Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe
by Josh Allen (Author) Sarah J Coleman (Illustrator)
Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks around every corner! "Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling." - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author.
Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight. The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . .
A glow-in-the-dark cover and thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.A Junior Library Guild Selection
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Move over "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," you've got a new neighbor. These chill-worthy, macabre tales are sure to keep many a young reader awake at night. Take, for instance, the tale of Ivy, who found a greenish-black marker on the floor in her class one day. No one claimed it, so she took it for herself; the marker was ideal for drawing a tiny little vine with just three leaves on her hand. Imagine her horror the next day when she discovers the imaginary vine has begun crawling up her arm. Too late, she realizes that taking a shower "waters" the vine and causes it to grow. Desperately, she refuses to shower...for a long, long time. All her friends desert her in her smelly state but she doesn't care, she just wants the vine to stop growing. Horror and tongue-in-cheek humor meld seamlessly in these unique tales. The settings and characters—including preteens, parents, and principals—will make a lasting impression on readers. In the same vein as Stephen Gammell's illustrations for Alvin Schwartz's "Scary Stories," black-and-white drawings enhance the authenticity of the dark, shady, and grotesque. VERDICT A top-notch thrill-ride of creepy, crunchy horror. This collection belongs on every young horror shelf.-Julie Shatterly, W. A. Bess Elementary School, Gastonia, NC
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JUV018000 - Juvenile Fiction | Horror
JUV038000 - Juvenile Fiction | Short Stories
Horror stories
Children's stories
Horror tales
