Knopf Books for Young Readers
September 2016
On Sale: September 6, 2016
320 pages ISBN: 0553522094 EAN: 9780553522099 Kindle: B019B6VCO6 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Roald Dahl meets R. L. Stine in this spine-tingling and
hilarious tale from a bestselling author!
Billy
Shivers doesn't have a lot of excitement in his life. He
prefers to spend his days reading alone in the Hitchcock
Public Library. So it is a bit out of character when he
finds himself drawn to the Haunted House of Books, and a
competition daring readers to survive an entire night spent
inside.
The Haunted House of Books is a cross between
a bookstore and a booby trap. It's a creaky old mansion
full of dark hallways and things that go bump in the night,
and the store's ill-tempered owner, Mr. Rapscallion, only
adds to the mystery.
But the frights of the store
itself are nothing compared to the stories it holds. These
stories are so ghastly, so terrifying, so shocking that once
you've read them, you'll never be the same.
Does
Billy dare begin?
Do you?
"Not for the faint
of heart, oscillating between spooky and mysterious, this
will appeal to readers looking for a fright." —School
Library Journal
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