Dahl, Michael

"Livia wears a small porcelain hand around her neck, all that is left of a doll that once belonged to her grandmother, but on the first night at summer camp the hand comes alive and terrifies an envious cabinmate--and there are plenty of chills in five other stories in this collection"--Provided by publisher.

When Rose and Anna stop to investigate a strange lending library that has suddenly appeared, they find themselves trapped by the monstrous Digest Bird--and only Rose's quick thinking, a copy of Rose Red and Snow White, and the Red Librarian can save them and the other children trapped in the nest.

Pamela the rhinoceros is always angry until a strange bird lands on her back and refuses to leave.

Andy, the new kid at school, has a tattoo on his arm that resembles Lizzie, the school's most popular girl, and he also has one really big secret.

Tyler Yu, school bully, is convinced that there is a ghost stealing things at Abracadabra Hotel, and he enlists the help of Charlie Hitchcock to solve the mystery.

Many years after the death of his parents, Bruce Wayne comes face to face with their murderer, Joe Chill. While chasing down this cold-blooded crook, Bruce recalls the story of his own past and the evolution of his alter ego, Batman.

Professor Igor relates the tale of how he got his latest specimen--a brain, which once belonged to a poor human boy. Aliens are involved in how the boy lost the brain.

A thunderstorm rocks a strange-looking bus on its way to school, but one passenger is in for an even more shocking surprise.

After school, a boy boards an odd-looking bus. Inside, the floor, the seats, and even the ceiling are covered with chewed-up wads of gum, and soon, the sticky wads grow thicker, climb higher, and come alive! Can the boy escape before the ooze takes control?.

After play rehearsal, students board a bus that no one recognizes. The driver is missing, so one student begins to fool with the steering wheel and gearshift, which was a big mistake, maybe the last mistake he will ever make.