ghost stories

"When Eric visits his cousin Tate, they stumble upon a mysterious sea cave. Eric goes inside to explore, ignoring Tate's warning that the place is haunted. Soon after, Eric realizes he should have listened. Will Eric ever find a way out of this nightmare?"--Back cover.

Chester lives with his Grandma, his cat Mr. Pickles and Simon the ghost. Lately Chester has been feeling like he's missing out when he sees other families out doing fun family things. So when Chester gets the opportunity to join his friend Amie and her family on a trip to the water park, he is in. Meanwhile, Simon is off to his yearly ghost conference, excited to finally have something to show off about (haunting his very own house, for example) to the cool ghosts. Maybe they'll even accept him into their group! Will things go as planned?"--Provided by publisher.

When the Camp Creepy Lake campers wake the morning of the color war, they learn the ghosts of color wars past have returned. And it's them against the campers! Will, Chase, and Nelly lead fellow campers to win the battle. But are they fighting a war that they're destined to lose?"--Back cover.

"July Chen sees ghosts. But her dad insists ghosts aren't real. So she pretends they don't exist. Which is incredibly difficult now as it's Hungry Ghost month, when the Gates of the Underworld open and dangerous ghosts run amok in the living world. When July saves a boy ghost from being devoured by a Hungry Ghost, he becomes her first ever friend. Except William is not a ghost. He's a wandering soul wavering between life and death. As the new friends embark on an adventure to return William to his body, they unearth a ghastly truth--for William to live, July must die"--From the publisher's web site.

"No one loves Halloween more than George Beard and Harold Hutchins. Join the two best friends and their superhero pal, Captain Underpants, in this terrifying and totally funny two-story collection! First, George and Harold go teeth-to-teeth against a ghost dentist when their spooky campfire story comes to life! Then, George and Harold have to face a terrifying T.P. mummy after their most epic prank ever goes down the drain. Can Captain Underpants flush away these vile villains so George and Harold can live to prank another day?"--Provided by publisher.

Sir Simon Spookington, professional scarer, gets transferred to a house to haunt, but something changes when he meets Chester.

Join Simon and Chester during Chester's very first sleepover.

"There are spooky pop-up surprises to discover inside this fun book as the Haunted House comes alive this Halloween! Kids will love reading the comically creepy rhymes about the ghosts, witches, ghouls and other creatures who live in the Haunted House, and as they turn each page, a spooky Halloween surprise pops out to give them a fright!"--.

"From essays about the Salem witch trials to literary uses of ghosts by Twain, Wharton, and Bierce to the cinematic blockbuster "The Sixth Sense", this book is the first to survey the importance of ghosts and hauntings in American culture across time. From the Puritans' conviction that a thousand preternatural beings appear every day before our eyes, to today's resurgence of spirits in fiction and film, the culture of the United States has been obsessed with ghosts. this book asserts that ghosts, whether in oral tradition, literature, or such modern forms as cinema have always been constructions embedded in specific historical ontexts and invoked for explicit purposes, often poitical in nature"--Adapted from publisher description.