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Even More Short & Shivery

Thirty Spine-Tingling Tales

Author Robert D. San Souci

Illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers

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$7.99 US

RH Childrens Books | Yearling

5.19"W x 7.56"H x 0.44"D (13.2 x 19.2 x 1.1 cm) | 5 oz (136 g) | 96 per carton

On sale Aug 12, 2003 | 176 Pages | 9780440418771

Age 8-12 years | Grades 3-7

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Make story time a little spookier with thirty chilling stories from around the world! If you liked Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, you’ll devour these spine-tingling tales!

Curl up with old friends like Washington Irving's "Guests from Gibbet Island" or Charles Dickens' "Chips." Or make the acquaintance of "The Skull That Spoke" and "The Monster of Baylock"--but beware of spectral visitors like "The Blood-Drawing Ghost." This exciting mixture of classic and contemporary tales from Mexico, China, Poland, Nigeria, and other lands near and far is perfect for hair-raising reading!

Twenty deliciously eerie illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers highlight this companion to Robert D. San Souci's earlier collections of scary stories, Short & Shivery and More Short & Shivery, which School Library Journal called "an absolute delight."

The graveyard was three miles away, but Kate was a brawny girl with a fast stride, so she came to the place sooner rather than later.  The moon lit the marble tomb at the center; she found the blackthorn with no problem.

But she had barely put her hand on it when a soft voice called from the vault, "Come and open the tomb for me."

Kate began to tremble and was very much afraid.  But even as she tried to resist, a force compelled her to unwind the chain that sealed the double doors of the tomb.

Descending a short flight of steps, she found a casket resting upon a marble table.

"Take the lid off," commanded the voice from the casket.

Unable to help herself, she did as she was told.  Inside lay the body of a man who had died months before.  His eyes were open, but unmoving--yet somehow Kate felt them watching her.  His dead lips were drawn slightly apart, and the voice came from between them, though the mouth moved not at all.

"Lift me out of here," the corpse commanded, "and take me on your back."

“[A] splendid choice for oral telling around a campfire, on a trip, in school, or at a sleepover.”–Booklist

“Young readers will gobble up these thirty thrilling snacks and beg for more.”
–School Library Journal

Robert D. San Souci is the award-winning author of many popular books for young readers, including the Short & Shivery books, and the quartet of picture books about Arthurian legends, Young Merlin, Young Guinevere, Young Lancelot, and Young Arthur. View titles by Robert D. San Souci

Jacqueline Rogers View titles by Jacqueline Rogers

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