Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor

This book is my second favorite book this past summer, it's scary but also suspension is what makes me want to read more.


- 8th grade

The Figure In The Shadows by John Bellairs

The Figure in the Shadows by John Belllairs is the sequel to The House with the Clock in Its
Walls. It’s definitely more scary. Lewis, the main character and his best friend Rose Rita, find
an old coin in their Grandfather’s chest, which is an amulet that helps Lewis fight off bullies.
But soon, he starts seeing figures lurking in the shadows, sending him letters saying “I come,”
with no return address. Rose Rita must destroy the figure in the shows before it can destroy
them. The Figure in the Shadows was spooky, but good. I recommend it. Also, there are two other books in the trilogy.

- Chris, 7th grade, CSCL

Teen Spirit by Francesca Lia Block

Julie's grandma died. She doesn't know her father and her mother's a wreck with a weirdo boyfriend. When Julie starts a new school she meets Clark, a low key nerd. Julie needs to talk to her grandma and she opens up the Ouija board with Clark but Clark forgot to mention his past and someone from it enters instead of her grandma. Can Julie and Clark get rid of the evil spirit?


-7th grade

The Books of Elsewhere: The strangers- Jaqueline West

OH.MY.GOD.
This book, bro.
Okay, okay, okay, let's start from the beginning. Olive is at a Halloween party at her new school, with the cats (Leopold (Black), Harvey (Spotted), and Horatio(Orange)), Morton(A little boy who got stuck in a painting, and turned into paint), and Rutherford (The smart, magical, mind-reading-boy-next-door). And a strange, mystical figure follows them. It could be a teenager trying to scare them, Annabelle McMartin, or maybe it's not a costume at all. Maybe is just really a ghoul. After, olive comes home, just to find her parents... Gone. Later, she gets help from a Dr.Widdecombe (A world renowned ), and Delora (A messenger of the dead) try to help her remove the remains of the McMartin's family... But what if all else fails? Go on, read. The book won't bite you, but the creatures might....


- Emie, 7th grade, Cambridge Street Upper School

Lockwood & Co. : The Screaming Stairway

If someone liked this book, what other books should they read?
If someone liked this book they should read The Westing Game by: Ellen Risken because both of these books are mystery and both of these books have some horror in them.
--Birikti, 6th grade, Vassal Lane

Welcome to the dark house by Laurie Stolarz

This book is about a girl named Ivy.One night something happened to her parents.The next second a strange came into her room after she heard screaming!During the book, she has an adventure of death and if she should risk her friends and her family.I recommend this book because when you start reading and you finish the book you would want to read the second book.

- Eden, Grade 6, Cambridge Street

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

What character(s) in this book would you most and least like to be friends with, and why?
In the book Coraline by Neil Gaiman I would not want to be friends with the "other mother" who has button eyes and who wants to keep Coraline all for herself.I would also not want to be friends with the "other dad" (he has buttons on his eyes to) because he wants to sew buttons on Coraline's eyes. I would want to be friends with Coraline because I that she is very brave and adventures because she will take a to of risks like facing the "other mom" and risking her life by saying that if she dose not find her mom with the help of the "other mom" she will let them sew the buttons on to her eyes.
- Delphi, Grade 6, Vassal Lane

Through the Woods by Emily Caroll

If this book were made into a movie, who should play the main character, and why?
I think a good main character has to be attention getting, smart, positive and wise. Into the woods is separated into 5 different stories all spooky and weird! Each story should have one main character. I think the producer and Carroll would be very famous!
- Wasika, Grade 6, Cambridge Street

Jurassic Park, By: Micheal Crichton

If someone liked this book, what other books should they read?
If you read jurassic park, I think you should also read:
- Raptor red
- Divergent
- The maze runner
- The hunger games
They are all adventures that scare the heck out of you!
- Kira, Grade 7, Vassal Lane