fear

"When five kids are invited to a cemetery at midnight, they think it's just a prank. When they find a gravestone that instructs them to dig up a grave, they think it's just a joke. It's no joke. An evil force is unleashed--a force that takes the shape of their worst fears"--Back cover.

The kids at school dare John to visit the old house on the hill at night, and when he and his sister go in they find dusty dishes set on the table, a book open like it is waiting for a reader, and something hiding under the bed in the attic--and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.

Sister Bear confronts the things that frighten her, especially spooky shadows.

When Clark the Shark has a loose tooth, he has to go to a dentist, but Clark has heard that the dentist is scary.

With Halloween approaching, Junie B. needs to find a costume that will scare off the real witches and ghosts that she believes will be out on the holiday.

Jack is up for anything... as long as he doesn't have to get wet. No one knows about his fear of water, and he's determined to keep it a secret. But then he slips into a shallow stream and is pulled out of a deep, fast-flowing river gorge by Bear Grylls. They work together to build a bamboo raft, navigate the whitewater rapids and steer clear of hidden dangers... Can Jack rise to the challenge of being thrown in at the deep end? Will he sink or swim?.

After hearing from a classmate at kindergarten that people have monsters under their beds, Junie B. Jones is afraid to go to sleep that night.

When a shark is spotted in Trident City, third-grade mergirl Pearl is terrified. Then to make matters worse, Pearl's special necklace goes missing. Pearl accuses another mergirl, Kiki, of stealing her necklace and says mean things about Kiki to get her in trouble. Only when Pearl has a dangerous encounter with a shark, does she see the value of her friend.

"Ethan, aka "The Potato," goes on a school trip to the Amazon, where he must confront his worst fears."--Provided by publisher.

The kids at school dare John to visit the old house on the hill at night, and when he and his sister go in they find dusty dishes set on the table, a book open like it is waiting for a reader, and something hiding under the bed in the attic--and that is only one of the five scary stories with unexpected twists that are included in this collection.