haunted houses

With a new sister on the way, Roosevelt Banks has to give up his bedroom and move into the attic, which must be haunted because of all the squeaks and groans coming from the spooky place at the top of the stairs. After his plan to move into a fort in the woods fails, and a ghost-busting exercise goes terribly wrong, Roosevelt--with the help of Tommy, Josh, and Eddie Spaghetti--has to find the courage to defeat the biggest, spookiest ghouls ever and turn the Attic of Doom into a Room with a View"--Provided by publisher.

When five estranged friends return to a summer lake house on the anniversary of their friend's death, unexplainable events begin happening, old betrayals rise to the surface, and the group suspects a killer among them is intent on revenge.

"Eliot is grieving Babung, her paternal grandmother who just passed away, and she feels like she's the only one. She . . . is searching for a sign, any sign, that ghosts are real. Because if ghosts are real, it means she can find a way back to Babung. When Eliot chases the promise of paranormal activity to the presumably haunted Honeyfield Hall, she finds her proof of spirits. But these ghosts are losing their memory, stuck between this world and the next, waiting to cross over"--Provided by publisher.

Every year, the town of Happy Hills holds its haunted house contest. In a spooky old manor, teams of kids come up with new ways to frighten people.

"This title focuses on haunted asylums and gives information related to . . . paranormal locations, theories, and place in popular culture. This hi-lo title is complete with . . . photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index"--Provided by publisher.

"This book introduces readers to . . . haunted houses, revealing what the legends claim, some possible explanations, and what people still don't know for sure"--Provided by publisher.

"Leigh Harker is certain her house is haunted. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. And a dark figure looms outside her bedroom door at night, watching her...waiting for her to finally let down her guard and fall asleep. Despite appearances, despite all logic, Leigh knows she's no longer alone. Pushed to her limits but unwilling to abandon her beloved home, Leigh's determined to find answers. But the more she digs, the more she begins to suspect that her house is keeping troubling secrets...and some of them could be deadly"--Provided by publisher.

"When siblings Hedy and Spencer are forced to spend time with their reclusive and eccentric grandfather, they find themselves on a quest to solve the mysterious disappearance of their grandmother decades earlier. Searching for clues, they'll uncover dangerous secrets from their grandfather's past as a magician...Using their ingenuity, bravery, and new-found belief in magic, Hedy and Spencer must search for the truth behind Rose's disappearance and attempt to heal the family rift"--Provided by publisher.

After her parents' high-profile divorce, sixteen-year-old Paige is forced to leave Los Angeles for a rambling Victorian mansion in small-town Idaho where she soon notices strange occurrences that seem to be building toward some unspeakable horror.

Surveys a wide number of places across America said to be haunted, such as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, haunted by spirits that were lobotomized; the Shanghai Tunnels, where the spirits of kidnapped men and women, who were forced to work, still linger; and Tombstone, where The Birdcage Theatre hosts ghosts on stage.