9/10 Franklin High School Library Media Center Horror Fiction GHOSTS Almond, David. Kit’s Wilderness. Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past. Anthony, Piers. Crewel Lye: A Caustic Yarn. Jordan was once a valorous knight before he was killed. Now he is a ghost in Xanth riding his horse on dangerous missions over 400 years into the past. Avi. Devil’s Race. Sixteen-year-old John Proud is tormented by the ghost of an evil ancestor, with his own name and his own face, who was hanged in 1854 for being a demon. Avi. Something Upstairs. When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early 19th century and prevent his murder by slave traders. Barker, Clive. Coldheart Canyon. After his plastic surgery goes awry, actor Todd Pickett settles into a mansion in Coldheart Canyon to wait for the scars to heal, but when the president of his fan club arrives to try and uncover the truth behind his disappearance, she learns some unsettling secrets about the canyon. Block, Francesca Lia. Missing Angel Juan. Witch Baby follows Angel Juan to New York City and meets the ghost of her almost grandfather Charlie Bat. Bunce, Elizabeth C. A Curse Dark as Gold. Upon the death of her father, 17n-year-old Charlotte struggles to keep the family's woolen mill running in the face of an overwhelming mortgage and what the local villagers believe is a curse, but when a man capable of spinning straw into gold appears on the scene she must decide if his help is worth the price. Cabot, Meg. Darkest Hour. Sixteen-year-old Susannah Simon is a mediator, one who communicates with the dead, and she tries to solve the murder of Jesse, a nineteenth-century ghost she is in love with. (4th in Mediator series) Cabot, Meg. Haunted: A Tale of the Mediator. Susannah Simon finds herself in a difficult and dangerous situation when she agrees to go out with Paul Slater in order to keep him from doing harm to her true love Jesse, a 19th-century ghost. (5th in the Mediator series) Cabot, Meg. The Ninth Key. Sixteen-year-old Suze is pleased to have a date with a popular boy but her ability to converse with ghosts is causing her problems. (2nd in the Mediator series) Cabot, Meg. Reunion. Susannah Simon is a teenager with the ability to interact with ghosts but she'd rather just concentrate on graduating high school until the ghosts of four teenagers killed in a suspicious car accident try to take vengeance on her friend Michael. (3rd in Mediator series) Cabot, Meg. Shadowland. Sixteen-year-old Susannah Simon, a liaison between the living and the dead, hopes to be able to live as a normal teenager after moving from New York to California with her mom and new stepfather, but on the first day of school she encounters the very hostile ghost of a girl who committed suicide over winter break and is out for revenge against her former boyfriend. (1st in Mediator series) Cusick, Richie Tankersley. The House Next Door. A bet to spend the night alone in the abandoned house next door leads Emma Donovan to relive a passionate love and a horrific night from the house’s past. Goldstein, Rebecca. Properties of Ligh : A Novel of Love, Betrayal and Quantum Physics. Three physicists work together to solve some of the most challenging scientific problems in quantum mechanics. Hahn, Mary Downing. Look for Me by Moonlight. While staying at the remote and reputedly haunted Maine inn run by her father and pregnant stepmother, 16-year- old Cynda feels increasingly isolated from her father’s new family and finds solace in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest. Hoh, Diane. The Accident. A wispy, shadowy figure appears in Megan's mirror one day begging to trade places with her for just one week. The young girl begs her to let her live again. Gradually Megan comes to realize that she must grant this request. Hurley, Tonya. Ghostgirl. An outlaw condemned to be hanged threatens to wreak vengeance from the grave on those responsible for his death. Lerangis, Peter. Last Stop. David Moore enters a strange world inhabited by ghost-like people in order to find his father who has disappeared. Nixon, Joan Lowry. The Haunting. When her mother inherits an old plantation house in the Louisiana countryside, 15-year-old Lia seeks to rid it of the evil spirit that haunts it. Nixon, Joan Lowry. Whispers from the Dead. After making contact with the spirit world during a near-death experience, Sarah moves to Houston with her parents and receives otherworldly messages about a murder committed in her house. Peck, Richard. Voices after Midnight. Living with their sister and parents in a rented house in New York City during the summer, Chad and Luke uncover a mystery involving the former tenants of the house when the two brothers slip back in time to 1888. Peck, Richard. The Ghost Belonged to Me. In 1913 in the Midwest, a quartet of characters share adventures from exploding steamboats to “exorcizing” a ghost. Pike, Christopher. Remember Me. After her untimely death, 18-year-old Shari tries to prove that she did not commit suicide and to keep the person responsible from killing again. Shusterman, Neil. Everlost. When Nick and Allie are killed in a car crash, they end up in Everlost, or limbo for lost souls, where, although Nick is satisfied, Allie will stop at nothing--even skinjacking--to break free. Soto, Gary. The Afterlife. A senior at East Fresno High School lives on as a ghost after his brutal murder in the restroom of a club where he had gone to dance. Velde, Vivian Vande. Ghost of a Hanged Man. An outlaw condemned to be hanged threatens to wreak vengeance from the grave on those responsible for his death. Whitcomb, Laura. A Certain Slant of Light. After benignly haunting a series of people for 130 years, Helen meets a teenage boy who can see her and together they unlock the mysteries of their pasts. MEDICAL Cook, Robin. Coma. When more than a dozen minor-surgery patients die inexplicably on the operating table, a medical student determines to find the reason. Cook, Robin. Contagion. After he looses his practice and his family, Dr. John Stapleton tries to rebuild his life in New York. When a series of virulent and extremely lethal illnesses strikes the young, the old, and the innocent, Dr. Stapleton’s suspicions are aroused, especially when the same for-profit medical company seems to be involved in each incident. Cook, Robin. Harmful Intent. A subtle clue puts a physician turned fugitive and Nurse Kelly on the trail of a crazed killer, responsible for drugtampering deaths. Cook, Robin. Mutation. OB/gyn and biomolecular researcher Dr. Victor Frank attempts to create a superior being, his son, in a dangerous experiment. Cook, Robin. Outbreak. When the director of a Los Angeles health maintenance clinic succumbs, along with seven patients, to an untreatable virus, Atlanta’s Centers for Disease control goes on red alert. Dr. Melissa Blumenthal is sent to investigate. Crichton, Michael. The Andromeda Strain. For five days, scientists struggle to identify and control a deadly new virus threatening the United States. Herber, Frank. Dune Messiah. Living in exile on the planet dune, Paul Atreides finally realizes the destiny for which he had been prepared as the product of numerous genetic experiements. Koontz, Dean. Fear Nothing. Christopher Snow’s condition makes it impossible for him to be out in sunlight, so he spends his nights wandering around Moonlight Bay observing the nocturnal habits of his neighbors. When he witnesses a bizarre crime, he realized he is the only one who can solve it. Koontz, Dean. Watchers. Two creatures escape from a secret, sinister government laboratory where experiments in genetic engineering are conducted. Patterson, James. When the Wind Blows. An FBI agent, Kit Harrison, is on leave and is conducting his own investigation of a number of murders that have been happening around town. He encounters a veterinarian, Frannie, who spots a young girl on the side of the road who has wings and can fly. Shelley, Mary Wollsgonecraft. Frankenstein. A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator. Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A man’s reckless genius leads him to develop a monstrous second personality. OCCULT, SUPERNATURAL & PARANORMAL Cooney, Caroline B. Both Sides of Time. The summer after her senior year, Annie, wishing she could have lived a hundred years ago in a more romantic time, finds herself in the 1890s and it is indeed romantic—and very painful. Duncan, Lois. Gallows Hill. When Sarah works in the fortune-telling booth at a school carnival, she finds that sometimes she can really see the future in the crystal ball, a talent that disturbs some of the other students and makes them suspect her of being a witch. Duncan, Lois. Stranger with My Face. A 17-year-old senses she is being spied on and probably impersonated, but when she discovers what actually is occurring, it is more unbelievable than she ever imagined. Duncan, Lois.