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Choose Your Own Nightmare
Books in series
#1
Night of the Werewolf
1995
Your vacation at your cousins' house is off to a creepy start. A body—with deep bite marks all over it—has just been found in the local pond. Is there a werewolf in town? Even though you've been warned to stay away, you and your cousins want to check out the crime scene. Things seem pretty normal. Until you hear branches crashing...and a throaty howl.... What happens next in this bone-chilling story? It all depends on the choices you make. How will your nightmare end? Only you can find out! And the best part is that you can keep reading and rereading, getting new chills and thrills—until not one but all of your worst nightmares have come true! Give yourself goosebumps...choose your own NIGHTMARE...
#2
Beware the Snake's Venom
1995
Readers search for hidden treasure buried in a desert grave on an archeological dig, watching out for snakes, and can finish the story in a variety of ways.
#3
Island of Doom
1995
The reader's decisions control the course of an adventure on a mysterious Caribbean island thought to be haunted by spirits of cannibals.
#5
The Halloween Party
1995
Meg, the new girl in your apartment building, is having a big Halloween party, and you can't wait to go. You've got a great costume and you love getting spooked. But you didn't realize that Meg was so....different. Her party isn't quite what you expected. The ghoulish masks the guests are wearing aren't masks they're real!
#7
Biting for Blood
1996
The reader must confront fears about the new neighbor down the street, a pale-faced man who wears black clothing, has deep red lips, and only comes out at night, who just might be a vampire out for blood. Original.
#8
Bugged Out!
1996
When your uncle sends you an ancient mask from the Amazon rain forest, you can't wait to try it on, but it makes you turn into a fly.
#9
The Mummy Who Wouldn't Die
1996
After hanging out in the Egyptian wing of the museum all afternoon, you, Josh, and Kate are ready to go. You saw the new mummy and checked out some exhibits. It was cool. Especially the mummy's amulet. The Egyptians believed it had magical powers. Like protecting the mummy from evil.But after you leave, Josh finds the amulet in his pocket. He swears he doesn't know how it got there. The three of you have to return it. The museum is closing soon. And the mummy is waiting....
#10
It Happened at Camp Pine Tree
1996
Camp Pine Tree is awesome. Rustic old cabins, a great sports program, and pretty decent food. Last year you really lucked out—you had Joel, the coolest counselor there. He taught you how to sail on Pine Lake. And he knew all the good trails through the woods. But Joel isn't here this year. He's disappeared. Vanished. Gone. You know nothing would keep Joel from Camp Pine Tree. Nothing human, that is. What happens next in this bone-chilling story? It all depends on the choices you make. How will your nightmare end? Only you can find out. And the best part is that you can keep reading and rereading, getting new chills and thrills—until not one but all of your worst nightmares have come true!
#11
Watch Out for Room 13
1996
New school, new friends, right? Wrong. You didn't know that the first day of school is Ghoul Day. Big mistake. It's too late to cut class now. You're trapped inside a room full of zombies creeps. Creeps that want you dead. Will your first day of school be your last? Original. (Digest)
#12
Something's in the Woods
1996
The reader's decisions control the course of an adventure in the woods involving spooky ghost kids, disappearing parents, underground goblins, and mind-blowing time warps
Authors
Edward Packard
Author · 78 books
Ken McMurtry
Author · 6 books
Richard Brightfield
Author · 32 books
E.A.M. Jakab
Author · 2 books
Laban Carrick Hill
Author · 9 books
R.A. Montgomery
Author · 58 books
Robert Hirschfeld
Author · 2 books
Liz Windover
Author · 1 book
Doug Wilhelm
Author · 17 books
Choose Your Own Nightmare
Series ·
17
books · 1995-2016
By
Edward Packard
,
Ken McMurtry
,
Richard Brightfield
, and more
#13
The Haunted Baby
1997
You've got the easiest summer job ever—baby-sitting little Katie Harper. You've never baby-sat before, but the Harpers are paying you $7.50 an hour—an offer you can't refuse. Baby-sitting a two-year-old will be a snap. Or so you thought. There's something creepy about Katie. When her parents are around, she's a perfect angel. But when they leave, Katie turns into something frightening. Something you don't want to mess with. Is it all in your head? Or is Katie evil?
#14
The Evil Pen Pal
1997
You have been corresponding with Billy, a boy who lives in Florida, for two years. So you are very excited when Billy writes that he is coming to visit you this summer! But the night before he is scheduled to arrive at your house, you receive a strange letter warning you that Billy is someone to be feared. You brush aside your worries when Billy arrives. After the hundreds of letters you've exchanged, you feel like you really know him. Don't you?
#15
How I Became a Freak
1997
A street carnival has opened in your neighborhood! Go check it out! Ride some rides. Stuff your face with cotton candy. Play the ring toss. But don't go in the fun house. And definitely don't walk down the Hall of Mirrors. Why, you ask? WHY? Well, in this fun house, things are what they seem. And the fun never stops.
#17
Attack of the Living Mask
1997
Creepy and dangerous. That's what everyone says about Graystone Pond. You'd have to be crazy to go there—especially on Halloween. But when your daredevil friend Jeff disappears Halloween night, you don't have a choice. Or do you? If you search for Jeff, you encounter an old hermit in the woods and a half man, half werewolf—and they're both after you! If you decide not to search, you're invited to a spooky Halloween party thrown by some kids you're not sure you should trust!
#18
The Toy Shop of Terror
1997
A new toy store has set up shop in your town, just in time for Christmas. Cool, huh? You ought to be able to score some great presents. Except that you have a funny feeling about this place.For starters, the store appears almost overnight. The staff is helpful, but a little weird. They look and dress like...well, like elves—and it creeps you out. And the toys the shop sells don't seem safe. You have a sneaking suspicion these toymakers are up to no good. Will Christmas be calm and bright...or will your stocking be stuffed with fright?
#19
Blood Island
2014
You are the key biologist aboard a research vessel named Albatross III, headed into the Pacific from San Francisco. Midway through your 5-day voyage, the crew reveals their anxiety about your destination: Blood Island. It is a legendary place, difficult to reach and with a propensity for conflict, murder, and insanity logged during the rare visits to its shores. As if that wasn't enough, Blood Island is also home to a life-threatening volcano with a record of unexpected eruptions. You and your team are skilled, but will you all survive?
#21
Snake Invasion
2016
Humans are responsible for the extinction of animal species and other changes to our planet. Sometimes these changes are caused by the most insignificant-seeming decisions. When the residents of your small Florida town allowed some Burmese pythons to go free into the Everglades, they didnt consider that unlike in their natural habitats, here in the United States, these snakes have no natural predatorsand limited prey. Your safe suburban town is about to be surrounded by renegade snakes who have spent the last several years quietly eating all of the mammals they can find in the swamp. They had enough to eat for awhile. But now they are hungry. And you might be their next snack!
