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Josh is terrified of clowns, and the news that someone dressed as a clown in a neighboring town has been kidnapping children does not help, especially after the kidnapper escapes custody; so when he encounters a threatening clown at the House of Horrors at the amusement park he panics--but will he be able to save himself, much less rescue a little girl who is lost in the hall of mirrors?.

Matilda "Tilly" Castillo is seriously injured during her senior year, meaning her dream of becoming a contemporary dancer in the future becomes just that--a dream--until she gets a once-in-a-lifetime chance to join a New York dance troupe for the summer. Tilly decides to gamble everything--even a commitment to Georgetown University--on the possibility of turning this summer experience into a career. Friend troubles, sabotage, crushes, and blackmail all rise up to get in Tilly's way.

"After an unfortunate (and very embarrassing) incident in the Space Museum, Sam goes on a mission to prove to the school bully, and all his friends, that he's not afraid of anything-just like the heroes on his favorite show, Space Blasters. And when it looks like his house is haunted, Sam gets the chance to prove how brave he can be"--Amazon.

Some people are a little bit strange or a little too loud, and just a little bit scary, but I bet, if you knew them, and knew their favorite things, you'd think that maybe, (probably) most people aren't so scary after all.

"If you know about Monster High, then you know that it is a high school hidden away from the Normie World and filled with creepy-cool monsters. But how did those monsters get there? They were rescued by three ghoul friends: Draculaura, Frankie Stein, and Clawdeen Wolf. This is the ... story of how these ghoulfriends rescued Egyptian princess Cleo de Nile ... The ghouls face off against angry mummies, escape from giant scorpions, and more as they launch a creeperific rescue mission to bring Cleo to Monster High!"--Amazon.com.

A bunny learns that what seems scary at night is often quite ordinary in the light of day.

The summer before eighth grade, Alice tries to confront her fears, not the least of which is a fear of deep water.

Jo fears what lives in the ocean but when her father is too ill to deliver messages in bottles, she courageously takes on the job, making new friends along the way.

Princess Cupcake Jones will do anything to avoid going to school. Only after arriving at school does she realize that it isn't so scary after all.

Cow, Pig, Duck, and Mouse are afraid to retrieve their ball when it goes into the dog's house, but when they do go in they are pleasantly surprised.