Stine, R. L

Brandy wants to have an egg hunt at her birthday party.

An ingenious spin on the old classic, Phantom of the Opera, this spooky book follows aspiring actors Brooke and her friend Zeke through some of the eeriest experiences of their life when they win parts in a school play.

When Billy goes away to summer camp, he suspects something evil is going on when fellow campers begin to disappear and his parents will not answer his letters.

Amy is thrilled when her father brings home Slappy, a ventriloquist dummy he found in a local pawn shop, but her enjoyment turns to terror when she discovers Slappy has an evil routine of his own.

TAKE A RIDE IF YOU DARE...MEET BIG AL, THE CREEPY CARNIVAL MANAGER. HE'S INVITED YOU TO TEST SOME OF THE RIDES.

The reader chooses the course of a scary adventure in which a costume kit complete with cape, plastic fangs, and a tattoo of teeth marks is found to contain a substance that can turn people and animals into real vampires.

"Kate Lipton's family has some strange ideas. Her dad is convinced that their family should be running a farm ... for lizards. Who doesn't love lizards? The whole family takes a trip to Australia to find the most exciting and rare species. They return home with a mysterious egg. Kate can't wait for the egg to hatch. It feels like it's taking forever! But when it finally does, strange things start to happen"--Back cover.

Boone and his sister Heather love animals of every kind so much that they wanted to go to Camp Hither not realizing that somebody has unleashed a hungry horde of slithery snakes.

With the Board of Inspectors threatening to shut down Rotten School, Bernie Bridges only has time for one last money-making scheme, but his friends are too obsessed with a role-playing video game to help him.

"Sammy Baker is a quiet kid who wished he wasn't so shy and timid. He is frightened but eager to prove he can be brave. On Halloween night, he follows his friends to the Marple House, an abandoned mansion on the other side of town. Just past midnight, he feels a cold tingle at the back of his neck. The chill spreads across his body. It's unlike anything he's ever felt before. Soon his whole head feels like a block of ice. He's about to scream-- but the frigid sensation vanishes. Sammy doesn't realize that he has just met The Haunter ... and that his nightmares are only just the beginning"--Back cover.