Children's / Teenage fiction: Horror & ghost stories, chillers

Everything changed the day the dreams disappeared and the nightmares came. Twelve-year-old Bea lives with her mother Ula and her owl Pip in a cottage on the wild moors. Since the day the dreams disappeared, and an affliction of nightmares began sweeping across the lands, everyone is leaving and t...

When bunny sets off for a climb, there'll be no stopping him. Not mysteriously vanishing climbing buddies, nor the strange tentacles, and especially not the very clearly labelled signs of danger. But sometimes, perserverance and blissful ignorance do pay off! Packed with Ross Collins's big, bold ...

Moth Hush is starting to settle into her newfound witch heritage and powers, but life at school continues to be rough. Even her best friend, Charlie, doesn't entirely understand what it's like for her to always be the one who gets mocked, and things only get worse when Moth's mom starts dating on...

Erin and Max are two trans kids, just trying to get to California. Max is desperate to finally be able to transition, and Erin is longing to understand why she's on this trip to begin with, after Max suddenly broke up with her two years earlier. But when they find themselves stranded - and eventu...

Stolen cakes, major explosions and an unforgettable cast of characters - dive into 'The Orphans of St Halibut's', a hilarious caper from debut author Sophie Wills and illustrator, David Tazzyman. Life has been perfect ever since the orphans of St Halibut's buried their matron - don't look like th...

Sixteen-year-old Ivy's summer kicks off with an accident: a stranger whose appearance in the middle of the road, in the middle of the night, heralds a string of increasingly disturbing events. Soon Ivy grapples with unnatural offerings, corroded memories and a dark secret she's always known - but...

With Serpine dead, the world is safe once more. At least, that's what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think, until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison, and dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland.

Viggo is fifteen years old, living in Edinburgh with his mum. He has no plans for the future other than to watch the new Thor movie at his local multiplex. But one morning, he wakes to the news that his older brother, Magnus, has gone missing on Shetland. Mum has already booked tickets to go and ...

Catlin and Madeline are extraordinary sisters, living extraordinary lives - in a place that seems entirely ordinary, but which in fact seethes with secrets, both sacred and sinister. Ballyfran is a village where, for centuries, people who are not quite human have gathered. Catlin has already fall...

The Puzzler, a cunning enemy of the Library of Doom, has caught a group of students in his latest trap. Now the kids must navigate a maze-like park full of tricky riddles and twisted storybook creatures. Will they be lost forever, or can the Librarian help them escape the fairy-tale terror?