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The Fear

The Fear
Charlie Higson

$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd

HE DOESN'T KNOW IT, BUT DOGNUT IS ABOUT TO SET OFF A CHAIN OF EVENTS THAT WILL AFFECT EVERY KID IN THE CITY. The sickness struck everyone over the age of fourteen. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters and... Buy or find out more


Department 19
Will Hill

$19.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

"My master is the second oldest vampire in the world," she said. "He′s more powerful than you can imagine." "Like how powerful?" "Like a God. Like that powerful." "I don′t believe in God." She smiled... Buy or find out more



Lord Loss

Lord Loss
Darren Shan

$14.95 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

From the international multi-million selling author DARREN SHAN comes a new character, a new scenario, a new set of horrors now in paperback. LORD LOSS will be devoured by avid Shansters and tingle the spines of many new fans. Buy or find out more


The Spook's Stories: Witches
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

Ever wondered why the Spook doesn't trust girls who wear pointy shoes? Or why Grimalkin became the Assassin for the Malkin Witch clan? This collection helps you find out all this and more. Buy or find out more



Hold Me Closer, Necromancer

Hold Me Closer, Necromancer
Lish McBride

$19.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Australia

Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he's doing all right - until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of Douglas, a creepy guy with an intense violent streak. Buy or find out more


Mortlock

Mortlock
Jon Mayhew

$16.00 – Paperback / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror meets Indiana Jones. Mortlock is macabre, darkly humorous, masterfully written and ... brilliant. A superlative adventure peppered with deadly thrills and traditional death rhymes Buy or find out more



Gone
Michael Grant

$22.95 – Paperback / Egmont UK Ltd

In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. GONE.Except for the young. Teen. Tweens. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no police, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, no phones, no internet, no TV. No way... Buy or find out more


Crawlers

Crawlers
Sam Enthoven

$16.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

Four boys and four girls are on a trip to the theatre. Little do they know that they will never see the play. They¿re about to be plunged into a nightmare. Beneath the theatre lies a secret. And now she has been released... Buy or find out more



RedEye

RedEye
G. P. Taylor

$16.00 – Paperback / Faber and Faber

It was England, 1940. Britain is entrenched in war with the Germans when young Jago is evacuated from the Blitz bombings in London to the Yorkshire coast. With just the memory of his dead mother for comfort, Jago is desperate only... Buy or find out more


Savannah Grey: A Horror Story

Savannah Grey: A Horror Story
Cliff McNish

$18.00 – Paperback / Orion Publishing Co

It's a difficult time for fifteen-year-old Savannah Grey - she's settled into her latest foster placement, but her body is acting strangely. Then other strange things begin to happen: nature, it seems, is exerting an... Buy or find out more



Gallows at Twilight

Gallows at Twilight
William Hussey

$13.95 – Paperback / Oxford University Press

Eight pale hands - some with fingers stripped down to the bone - rose out of the earth. Slimy with rain, the rat-gnawed heads of four soldiers loomed into view. They moaned at the sky and their cry moulded itself into a... Buy or find out more


Dawn of the Demontide

Dawn of the Demontide
William Hussey

$12.95 – Paperback / Oxford University Press

Jake could now see the demon fully. Its body was a mass of steely sinew, its arms roped with muscle. Six fingers sprouted from its hands, each ending in lethal talons. The thing did not possess a nose; instead a large hole,... Buy or find out more



The Demon Collector
Jon Mayhew

$20.00 – Hardback / Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Jonathon Stroud meets Joseph Delaney (with a bit of Dickens). A darkly humorous, hugely imaginative and utterly gripping story of a time when demons roamed London's underworld Buy or find out more


Sabriel

Sabriel
Garth Nix

$17.95 – Paperback / Allen & Unwin

Nix's spellbinding Abhosen Trilogy takes readers on a brilliant voyage into a land of dark secrets, stupendous magic, and unimaginable danger. These classics are now available in stunning new editions. Buy or find out more



Robin Hood Vs the Plague Undead

Robin Hood Vs the Plague Undead
James Black

$17.00 – Paperback / Hachette Children's Books

Classic adventure meets gruesome horror. Buy or find out more


Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising

Alex Van Helsing: Vampire Rising
Jason Henderson

$15.00 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers Inc

A descendant of legendary vampire hunter Abraham Van Helsing, 14-year-old Alex is stuck at boarding school near Lake Geneva, Switzerland, when he finds himself drawn into a web of paranormal intrigue. Buy or find out more



The Dead

The Dead
David Gatward

$16.00 – Paperback / Hachette Children's Books

Lazarus Stone is about to turn sixteen when, one night, his normal life is ripped to shreds by a skinless figure drenched in blood. He has a message: The Dead are coming.Now Lazarus is all that stands in their way. To fulfil... Buy or find out more


More Bloody Horowitz

More Bloody Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz

$19.95 – Paperback / Walker Books Ltd

Includes stories of ultimate revenge, from freshly sold human meat, and reality TV where death is the penalty, to a car that leads its driver to his death at an abattoir, and a snake-charmer's human curse - all told with dark... Buy or find out more



Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs

$24.95 – Hardback / Quirk Books

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes... Buy or find out more


Rage of Lions

Rage of Lions
Curtis Jobling

$16.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd

Young werewolf Drew Ferran is the future king of Westland. He has the makings of a great warrior - but first he must master the blade and the beast. When Lady Gretchen is abducted by the Werelion Prince Lucas, Drew and his friends... Buy or find out more



Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf (Book 1)

Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf (Book 1)
Curtis Jobling

$16.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd

When the air is clear, sixteen year-old Drew Ferran can pick up the scent of a predator. When the moon breaks through the clouds, a terrifying fever grips him. And when a vicious beast invades his home, his gums begin to tear, his... Buy or find out more


CRYPT: The Gallows Curse

CRYPT: The Gallows Curse
Andrew Hammond

$15.00 – Paperback / Headline Publishing Group

A fantastic blend of teenage spies, horror and ghost-busting for fans of CHERUB and YOUNG BOND. Buy or find out more



Zombies Vs Unicorns

Zombies Vs Unicorns
Justine Larbalestier, Holly Black

$19.00 – Paperback / Allen & Unwin

Edited by Holly Black (Team Unicorn) and Justine Larbalestier (Team Zombie). Zombies Vs Unicorns is a unique short story feud that pits horned beasts against the shuffling undead. It's a question as old as time itself:... Buy or find out more


Burn Bright
Marianne de Pierres

$18.95 – Paperback / Random House Australia

Into a world of wild pleasures and deadly secrets comes a girl whose innocence may be her greatest strength . . . Description of book Retra doesn't want to go to Ixion, the island of ever-night. Retra is a Seal -... Buy or find out more



Takeshita Demons: The Filth Licker

Takeshita Demons: The Filth Licker
Cristy Burne, Siku

$14.95 – Paperback / Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

Miku is going to School Camp in the forest, with her friend Cait and the rest of her class. It should be fun. But Miku has premonitions of danger, and when Oscar goes down with a festering rash, and a rushing wind blows out the... Buy or find out more


Takeshita Demons

Takeshita Demons
Cristy Burne, Siku

$14.95 – Paperback / Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd

Miku Takeshita and her family have moved from Japan to live in the UK, but unfortunately the family's enemy demons have followed them! Buy or find out more



Mr Mumbles

Mr Mumbles
Barry Hutchison

$15.00 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

Kyle's imaginary friend from childhood is back… with a vengeance.Kyle hasn't seen Mr Mumbles in years. And there's a good reason for that: Mr Mumbles doesn't exist.But now Kyle's imaginary friend is back, and Kyle doesn't... Buy or find out more


Blood Song
Rhiannon Hart

$18.95 – Paperback / Random House Australia

Read Rhiannon Hart's blog post about the story behind her debut Young Adult fantasy novel... Buy or find out more



Mammon
J.B. Thomas

$18.95 – Paperback / Random House Australia

Forget anything you ever heard about possession, exorcisms, salt circles and pentagrams. The modern demon is far more difficult to catch - and even harder to destroy. After the savage, tragic deaths of their parents,... Buy or find out more


The Dark and Hollow Places

The Dark and Hollow Places
Carrie Ryan

$23.00 – Paperback / Orion Publishing Co

The terrifying and heart-breaking new novel from bestelling author Carrie Ryan. Buy or find out more



The Dead-tossed Waves

The Dead-tossed Waves
Carrie Ryan

$17.00 – Paperback / Orion Publishing Co

Gabry lives a quiet life. As safe a life as is possible in a town trapped between a forest and the ocean, in a world teeming with the dead, who constantly hunger for those still living. She s content on her side of the Barrier,... Buy or find out more


The Spook's Destiny: Book 8
Joseph Delaney

$24.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

The Spook, Tom and Alice travel to Ireland, fleeing from the war in the County. The only thing protecting Tom and Alice is the fragile and precious bloodjar. They must remain together and the jar intact - otherwise they are... Buy or find out more



The Spook's Battle: Book 4
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

The fourth instalment of the Wardstone Chronicles. In Pendle the witches are rising and the three most powerful witch clans are rumoured to be uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Together they will be capable of... Buy or find out more


The Spook's Nightmare: Book 7
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

The Spook, Tom and Alice return from Greece to find the County under siege - and the Spook's home burnt to the ground. With his precious library of knowledge destroyed, they seek refuge on the nearby island of Mona. But with Mona... Buy or find out more



The Spook's Apprentice: Book 1
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

A terrifying series about a young boy training to be an exorcist. Thomas Ward is the seventh son of a seventh son and has been apprenticed to the local Spook. The job is hard, the Spook is distant and many apprentices have... Buy or find out more


The Crowfield Demon

The Crowfield Demon
Pat Walsh

$17.00 – Paperback / Chicken House Ltd

It is March 1348. Evil lurks in Crowfield Abbey and the building is starting to collapse. Fay creatures have fled the surrounding forest in terror. Repairs begin and William is given the job of lifting floor tiles in a... Buy or find out more



The Dead

The Dead
Charlie Higson

$16.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd

A TERRIBLE DISEASE IS STRIKING EVERYONE OVER THE AGE OF FOURTEEN. DEATH WALKS THE STREETS. NOWHERE IS SAFE. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who... Buy or find out more


Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire

Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire
Derek Landy

$14.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

Just when you think you've saved the world! Buy or find out more



Skulduggery Pleasant

Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy

$14.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead. Then there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's!... Buy or find out more


The Spook's Mistake: Book 5
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

As danger increases in the County, Tom is sent far north by his master to be trained by Bill Arkwright, another Spook. Arkwright lives in a haunted mill on the edge of a treacherous marsh and his training methods prove to be... Buy or find out more



Lockdown

Lockdown
Alexander Gordon Smith

$16.99 – Paperback / Faber and Faber

Convicted of a murder he didn't commit, sentenced to life without parole, 'new fish' Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Only... Buy or find out more


The Spook's Sacrifice: Book 6
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

Warning: Not to be read after dark. The sixth spine-tingling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles series. As the Spook's apprentice, Tom's first duty is to protect the County from the dark. But now Mam needs his help in her... Buy or find out more



Mice

Mice
Gordon Reece

$20.00 – Paperback / Allen & Unwin

Shelley and her mum have been bullied long enough. When they retreat to an isolated cottage in the country, they think their troubles are over, and they revel in their cosy, secure life. But one night, an intruder disturbs their... Buy or find out more


The Enemy

The Enemy
Charlie Higson

$16.95 – Paperback / Penguin Books Ltd

They'll chase you.When the sickness came, every parent, policeman, politician – every adult – fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. They'll rip you open. They'll feed on... Buy or find out more



The Crowfield Curse

The Crowfield Curse
Pat Walsh

$17.00 – Paperback / Chicken House Ltd

What happens when you bury an angel? William, an orphan boy, lives at Crowfield Abbey in the 14th century. Sent into the forest to gather wood, he instead rescues a fantastical creature from a trap - a hob, who shares with Will... Buy or find out more


The Thin Executioner

The Thin Executioner
Darren Shan

$15.00 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

Jebel Rum's family is honored as royalty because his father is the executioner. With his father soon retiring, Jebel treks to the faraway home of a legendary fire god to beg for inhuman powers --and become the most lethal of... Buy or find out more



Skulduggery Pleasant: the Faceless Ones

Skulduggery Pleasant: the Faceless Ones
Derek Landy

$14.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

Third bone-breaking, belly-busting adventure in the series that puts the funny back in! um! funny series. That didn't really work, did it? Buy or find out more


Cirque du Freak

Cirque du Freak
Darren Shan

$12.95 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

A compelling book a plot full of twists and which leaves the reader hungry for more . J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter Books. Darren goes to a banned freak show with his best mate Steve. It s the... Buy or find out more



Birth Of A Killer The Saga Of Larten Crepsley Book One
Darren Shan

$14.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd

Following the massive success of the Demonata series, Darren Shan is back where it all started -- telling the life story of the vampire Larten Crepsley. Spanning centuries and continents, taking in sea voyages, murder, war and... Buy or find out more


The Spook's Secret: Book 3
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts and boggarts. In this third and terrifying instalment in the Wardstone Chronicles, the nights are drawing in and... Buy or find out more



Spook's Bestiary
Joseph Delaney

$29.95 – Hardback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

A companion title to the phenomenally successful Spook's Apprentice series. Discover how to bind a boggart and deal with a dead witch in this fascinating and lavishly illustrated Spook's own notebooko. A must for die-hard fans... Buy or find out more


The Spook's Curse: Book 2
Joseph Delaney

$17.95 – Paperback / Random House Children's Publishers UK

The Spook and his apprentice, Thomas Ward, deal with the dark. Together they rid the county of witches, ghosts and boggarts. But now they have unfinished business to attend to in Priestown. Deep in the catacombs of the... Buy or find out more



Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil

Skulduggery Pleasant: Mortal Coil
Derek Landy

$14.99 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers

Skulduggery Pleasant is back, and reunited with his original head. But all is not well in the magical world - for one thing, foreign powers are conspiring to take over the Irish Sanctuary, and for another thing, Valkyrie has... Buy or find out more


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