Chris Priestley
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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Description
From malevolent snowmen to Father Christmas - with a difference ... Chris Priestley is on absolute top form in these atmospheric, clever and thoroughly chilling stories. Add a new kind of thrill to the fluffiest of seasons with seven brilliantly conceived examples of why you'd better be good at Christmas time. For stories which can be enjoyed by the whole family, unwrap these perfectly formed festive tales of terror, each with a gripping yarn and...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Language
English
Description
Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. Mister Creecher is a monstrous giant of a man who terrifies all he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience. But a bond swiftly develops between these two misfits as their bloody journey takes them ever northwards on the trail of their target . . . Victor Frankenstein.
Friendship, trust and betrayal combine to form a dangerous liaison in this moving and frightening new book from...
Friendship, trust and betrayal combine to form a dangerous liaison in this moving and frightening new book from...
Author
Language
Français
Description
L'hiver resserre son étreinte glaciale sur Londres. Sam est gelé et il est affamé. Lorsqu'il demande de l'argent à un homme riche, Ebenezer Scrooge, il reçoit un refus brutal. Sam est rempli d'une rage violente et il jure de tuer cet homme égoïste. Plus tard, blotti dans un cimetière pour se réchauffer, Sam voit s'approcher la silhouette fantomatique d'un homme. Le fantme prévient Sam de l'avenir terrible qui l'attend s'il choisit la voie...
Author
Language
English
Description
A haunting, historical adventure. When Harry and his mother inherit old Wickford Hall, they come up against an ancient evil. Can Harry defeat it? Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8+ When Harry and his mother inherit a house from a mysterious relative of his father's following his death in the War, they travel across the country to discover the bequeathing was a cruel trick – the house has fallen into the...
5) Seven Ghosts
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
20240402
Language
English
Description
"As you all know, Grimstone Hall is thought to be the most haunted house in England. But there's something more important than that. I think we are the only haunted house where all the ghosts are children. It's rather special, don't you think?" Jake and the other finalists in a ghost-story writing competition for children have been invited to tour Grimstone Hall where they'll learn about the seven ghosts who haunt the grounds! As their guide leads...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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In Victorian England an orphaned boy goes to stay with his strange guardian in a desolate, moated manor house during a cold and snowy Christmas, where he soon realises that the house and its grounds harbor many secrets, dead and alive.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
One stormy night, in their family's otherwise deserted Cornwall inn, twelve-year-old Ethan and his sister Cathy shelter a mysterious guest who indulges their love of the macabre by telling horror stories of the sea.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Sam and Lizzie are freezing and hungry on the streets of Victorian London. When Sam asks a wealthy man for some coins, he is rudely turned away. Months of struggle suddenly find their focus, and Sam resolves to kill the man. Huddling in a graveyard for warmth, Sam and Lizzie are horrified to see the earth around one of the tombs begin to shift, shortly followed by the wraithlike figure of a ghostly man. He warns Sam about the future which awaits...
