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Gr 8-Up A mixed bag. The book opens with Kelly Link's forgettable "The Wrong Grave" and is followed by Chris Wooding's "The House and the Locket," a pale imitation of a Poe tale. The third story, "Kissing Dead Boys," howeve...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This terrific follow-up to Noyes's Gothic! (rev. 11/04) offers ten deliciously spooky tales of the undead. The compilation is balanced in tone and style, the entries ranging from eerie to grisly to occasionally funny. In "The Necromancers," by Herbie Brennan, twin boys raise their dead grandfather to ask for his money, but the old boy decides to live it up himself. Libba Bray's "Bad Things" takes a group of high-school pranksters into the face of p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This compilation offers ten deliciously spooky tales. It's balanced in tone and style, the entries ranging from eerie to grisly to, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More