
Ten tales of Halloween adventure for young readers! Join your favorite kidlit characters as they embark on a night of trick-or-treating you’ll never forget! This collection of short stories will take you to spooky neighborhoods, back to ancient Egypt, and even inside a video game! Featuring tales from award-winning authors and fresh new voices, this is a perfect Halloween treat for readers ages seven to twelve! Grab your copy today, and have a happy Halloween! Featured stories: SCAREDY BAT AND THE COSTUMED CATS A Scaredy Bat Story By Marina J. Bowman A GOOD TRICK A Haunted Library Story By Dori Hillestad Butler HALLOWEENING A Tales of the Spooky Folk Story By J.K. Campbell STICKY FINGERS Featuring characters from The Boy Who Cried Ghost By Richard Clark A KANDY BRAINZ HALLOWEEN Featuring characters from Books Make Brainz Taste Bad By Eli Cranor SIDE QUEST A Magic Eaters Story By Connor Grayson A TRICKSTER HALLOWEEN A Prentiss Twins Story By Deb Logan THE MYSTERY OF THE HAUNTED EGYPTIAN KITCHEN A Kid Detective Zet Story By Scott Peters FLYING SOLO By D.M. Potter Author of the You Say Which Way Series TRICKING THE TREAT WITCH A Zombie Reconstruction Squad Story By M.K. Radican
Authors

Dori Hillestad Butler grew up writing, for she had no brothers or sisters to play with until she was eight years old. The first book she published was The Great Tooth Fairy Rip-Off , it took her many years to sell that book, followed by four more picture books. She then started writing YA books short stories have appeared in anthologies entitled, The Green Umbrella and Other Sports Stories (Highlights for Children, 1995) and Not the Only One (Alyson Publications, 1994) and in magazines including Cricket, Spider, Highlights for Children, Children's Digest, Child Life and a variety of Sunday School publications. Dori also writes educational materials, edit stories for www.storydog.com, and has a regular book review coloumn in her local newspaper. She currently lives in Coralville, Iowa with her husband, two sons, Ben and Andy, a black cocker spaniel named Molly, a cat named Ashley and a betta fish named Willie.

Eli Cranor played quarterback at every level: peewee to professional, and then coached high school football for five years. These days, he's traded in the pigskin for a laptop, writing from Arkansas where he lives with his wife and kids. Eli's novel Don't Know Tough was awarded the Peter Lovesey First Crime Novel Contest and will be published by Soho Press in 2022. Over the course of his career, Eli's fiction has garnered multiple awards (2018-The Missouri Review; 2017-Greensboro Review). Along with fiction, Eli writes a nationally-syndicated sports column, and his craft column, "Shop Talk," appears monthly over at CrimeReads. Eli is currently at work on his next novel.


