Horror Tales for Teens

Halloween is around the corner, and what better way to celebrate than to read these terrifying tales?

In Katie Alender’s The Companion, orphaned Margot learns that she is being brought to live with a wealthy family to be a companion to their daughter Agatha, who is completely silent. After a series of strange events, it appears that things are not quite as they seem in this huge gothic house.

In Five Midnights by Ann Dávila Cardinal, Lupe Dávila and Javier Utierre must survive each other’s company, if they are going to solve a series of grisly murders sweeping though Puerto Rico.

Adam Cesare’s book Clown in a Cornfield follows Quinn and her father as they move to Kettle Springs to find a fresh start, but what they don’t know is that the town is split between the nostalgic adults, desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and the kids, who just want to have fun and join the modern world.

Kat Ellis’s book Harrow Lake tells how Lola’s father, a famous horror movie director, is viciously stabbed, leading to her being sent to live in Harrow Lake, where her father filmed his most famous slasher film. Lola thinks nothing can scare her, until enough sinister things happen to make her wonder if she’ll get out of the town alive.

Margot Harrison’s book The Glare follows Hedda, who moves in with her father after living for a decade with her tech-free mom.  She soon starts playing a game called The Glare, where if you die 13 times on level 13, you die for real. Hedda’s new friends start playing the game… And dying.

In Hide and Seeker by Daka Hermon, Zee disappeared, then reappeared after 404 days. He’s not the same – he seems terrified. Suddenly Zee and his friends are pulled into a shadowy world and forced to play a high stakes game of hide and seek made up of their own worst fears.

In Whispering Pines by Heidi Lang, Rae’s new town has some sort of monster stealing kids’ eyeballs. After her dad’s mysterious disappearance, she’s taken to investigating weird phenomena and teams up with her neighbor, whose family specializes in the paranormal. Monsters may not be the only weird thing in town.

Rory Power’s book Burn Our Bodies Down tells how Margot and her mother have been together forever, with no other family at all.  When Margot discovers a photo of her grandmother who looks exactly like her mother, she returns to their hometown to discover why her mother left, and what may be waiting for them.

Krystal Sutherland’s book House of Hollow follows the Hollow sisters, who disappeared for a month as children, leaving them forever changed – physically and otherwise. When the oldest sister Grey disappears again, strange things happen to the younger sisters, Vivi and Iris, forcing them to unravel what really happened long ago.

In Diana Rodriguez Wallach’s book Small Town Monsters, outcast Vera and popular jock Max are up against dark forces that stretch much further than their small, coastal town – and into the very heart of evil.

Read more and place holds in our catalog: Horror Tales for Teens

~ posted by Wally B.