Strange rumors about the Wonderland Mall, including the reported disappearance of a teen there, prompt Robin and her friends to investigate, but their trip to the mall could force them to shop until they drop

Cassie is so delighted with the puppies that she does not notice that the spooky old pet shop has become crowded with strange new animals or that pet-shop owner Mr. Willard is planning a terrifying surprise for her.

Hating the disgusting cafeteria food at Maple Grove Middle School, Fitzgerald Traflon III refuses to eat it, even when Miss Buggy takes over, and when his voracious classmates start fighting for seconds, he knows something weird is happening. Original.

Planning to dress up like Pilgrims during the Thanksgiving celebration, Kyle and Annie prepare stovepipe hats, pies, and a turkey, until the evil Frankenturkey makes them run for their lives. Original.

Hating her boring school, her pain-in-the-neck little brother, and even her best friend, Tori searches for something fun and finds a mysterious notebook that contains hilariously gruesome spells

Feeling uneasy about their bulging-eyed, slimy-tongued new teacher, Joey and Nate soon realize the truth about the mean and creepy Mr. Batrachian—that he likes to eat sixth-graders for snacks. Original.

There's a special new turkey in the pen behind Annie and Kyle's house. Whenever they're near him, all their wishes come true. But Kyle and Annie don't know that Frankenturkey has returned from the grave-and he's making wishes, too. Frankenturkey's meaner than ever. He wants revenge. And if his holiday wish comes true, Kyle will really be stuffed this Thanksgiving.

Stranded at an inn during a blizzard, Matt enjoys the snow and the time off from school, until he learns that the innkeeper and all the other guests are really aliens who have come to Earth to study human life. Original.

Once again bestselling author Betsy Haynes (The Fabulous Five series) has unleashed her prolific pen, this time to delightfully horrifying good use. Bone Chillers is an entertaining collection of grotesqueries that are especially twisted for the minds of young readers. Grounded in the familiar terrain of school, shopping malls, or family affairs, each fantasia exposes a macabre world of demons and monsters lurking just below the mundane surface of everyday life. In Attack of the Killer Ants, a pair of bullies are gleefully torturing insects at the annual end-of-school picnic. But their mocking laughter turns to screams of fear when they're carried off by a colony of giant exoskeletal guests bent on revenge! Overflowing with buckets of gore and more than a little vomitus, Bone Chillers aren't for the squeamish. But there's a moral hidden in this madness and, in the end, the good guys usually come out on top—even if they are covered in some kind of slime. —George Laney

Letting out a particularly messy sneeze in the school cafeteria, Jeremy Wilson and his classmates are horrified when his mucous particles stick together and grow into a tremendous glob that threatens to consume the whole town. Original.