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Chowder and Crackers, two scaredy-cat friends, face their fears to fix a haunted lighthouse and save their coastal town, Kittybunkport, from trouble.

Jordan and his sister Karla beg their parents to take them to a big carnival that has opened on the other side of town. When they arrive, the two kids are delighted by the rides, the sideshow, the interesting displays, and the great food booths.

"As darkness falls, two very different friends explore what scares them... and discover that with a bit of help, it's possible to see things in a new light."-- From dust jacket flap.

Something fishy is going on! What happens when a talking fish, a runaway dog, and a herd of hog-like creatures descend on the woods behind Cody Brachman's house? An abosolute nightmare! His friend Sam wanted to stay inside and play video games all day, but Cody insisted they go wading in the creek. What starts as a fun morning in the water quickly turns into the scariest day the two friends have ever experienced. If Cody can't figure out why everything...

"A strange house appears on Jac's street on the five-year anniversary of her cancer diagnosis, and when she gets trapped inside she will have to confront horrors from her past to find a way out"--

Eden, inspired by her favorite superheroes, feels equipped to save the day, but when she sees a Black man unjustly hurt by the police on the news, she loses confidence and feels scared until her mother reminds her that her inner light is the most powerful tool to fight the darkness.

A compilation of really scary stories also published in four separate library-bound volumes: The Girl in the Graveyard, The Library Claw, Shadow Shoes, and The Night Octopus.

In a future where the law limits a family to only two children, third-born Luke has been in hiding for the entire twelve years of his life, until he enters boarding school under an assumed name and is forced to face his fears.

"Giant spiders overrun the town of Sitting Duck, and Sam, Artie, and Emmie must work together to save the day"--

There's hardly anything that Sam Wu is afraid of. Unless you count ghosts, sharks, the dark and maybe even spiders. But definitely NOT zombies. Except for actual real ones maybe. So when Sam's arch nemesis, Ralph Zinkerman the Third announces that he has zombie werewolves living in his basement, for the first time ever, Sam really isn't sure if he wants to be the one to save the day. Ralph has always been pretty mean to him and, well, just one little...