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Tales from Beyond the Brain

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Imagine walking home from school one day and seeing a brain on the side of the road, a brain that, it turns out, is looking for a new home. Or instead of paying attention to the teacher, you shoot a paper airplane across the room and accidentally rip a hole in the fabric of the universe. And what would you do if you discovered that your class reading group was actually recruiting kids with telekinetic powers? Tales from Beyond the Brain is a collection of thirteen spooky stories that are as outrageous as they are terrifying. It's a throwback to the weird tales of yesteryear, in the vein of Tales from the Crypt and The Twilight Zone, but with contemporary characters and settings. Getting an education has never been more dangerous.

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1459820819

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Tales from the Fringes of Fear

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Tales from the Fringes of Fear

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Key Selling Points With the resurgence of the Goosebumps books and movies and the popularity of Netflix’s Stranger Things, kids are gobbling up horror now more than ever. Like the author’s previous book, Tales from Beyond the Brain, this book features thirteen tales that will either make you laugh out loud or never want to go to sleep again. The book is a throwback to the spooky horror tales of yore—think Tales from the Crypt meets The Twilight Zone. Vivid and creepy black-and-white illustrations from Steven P. Hughes help to set the spooky tone of these thirteen stories. The author is a horror-film aficionado and a teacher.

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1459824601

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Book of Screams

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Book of Screams

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Tanya is a huge fan of horror author Joel Southland...AND he's coming to visit her school! Even though she is his biggest fan, she barely gets a chance to say hello. But he does give her a signed bookmark: For Tanya. Stay Scared! Reading later that night, she figures it's just her eyes playing tricks on her when she sees the ink on the bookmark move a little. But when the ink slithers toward her, it's too late... As Tanya tries to get to the bottom of Southland's nefarious schemes, the book is broken up by nine other creepy tales, including one about middle-school horror movie fans who track down the scariest horror movie of all time, another about a kid whose "baby eye" is beginning to fall out, and yet another about a vampire suffering due to a virus that is keeping people indoors. A mix of squirmy, funny and downright terrifying, these tales will leave readers thinking twice about the things that go bump in the night.

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1459834119

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Tales from the Fringes of Fear

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Tales from Beyond the Brain

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Shark Bait!

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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Shark Bait!

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

Key Selling Points A young girl is consumed by tracking a great white shark and uses technology and her knowledge to educate the adults around her. This is a humorous story that has underlying themes of science, technology, environmental awareness and water safety. This story was inspired by a real shark named Hilton, who was being tracked in the waters off the coast of Nova Scotia by the data-centered organization OCEARCH. The author’s book Something's Fishy (2011), which also had a protagonist who was fascinated by sharks, was nominated for the Shining Willow Award and was a CCBC Best Book. Features fifteen black-and white-illustrations.

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1459823699

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Horror House (Countdown to Danger)

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Horror House (Countdown to Danger)

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30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive — in the spookiest Countdown to Danger yet! This spooky installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival scenarios, horror style! Readers determine their own fate as they dodge obstacles like ravenous zombies, shapeshifting monsters, haunted clocks and deadly booby traps! The door slams behind you, and you realize that you and your cousin are trapped in Smithson House, that old, derelict mansion at the edge of town. This house is possessed by all manner of ghosts and ghouls — and at the stroke of midnight, the supernatural powers in this building will use you to BREAK OUT. Unless, of course, you manage to escape by reversing the curse that holds all of you here. You’ve got 30 minutes to stop the ghosts and save your cousin . . . or die trying!

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Scholastic Inc.

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1443189626

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X Marks the Spot

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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X Marks the Spot

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

A natural-born explorer, Leo loves to make maps and experiment with new ways of getting around the schoolyard. But explorers sometimes get sidetracked, which can lead to getting in trouble. When Leo’s teacher, Mr. Chang, announces he’ll be giving out an award for responsibility, Leo is determined to redeem himself. The upcoming class field trip to the woods seems like the perfect opportunity. He’ll get to use his handy compass watch and show Mr. Chang he can be extra-responsible! But when two of Leo’s classmates wander out of bounds, Leo is faced with a tough decision.

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145980791X

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Super Switch

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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Super Switch

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

Key Selling Points A nine-year-old is excited to be attending a school for young superheroes. Super Switch is a humorous story that explores themes of acceptance and redemption. There are 25 fun black-and-white illustrations throughout. The main character is nonbinary and their gender identity is incidental to the storyline. Part of the Orca Echoes line of early chapter books with character-building themes and curriculum tie-ins.

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1459833635

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Wild Cards

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Wild Cards

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Matt loves Monster Zap cards. No, no, Matt LOVES Monster Zap cards. He has Monster Zap toys, reads Monster Zap books and wears Monster Zap underwear. Matt and his friends like to trade the cards at school, as the schoolyard is so empty and dirty, there isn't much else for them to do at recess. But when kids start fighting over Monster Zap and the cards are banned, Matt realizes that the school has big problems, maybe even bigger problems than the fights the cards caused. With the help of their teacher, and a superhero in disguise, Matt and his classmates set out to save Monster Zap and end up doing a lot more than that. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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1459812131

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Pages of Doom

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Pages of Doom

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Middle grader Tanya has managed to stop famed horror writer Joel Southland from stealing people's nightmares for his books. The malevolent, sentient ink that had been the source of all his powers and successes now belongs to Tanya. But the ink—which feeds on nightmares—is growing hungrier and hungrier. It urges Tanya to plunder the dreams of others so it can feed. Among Tanya's struggles to outwit the ink are eleven other creepy tales representing the dreams and nightmares of other characters in the book. From tales of dentists who are actually giant alien insects in disguise to a kid spotting a tombstone with his own name and death date, these stories are sure to thrill and chill. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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1459838033

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Tunnel of Terror (Countdown to Danger)

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Tunnel of Terror (Countdown to Danger)

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30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive — in the most terrifying Countdown to Danger yet! Face off against the horrors lurking below the city in this latest action-packed installment of the choose-your-own-path series. Depending on the choices you make, you may end up battling a brood of blood-thirsty vampires, dodging a pack of mutant rats, or maybe even foiling an evil plot by the mayor. You are listening to music while meandering the downtown streets of your hometown when — YEARGH! — you fall down an open maintenance hole. Luckily, you don’t hurt yourself upon landing at the bottom of a creepy tunnel. That’s because you’ve fallen on a DEAD BODY. A dead body of a municipal worker that has scratch marks AND bite wounds on his neck. You call up for help, but nobody can hear you, and the ladder appears to have been ripped right off the stone wall — like somebody or something was trying to prevent anyone from getting back out. You’ve got 30 minutes to find your way back above ground . . . or die trying!

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1443198870

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Horror House (Countdown to Danger)

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Something's Fishy

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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Something's Fishy

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

Jamie loves sharks. He reads about them. He talks about them. Sometimes he even pretends to be a shark. Too bad no one else wants to join his Shark Club. His peers and parents are quickly growing tired of his current obsession. When Jamie's teacher, Mr. Claxton, brings in a new class pet, Jamie is put in charge. But Jamie has an accident while feeding it, and everyone becomes upset with him. He needs to find a way to make things right. In the end, he comes up with a solution that pleases both his teacher and classmates, a solution that also gives Jamie an opportunity to share his newest obsession—lizards. The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

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1459806077

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Fear This Book

Your Guide to Fright, Horror, and Things That Go Bump in the Night

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Fear This Book

Your Guide to Fright, Horror, and Things That Go Bump in the Night

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Relates tips and facts about fear in general and describes a wide range of scary things, including the dark, monsters, nightmares, ghosts, water, snakes, spiders, bugs, school, rollercoasters, and movies.

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Maple Tree

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189706666X

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Soapstone Signs

By: Jeff Pinkney

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Soapstone Signs

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A young Cree boy learns about soapstone carving from a master carver.

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Wild Cards

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Wild Cards

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In this illustrated early chapter book, a game of trading playing cards gets out of hand at a grade school with big problems.

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Tunnel of Terror (Countdown to Danger)

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Gross Universe

Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun

By: Jeff Szpirglas

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Gross Universe

Your Guide to All Disgusting Things Under the Sun

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An illustrated behind-the-scene look at all things gross for 8 to 12 year olds. From mucus to vomit, farts to phlegm, pus and beyond -- this books explains what they are and why we need them in a humorous irreverent style.

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Super Switch

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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Messy Miranda

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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Messy Miranda

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

Miranda has one messy desk. It's full of books, pencils, science projects and...other stuff. Too much stuff, says her teacher, Ms. Basil. On a family visit to her Uncle Aldo's one night, Miranda wonders if some of his magician's tools might offer a solution to her messy-desk problem. Sneaking off to the magic room, Miranda finds Uncle Aldo's impressive collection of top hats. Miranda knows that magic top hats can hold lots of things—why not the mess from her desk? At first, the hat seems to do the trick, but soon things start to go horribly wrong. As Uncle Aldo says, you have to be careful with magic.

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X Marks the Spot

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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Shark Bait!

By: Jeff Szpirglas,Danielle Saint-Onge

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Canadian Survival (Countdown to Danger)

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Canadian Survival (Countdown to Danger)

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30 dangerous paths. 30 minutes to escape. YOU choose the path to survive! Back with even more danger and daring, and a dash of fun, this fourth installment of the choose-your-own-path series features serious survival scenarios, Canadian style! You begin your quest for survival stranded in the Rockies with an injured guide. You quickly find out she's not who she appears to be. Is she a friend or foe? And what's with that secret compound in the dam? The danger escalates . . . the dam is sabotaged . . . what should you do? Choose wrongly and be beaten by mutant beavers, roiled by raging rapids, squashed by a sasquatch, razed by a rockslide or worse! Choose well — help the mutant animals, trust your instincts with the bomb, grab that extra paddle — and make it out of the woods alive.

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1443163317

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Blood on Black Wax

Horror Soundtracks on Vinyl (Expanded Edition)

By: Aaron Lupton,Jeff Szpirglas

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Blood on Black Wax

Horror Soundtracks on Vinyl (Expanded Edition)

By: Aaron Lupton,Jeff Szpirglas

BRAND NEW & EXPANDED EDITION! Packed with dozens of additional horror titles and containing limited edition enhanced packaging (foil cover elements + guilded foil page edges). Are you obsessed with John Carpenter's iconic music for the Halloween series? Do you thrill to the unforgettable stabs of the Psycho score, or the pounding synth of Goblin's soundtrack to Suspiria? Do you find yourself being pulled into the hair-raising modern scores for the likes of Get Out, Hereditary, and It Follows? You're not alone. Blood on Black Wax is a defining horror soundtrack volume that spotlights iconic franchises such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Jaws, The Exorcist, Child's Play, and George A. Romero's Dead films, highlighting both the music and the amazing, often rare artwork that graces the record sleeves. It also tells the stories behind the soundtrack, from the mouths of the musicians who made them, including John Carpenter, Fabio Frizzi, Christopher Young, Harry Manfredini, Charles Bernstein, Pino Donaggio, John Harrison, and more. Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas, both of Rue Morgue magazine, have curated Blood on Black Wax to reflect their own passion for the darkest slabs of soundtrack music. Their journey into the fascinating history of horror movie scores contains reviews, release details, and wild stories about both renown and unusual releases everything from the orchestral sounds of Hammer and Universal horror, to the truly experimental albums for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Eraserhead, to the outlandish punk and metal songs of '80s soundtrack albums like The Return of the Living Dead and Shocker. Go back to your favorite horror films one more time, through the jaw-dropping, spine-tingling music that helped solidify their place in cinematic history!

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1948221179

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