Don't Turn Out the Lights
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2020 · Est. 8 hour read

Don't Turn Out the Lights

By Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine, Amy Lukavics, Barry Lyga, Brendan Reichs, Brenna Yovanoff, Christopher Golden, Courtney Alameda, D.J. MacHale, Josh Malerman, Kami Garcia, Madeleine Roux, Margaret Stohl, Michael Northrop, Micol Ostow, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Tananarive Due, Tonya Hurley, et al, Iris Compiet (Illustrator)

Dare to enter a world of spine-chilling tales and haunting horrors.

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398 pages· 57,857 words· Est. 8 hour read
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Dive into a spine-tingling anthology where nightmares come alive. From flesh-hungry ogres to inescapable haunted houses, these 35 stories promise to chill you to the bone. Will you brave the darkness?

From the publisher

Featuring stories from R.L. Stine and Madeleine Roux, this middle grade horror anthology, curated by New York Times bestselling author and master of macabre Jonathan Maberry, is a chilling tribute to Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can’t escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations from Iris Compiet that will absolutely chill readers to the bone.So turn off your lamps, click on your flashlights, and prepare–if you dare–to be utterly spooked! The complete list of writers: Linda D. Addison, Courtney Alameda, Jonathan Auxier, Gary A. Braunbeck, Z Brewer, Aric Cushing, John Dixon, Tananarive Due, Jamie Ford, Kami Garcia, Christopher Golden, Tonya Hurley, Catherine Jordan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Alethea Kontis, N.R. Lambert, Laurent Linn, Amy Lukavics, Barry Lyga, D.J. MacHale, Josh Malerman, James A. Moore, Michael Northrop, Micol Ostow, Joanna Parypinksi, Brendan Reichs, Madeleine Roux, R.L. Stine, Margaret Stohl, Gaby Triana, Luis Alberto Urrea, Rosario Urrea, Kim Ventrella, Sheri White, T.J. Wooldridge, Brenna Yovanoff

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Format
Pages
398
Words
57,857
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
730L
Themes & topics
Books about childhood fearsBooks about missing personsBooks about ghostsBooks about urban legendsBooks about curses
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.8
F&P level
~Q
AR points
9
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
509852
Publication
Published
September 1, 2020
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780062877673

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