Eliza Sky's attempt to create a new life for herself away from the orphanage she once called home looks to be yielding fruit. She has joined an odd group, young girls of different races with a zest for life she has never experienced and a...

Hallowed Hill by Kit Campbell is a suitably creepy, entertaining, gripping tale set in a remote prep school in Vermont. This book is a real treat for fans of the horror genre, with all the classic elements present: a sinister landscape with ominous trees, a...

In Channeling Marilyn by Mima Tipper, high school senior Alexandria “Lexa” Donovan is thrust into a world she hasn’t prepared for. She is randomly selected by lottery to play the lead role of Cherie in the school’s production of Bus Stop. She struggles with stage...

When four teenagers, Leah, Vincent, Ava, and Noah, are stranded in a remote cabin during a snowstorm with Camille, an isolated writer, they believe they have found shelter. Instead, they have walked into something sinister. Camille is helpful at first; she offers them food and...

The Crucifix by Naomi Cashman follows Katherine, an orphan who was sent to the Convent of Mercy in Ireland in 1865. There, she meets Sister Nora, the Reverend Mother who oversees the orphanage. Katherine quickly discovers that not everything is as it seemed in the...

Adam Cagley's 6-6-06 is a well-written novel about Grady Burton, a thirteen-year-old who is just finishing eighth grade in Buena Vista. The story begins on the last day of school, June 1st, 2006, when Grady and his close friends, Alex, Ruben, and Jordan, are targeted...

Red-Eyed Flight (The Liam and Boo series: Book 3) by William Mierzejewski is a paranormal tale centered around two siblings: 12-year-old Liam and his 10-year-old sister, Boo. Fortunately, the siblings aren't strangers to the supernatural world. The book begins in 19th-century Poland, where a wicked...

Oh F*ck! Dinosaurs! by Dave Bruno is a masterful blend of horror, drama, and comedy. When a bunch of college graduates head into the northern Californian mountains, they stumble across something terrifying: a dilapidated house that hides a terrible secret. The inhabitants are old, 66...

Phantom Algebra by Dan Rice is part of The Haunting of Pinedale High series. Zuri has come to Pinedale in North Carolina to start a new life with her mom after being on the run from her dad. She dreams of being a champion fighter,...

E.J. Yerzak's 10 Rooms is a spine-chilling thriller about a young girl searching for her father, who has been missing for six months. Lacie Tanaray can’t accept that her father just left without saying so much as a goodbye; the two shared a bond that...