
for October 2008

by Joe Hilton of the Free Library of Philadelphia

Halloween ABC
by Eve Merriam

Twenty-six eerie poems for each letter of the alphabet introduces a unusual, spooky aspect of Halloween Grades K-3

 

Junie B., First Grader: Boo--and I mean it!
b
y Barbara Park (Easy Reader)
Junie B. thinks that there are real witches and ghosts out on Halloween and she needs to find a costume that will scare off monsters that will be out on the holiday. Grades 2-3

 

In a Dark Dark Room and Other Scary Stories
by Alvin Schwartz (Easy Reader)

Enjoy seven scary stories and folktales from around the world about ghosts, skeletons and weird creatures that come out in the dead of night looking for you. Grades 1-3

 

Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman

Lyra and her shape-shifting daemon friend must try to save her world when she finds out about a mystery plan by the Gobblers to kidnapped children and then take them away for experiments in the very cold Far North. Grades 7-8

 

Freaky Friday
by Mary Rodgers

13-year-old Annabel wakes to find out that she has turned into her mother. Her mom has switched their bodies to teach her a lesson. Now she has to learn how to take care of the house and the rest of the family. Grades 4-6

 

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J.K. Rowling

In this final tale Harry, Ron, and Hermione embark on the mission to search for the unseen pieces of Voldemort's soul that must be smashed to defeat him at last. Grades 6-8

 

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones
Collected by Alvin Schwartz (Series)

A collection of tales of filled with ghost, demons, songs, horror and revenge that will make you jump with fright. You will want to read these alone or for sharing aloud in the dark. Grades 4-8

 

Return of the Mummy
by R. L. Stine (Goosebumps series)

Going back to Egypt to help his uncle Ben and cousin Sari with an archaeological dig, Gabe learns about an Egyptian superstition and curse that by all accounts brings mummies back to life.  Grades 4-6

   

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