BOOK GIVEAWAY!

On Wednesday this week, the many clubs at the school will be introducing themselves in the main foyer at lunch. Please drop by the Library Club's table, meet some of the Library Club members and enter your name in a draw to win one of three beautiful copies of The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes.
Winners will be announced on Thursday.

Congratulations!

We held a Welcome to the EHPMS Library contest for our new grade seven students. The winner of the Owlcrate book box is Shavina Samra. She has won a hardcover book with a bookplate signed by the author and a few other bookish goodies. Shavina, come to the library to collect your prize.

Love Harry Potter?

For those of you who, like me, wish for a magical series that will whisk you away to a world of adventure and mystery, you should take a look at Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend. Here's a book trailer ...

Scary Reads

I've just finished booktalks with all of the English classes and, as usual, the scary reads are flying off the shelves. Here are three titles that have already been returned with very enthusiastic reviews.

The Sacrifice Box by Martin Stewart

Sep, Arkle, Mack, Lamb and Hadley: five friends thrown together one hot, sultry summer. When they discover an ancient stone box hidden in the forest, they decide to each make a sacrifice: something special

to them, committed to the box for ever. And they make a pact: they will never return to the box at night; they'll never visit it alone; and they'll never take back their offerings.

Four years later, the gang have drifted apart. Then a series of strange and terrifying events take place, and Sep and his friends understand that one of them has broken the pact.

As their sacrifices haunt them with increased violence and hunger, they realise that they are not the first children to have found the box in their town's history. And ultimately, the box may want the greatest sacrifice of all: one of them.


Contagion by Erin Bowman

Campfire by Shawn Sarles

While camping in a remote location, Maddie Davenport gathers around the fire with her friends and family to tell scary stories. Caleb, the handsome young guide, shares the local legend of the ferocious Mountain Men who hunt unsuspecting campers and leave their mark by carving grisly antlers into their 

victims' foreheads.

The next day, the story comes true. 

Now Maddie and her family are lost in the deep woods--with no way out--being stalked by their worst nightmares. Because there were other, more horrifying stories told that night--and Maddie's about to find out just how they end...  

Are you a season-reader?

Does the mood of the season influence your choice of book? If so, then you are likely looking for something a little dark and spooky as we move into fall and look ahead to Halloween. Every autumn, I have a number of students requesting It by Stephen King which is a great horror, but not exactly appropriate for middle grade. My quest for a shorter, more toned down scare that involves a small group of misfit friends working together to defeat an unspeakably evil force has been rewarded! I'm not going to reveal the title now, but come up to the counter and ask and I'll give you the gruesome details.

Scroll down to the next post to read about some of the ghost stories available in the library.

The Haunted Library

Our library is haunted, but by the most wonderful ghosts - the spirits of past readers! As soon as I open the door each September, I am greeted by a rush of remembered voices talking about stories that inspired, thrilled, terrified, mystified, enlightened, provoked laughter or tears, and carried readers away to amazing worlds.

But some prefer ghosts of a more frightening nature. For you, I have some suggestions for spine-tingling tales of hauntings and possessions that are perfect for the fall. Read on, if you dare!

City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab

Spirit Hunters by Ellen Oh

Scream And Scream Again!: Spooky Stories From Mystery Writers Of America by R. L. Stine

A harrowing array of scary stories that all have one thing in common: each either begins or ends with a scream!

R.L. Stine--the godfather of Goosebumps--and some of the most popular authors today bring an unrivaled mastery of all things fearsome, frightening, and fantabulous to this terrifying anthology of all-

new scary short stories.

Scream and Scream Again! is full of twists and turns, dark corners, and devilish revenge. Collected in conjunction with the Mystery Writers of America, this set includes works from New York Timesbestselling authors telling tales of wicked ice-cream trucks, time-travelling heroes, witches and warlocks, and of course, haunted houses.





The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier

The Dreadful Tale of Prosper Redding by Alexandra Bracken

The Crossroads by Chris Grabenstein

Nightbooks by J. A. White

A boy is imprisoned by a witch and must tell her a new scary story each night to stay alive. This thrilling contemporary fantasy from J. A. White, the acclaimed author of the Thickety series, brings to life the magic and craft of storytelling.

Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll run

out of pages to read from and be trapped forever. He’s loved scary stories his whole life, and he knows most don’t have a happily ever after. Now that Alex is trapped in a true terrifying tale, he’s desperate for a different ending—and a way out of this twisted place.

This modern spin on the Scheherazade story is perfect for fans of Coraline and A Tale Dark and Grimm. With interwoven tips on writing with suspense, adding in plot twists, hooks, interior logic, and dealing with writer’s block, this is the ideal book for budding writers and all readers of delightfully just-dark-enough tales.

Doll Bones by Holly Black

REVIEW

Marie Yoshi was the first to read I am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells and she loved it.

A boy named John Wayne Cleaver is 15, and at a young age he's realized that he has the potential to become a serial killer. From since then he's been borderline obsessed with them and studies them to know what they did, so he doesn't fall into the endless trap of their habits and killings. He follows a set of strict rules until one day...
    In Clayton County, a killer has come into view and is putting the town in distress. He knows he has to do something before it's too late for everyone. This comedic and thrilling book is a blast to read!

This is the first book in a series and we have the sequels.