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Eine Kurzgeschichte für alle Fans von Polly Schlottermotz: Das Vampirmädchen feiert Weihnachten! Ho, ho, ho und potzblitzhurra! An einem kalten Wintertag purzeln Polly drei Hundebabys vor die Füße. Die tapsigen Welpen sind nicht nur zuckersüß, sie passen auch perfekt in das Theaterstück, das Polly mit ihren Freunden auf dem Weihnachtsfest in der Schule aufführt. Doch leider sorgen die kleinen Hunde für ganz schön viel Unruhe. Als die ganze Schulfeier verloren scheint, braucht Polly ein potzblitzgroßes Wunder, um Weihnachten zu retten.

Reihenstart zum Totlachen: das schusselige Skelett Kuno Klapper und der verrückte Knochenklau. Kuno Klapper, das kleine Skelett, hat nicht mehr alle Knochen beisammen – seine linke Ferse ist weg! Und das ausgerechnet an seinem 100. Geburtstag, an dem nicht das kleinste Knöchelchen fehlen darf. Er ist wirklich ein Ober-Schussel. Doch dann melden auch andere Skelette Verluste. Geht etwa ein Knochendieb in Torfingen um? Zusammen mit dem geheimnisvollen Zombiemädchen Amy, dem nervigen Jonas und Schattenschurke Valentin beginnt eine abenteuerliche Suche im Reich der Untoten ...

Arash Marandi lässt mit viel Schalk im Nacken und jugendlicher Spielfreude die Werwölfe heulen, die Flinten knallen und den Grusel lebendig werden. Ein großer Spaß für Jung und Alt. Wo es von Bestien wimmelt, sind die wahren Monster schwer zu entdecken. Sicherheitsvorkehrungen im Vorgarten, check. Käfig im Keller gesichert, check. Betäubungsgewehr geladen und das blutige Abendessen bereitgelegt, check und check. Seit vor 25 Jahren das Virus Corpus pilori das abgelegene Städtchen Tremorglade heimgesucht hat, ist dies die Liste, die jedes Kind durchgeht, wenn wieder Vollmond ist.

By night, Finnegan Quick has horrible nightmares. By day, they come TRUE. Unfortunately for him, after dreaming his parents out of reality, his nightmares are the only hope he has of one day finding them again. To discover the truth of his parents’ disappearance, Finn investigates the paranormal with his best friends, Squid and Cass. Their only lead is a mysterious urban legend about a girl in Ireland whose body remained perfect, even after death.

Nachsitzen war noch nie so gruselig: Start einer neuen Reihe für Fans von "Fear Street" und "Gänsehaut". Hallie, Angelo, Gustav und Naira sind zwar in derselben Klasse, können sich aber gegenseitig nicht ausstehen. Jetzt müssen sie auch noch gemeinsam nachsitzen – und das an einem Samstag! Schlimmer geht’s nicht, oder? Falsch! Denn plötzlich scheint das Schulgebäude von einer bösen Macht besetzt, der Lehrer wird verschleppt – die Schüler*innen stehen dem Grauen allein und hilflos gegenüber. Es sei denn, sie arbeiten zusammen ...

Phoebe dreams of becoming an artist like her grandmother, Cass, a brilliant storyteller who has passed on her love of Greek myths to Phoebe. But Cass is disappearing before Phoebe’s eyes, lost to a cruel illness that is destroying her memory. When grief drives Phoebe to ruin the only painting Cass has never sold, a seascape inspired by childhood holidays on the Greek island of Ithaca, she is mysteriously swept away to a fantasy world that resembles her favourite myth of all – the story of the Odyssey.

On the previous All Hallow's Eve, Rayleigh was just a regular boy. Or he thought he was. Now, Rayleigh has embraced his monster heritage, passed all the tests to stay in Below London with the rest of monster society, and even saved his father—the Bogey Mann—from the notorious Illustrious Society. But his adventures are far from over. With the return of the Imposter and the Illustrious Three, Below London is on edge, waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Ten-year-old Matt really wants a phone, but his parents won’t let him have one. When he finds one just lying on the sidewalk, he naturally picks it up and claims it for himself. But when Matt uses his new phone to take pictures, they show the crossing guard in front of his school as a monster. But that can’t be right…can it? Matt soon learns that: a) his lunch lady is also a monster (actually, an alien); b) an invasion of Earth is due to take place within the next few days; and c) the lunch lady is having cold feet (well, tentacles) about the whole thing and wants his help.

Sel Archer and his friends just saved Tremorglade. Again. But Sel didn’t walk away completely unscathed this time. Now he has exciting but dangerous new Ripper abilities to keep on a leash, just as clamors for a cure to the Rippocalypse begin to grow louder by the day. But when the hunt for a cure takes a dangerous turn, suddenly the Frozen Fever isn’t just a myth. It’s real…and it’s spreading. Sel and his friends will have to act fast to stop it before it arrives in Tremorglade, and his new abilities just might be the answer.

Amy is pretty happy living the quiet life at home. She can mine ore, read up on oceanography, hang out with her pet cat, Tuna. What’s not to love? Her brother, on the other hand … Marc is always leaving their village to look for excitement. But when a couple of weeks go by without any word from him, Amy can’t help but worry. Digging around, she discovers Marc has gone off alone in search of someplace called Glory’s Haven, a house deep in the forests where (supposedly) the greatest adventurer their town has ever seen stashed a ton of loot.

Nate knows he looks Chinese on the outside - but what is he on the inside? Adopted by two white mums, he struggles to know where he fits in. Mum and Momo are always trying to get him to embrace his Chinese heritage, but Nate doesn't even know where to start with it all! He can't speak Chinese, and he doesn't know anything about Chinese customs. So what if a First World War shell casing engraved with a Chinese dragon turns up in a history exhibition at school - why should he be interested in it? But, when Nate touches the shell, someone extraordinary appears.

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Twelve-year-old Lila has two goals for the summer: 1. Win back the friends who ditched her for being "too dramatic." 2. Stop being so dramatic. But then Lila's estranged Grandpa Clem dies, throwing a wrench in her plans. Now she'll have to spend the summer in Ohio while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. It's supremely unfair. How can she show off the "new and improved" Lila from so far away?

It’s time for some back-to-school shopping, and Duddz has brought the FGTeeV family to an unusual outlet called the Werehouse. While the prices are hard to beat, something about the place just seems . . . off. But when the FGTeeV family find themselves accidentally locked in the Werehouse overnight, it turns out that the storefront misspelling wasn’t any accident. They’re trapped inside a werewolf hideaway, and they must make it to morning if they don’t want to turn into werewolves themselves! Will Moomy, Duddy, Lexi, Mike, Chase, and Shawn be able to get home . . .

Step into a land where being bad is one BIG adventure. The second title in a series filled with naughty magical creatures and unexpected friendships from Alex Foulkes, the bestselling author of Rules for Vampires, illustrated by Nikolas Ilic. Perfect for Halloween!

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Thanks to many generations of careless magicians, the city of Helm is overflowing with magic, which has made it a very dangerous place to live. Leave anything alone for too long and it will transform into something else: your house will turn to gingerbread, your teapot will start pouring pond water or – if you're really unlucky – your floor will turn to lava. The magicians liked to pretend it’s them who keep the worst magical hiccups in check, but the real heroes of the whole sorry situation are of a wholly different occupation: equally well known but decidedly less respected.

Finnegan Quick is terrified to go to sleep. He’s haunted by terrible nightmares. Nightmares that come alive and consume the people he loves one by one. They’ve already taken his mom, his dad, his dog, and even his shadow. And now they’re coming for his gran, the only family he has left. Then a mysterious girl starts appearing in his dreams, helping Finn fight back against the creatures haunting him. Finn is sure she’s a figment of his imagination—until she turns up at his school and tells Finn that she knows how to rescue his parents.

For Ghostie, life in Scareville is perfect. But everything changes when his parents announce that they’re moving to Smithville. Now Ghostie is the ONLY ghost at Smithville Elementary, and he is scaring his classmates just by existing. While his parents embrace their new human world, Ghostie feels more alone than ever. Will he be able to make friends and fit in?

Gwen doesn’t want to admit that everything has been different since her mom died. There’s no time for all these feelings now that she has her brother and twin sisters to look after. Especially not after the move into their late grandmother’s creaky old house on a tiny, damp island where someone—or something—is waiting for them. Esme Laverne. Gwen isn’t fooled by the beautiful babysitter with the hungry eyes and too-sharp teeth, even though everyone else is. How does no one notice the sinister threats beneath her sickly sweet words? If Gwen wants Esme gone, she’ll have to handle it herself.