Showing posts with label ghost. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ghost. Show all posts

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Shutter

Shutter by Courtney Alameda


Micheline has a dangerous gift...she can see the auras of the undead. As part of her family's legacy, Micheline has trained to destroy monsters, both with weapons and with her camera lens. When a ghost hunt goes wrong and her friends are infected with a curse called a soulchain. If Micheline is going to save her friends, she must go up against her own father to face and destroy the most powerful entity she's ever faced or die trying.

Anybody Shining

Anybody Shining by Francis O'Roarke Dowell


All Arie Mae wants is one true friend. Frustrated with the lack of prospects for friendship in the mountains of North Carolina, Arie begins writing to a cousin in she's never met, in hopes of striking up a friendship, but those letters go unanswered. When a group of song catchers come to town, Arie Mae finds the makings of a friend in a boy from the group. But when Arie Mae ignores the adults' warnings to not tire out her new friend and takes him ghost hunting, things go horribly wrong and Arie Mae must struggle to save her one true friend.

Sunday, November 2, 2014

I Heart You, You Haunt Me

I Heart You, You Haunt Me by Lisa Schroeder




Ava thought she had found the boy of her dreams. Now the only way she can have him is in her dreams...or is it? After a tragic accident takes the life of her boyfriend, Ava is consumed by grief. She doesn't want to hang out with her friends, go out with her parents, or do anything but sleep. She is sure she is going crazy when she sees Jackson's reflection in her bathroom mirror. Or is she? Told in verse, this is the story of a love that defies death.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

The Dead and Buried

The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington



Jade doesn't believe it when her little brother Colby tells her he sees a girl in his room at their new house. That is, until she goes to school and finds out that the girl who lived there before died from a mysterious fall. As Jade makes friends at her new school, Kayla’s ghost becomes more demanding that Jade find out who murdered her. And when the list of suspects narrows to everyone Jade has become close to, she wonders if she will be able to find the killer before the killer comes for her. With plenty of twists and turns, this mystery is hard to put down.

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Doll Bones

Doll Bones by Holly Black


Zach and his friends, Poppy and Alice, have always loved playing together with action figures. But when his father throws his figures away, Zach can't play anymore. Rather than tell his friends what happened to his characters, Zach decides to just stop being friends with Poppy and Alice. But when Poppy comes to Zach and claims she is being haunted by a doll made from the ground up bones of a murdered girl, Zach knows he has to help Poppy find the doll's final resting place before something bad happens to his friend. The quest takes them far from home and into danger that they could not forsee in this creep read.

Unbroken (A Ruined Novel)

Unbroken by Paula Morris


Returning to New Orleans for spring break with her father and her friend, Rebecca is looking forward to seeing Anton, the boy she fell in love with the year before. What she is not expecting, is to meet yet another ghost, Frank, who needs her help so that he can cross over and stop wandering New Orleans. In this second Ruined novel, Rebecca and her friends must find a missing locket and return it to it's rightful owner, freeing Frank's ghost to move on. Action and mystery dominate this satisfying sequel. 

Saturday, September 14, 2013

Forevermore

Forevermore by Cindy Miles


Ivy's is not happy to be moving from Charleston to Scotland to live in her new step-father's drafty old family castle. She is even less happy when strange things start to happen to her, like her violin floating in the air. Until she discovers Logan. Logan's ghost has been haunting the castle since his death two hundred years before. Ivy knows falling in love with a ghost is not a good idea, but she can't help herself where Logan is concerned. But Logan's spirit is not the only one haunting Ivy's new home. And the other spirit is not nearly as friendly; in fact, the other spirit wants Ivy gone for good. With all of the atmosphere an old castle in the Scottish country-side can provide, Ivy's battle with the forces at work in the castle make for a chilling read.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

Far, Far Away

Far, Far Away by Tom McNeal

Jeremy Johnson Johnson has a problem. He carries around in his head the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of The Brothers Grimm fairy-tale writing duo. But Jeremy has a bigger problem. His father is about to lose their house, Ginger Boultinghouse falls in love with him after taking a bite of Prince Cake, and in the village he’s grown up in, Never Better, children have been disappearing for decades. Jacob’s ghost tries as hard as he can to protect Jeremy, but even he doesn’t see the danger lurking right in front of them until it is too late. This story of a boy and a girl, told by a ghost, will captivate and haunt the reader at the same time. 

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Haunted

Haunted by Judith St. George

Alex comes to Red Roof Farm to be a caretaker for the summer. He thinks it will be an easy job with not much to do but lie by the pool. He soon discovers that the house is holding a sinister secret, one that involves the woman who was murdered and her husband, who killed her then himself. Following the ghostly clues, Alex discovers the truth just in time to lay the dangerous ghosts to rest. Fast-paced and full of action, Haunted makes for a thrilling read.

Shadowed Summer

Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

To break up the boredom of life in their small town, Iris and her friend Colette play at magic. But one of their "spells" has reached out to someone. Elijah Landry disappeared years before, and no one knows what has happened to him. But with one whisper, "Where y'at, Iris?" Elijah is back and talking to Iris. Iris, Colette, and their friend Ben begin to dig at their town's history to find out what really happened to Elijah, before Elijah's frustration hurts them all. Quick and suspenseful, Shadowed Summer is one of the best mysteries of the year.

Haunted Mystery Series

Haunted Mystery Series by Chris Grabenstein 

When Zack Jennings and his family have moved to a new house in a new town, he's looking forward to new adventures. He even gets to adopt a new dog. There's only one problem. He's pretty sure there is a ghost that is trying to kill him. Join Zack as he tries to uncover the mystery surrounding the tree a the crossroads of Routes 31 and 13 before someone he loves dies. The mysterious happenings continue in 
The Hanging Hill
The Smoky Corridor
The Black Heart Crypt