Point Horror

The Scholastic classic, available for the digital age. When Steve finds an ancient dagger on the moors he realizes that, unless he returns it, he will always be haunted by the brooding presence he has disturbed. Cover from Scholastic US Point edition of THE RAIN GHOST. Copyright 1990 by Scholastic Inc. Used by permission of Scholastic Inc. ©1990 Scholastic Inc. (P)2022 Mark Alan Miller

Five high school kids get their dream vacation-which soon turns into a nightmare Angie, her brother, and her three best friends anticipate the perfect spring break when their prayers are answered-a beach vacation without parents! The only problem is finding somewhere to stay-turns out every hotel is filled with other spring breakers. They luck out when they find a three-story beach-house rental, which happens to be run by the incredibly handsome Val. Is it too good to be true?   Soon, Angie starts hearing strange noises-footsteps, a mysterious sound of crying. Her friends say her imagination is getting the best of her, but when one by one, they go missing, she knows the danger is real . . . and this vacation could be her last.

As prom approaches, a killer targets the most popular girls in school Margaret Dunne's afternoon job at her mother's dress shop is usually tranquil, but in the weeks leading up to prom, her work is nonstop. She wouldn't mind helping the popular girls try on dresses if she had a date too, but boys hardly look at Margaret. After a particularly grueling day taking abuse from three popular girls, Margaret finds a strange package in the alley behind the shop. Inside are the three girls' dresses-mangled, muddied, and completely ruined. Plenty of people hate the popular clique, but why take it out on their prom dresses?   A few days later, Margaret sneaks off from the senior picnic to enjoy the view from the old lighthouse. A scream pierces the air, and Margaret sees one of the popular girls, Stephanie, dead at the bottom of a cliff. It seems someone at her school has her eye on Stephanie's perfect date, and will kill to get her hands on him.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

It's the return of Point Horror for the Internet generation! Don't open the door. Don't answer your phone. And whatever you do, DON'T turn on your computer. . . . Cole and Greg love playing practical jokes through Wikipedia. They edit key articles and watch their classmates crash and burn giving oral reports on historical figures like Genghis Khan, the first female astronaut on Jupiter. So after the star soccer player steals Cole's girlfriend, the boys take their revenge by creating a Wikipedia page for him, an entry full of outlandish information including details about his bizarre death on the soccer field.It's all in good fun, until the soccer player is killed in a freak accident . . . just as Cole and Greg predicted. The uneasy boys vow to leave Wikipedia alone but someone continues to edit articles about classmates dying in gruesome ways . . . and those entries start to come true as well. To his horror, Cole soon discovers that someone has created a Wikipedia page for him, and included a date of death. He has one week to figure out who's behind the murders, or else he's set to meet a pretty grisly end. Chris Van Etten is a writer for the beloved television show One Life to Live. He is also one third of David Van Etten, the writing team behind the Likely Story series.

Twins Mary Lee and Madrigal are living double lives, with some shocking secrets. Mary Lee and Madrigal are twin sisters, beautiful and deeply attached to each other. Then in high school, Mary Lee and Madrigal's parents decide to send Mary Lee away to boarding school, cruelly separating the girls. The twins have only been apart a handful of times in their lives. Mary Lee is devastated at first, and then horrified as Madrigal betrays her by approving of their parents' shocking plan. Spending high school apart, as two separate sisters, not as twins?! What about their special twin bond? Madrigal seems to be thriving in her new solo life, and even finds a fabulous boyfriend. Mary Lee, lonely and unhappy at boarding school, begins to wish she had her sister's seemingly perfect life. But when her secret wish disastrously comes true during a weekend ski trip, Mary Lee learns more about Madrigal's new life than she could have ever dreamed . . . or feared.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney, including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Revenge is no joke On their way home from an April Fools' party, Belinda and her friends mistakenly cause a horrible accident. Fearing they'll be on the hook for murder, they flee the scene and vow to keep silent. But weeks later, Belinda's conscience won't give her any peace-and neither will the mysterious person who is terrorizing her with cruel pranks. After enduring a series of sickening jokes, Belinda fears that she and her friends aren't the only ones who know their secret-and that these pranks may be a deadly warning in disguise. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

To tweet, or not to tweet . . . what a deadly question. When Jenna loses out on a starring role in the school's production of Hamlet, she reluctantly agrees to be the drama department's "social media director" and starts tweeting half-hearted updates. She barely has any followers, so when someone hacks her twitter account, Jenna can't muster the energy to stop it. After all, tweets like "Something's rotten in the state of Denmark . . . and a body's rotting in the theater" are obviously a joke. But then a body IS discovered in the theater: Jenna's rival. Suddenly, what seemed like a prank turns deadly serious. To everyone's horror, the grisly tweets continue . . . and the body count starts to rise. There's no other explanation; someone is live-tweeting murders on campus.With the school in chaos and the police unable to find the culprit, it's up to Jenna to unmask the psycho-tweeter before the carnage reaches Shakespearian proportions . . . or she becomes the next victim. Praise for Followers:"This heart-pounding thriller is filled with likable characters and up-to-date pop-culture details, which makes it a winning suggestion for teen horror fans, especially reluctant readers." -Booklist Anna Davies is the author of WRECKED and a Senior Editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn. Praise for Followers: "This heart-pounding thriller is filled with likable characters and up-to-date pop-culture details, which makes it a winning suggestion for teen horror fans, especially reluctant readers." -Booklist

Be careful who you friend... Jason has met the perfect girl. OK, so maybe he hasn't actually MET Lacey yet, but they talk online all the time. Yet despite spending most nights chatting, Lacey refuses to meet up in person. Suspicious, Jason starts googling, and his cyberstalking leads to a shocking discovery: According to multiple newspapers, Lacey died a year earlier. Soon, Jason finds himself enmeshed in a disturbing mystery. Has he found a way to iChat with the dead? Or is someone playing a dangerous trick? Either way, Jason has to discover the truth before it's too late. You can't put up away messages from beyond the grave. . . Ruth Baron is the web editor at O Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. FROM DEFRIENDED: The headline glared at him from the screen. Teen KilledBody Found After Local PartyJason blinked. On the monitor, Lacey's name blinked back at him. He rubbed his eyes. It was still there. His brain sprinted through the possible explanations: It was another Lacey Gray, it was another town called Brightonit was all just a terribly unfortunate coincidence. The problem he couldn't get around was the photo. The image he knew better than any shot of himself, better than any photo of anyone. It was Lacey's profile picture. Frozen, mid-laugh, the girl of his dreams was right there in front of him. Maybe he was hallucinating. He pinched himself. Hard. It hurt, but none of the text in front of him changed. Jason's inbox pinged. One new e-mail. The sender's name made his stomach twist with a mixture of relief and terror. Whether she was alive or dead, Lacey Gray was online.

Hayley is going to have the best year ever. After years of careful planning, she's ready to serve as student council president AND editor-in-chief of the newspaper. Ivy League, here she comes! However, just before student council elections, someone creates a fake facebook profile for Hayley and starts posting inappropriate photos and incriminating updates. It must be the work of a highly skilled Photoshopper, but the attention to detail is scary. The embarrassing photos of "Hayley" in her bathing suit reveal a birthmark on her back--a birth mark Hayley has never shown in public. . . . The situation escalates until Hayley's mother reveals some shocking information. Hayley isn't an only child: She has a twin sister who was adopted by a different family. And that's not all. Soon, Hayley discovers that her long-lost sister isn't just playing a prank--she's plotting to take over Hayley's life . . . by any means necessary. Anna Davies is the author of WRECKED and a Senior Editor at Cosmopolitan Magazine. She lives in Brooklyn.

At the party of the year, a rich girl's practical joke turns deadly For the high schoolers of Greenhaven, Cass Rockham's fall party is the social event of the year. Each October, students wait by their mailboxes, praying for the gilt-edged invitation that grants entry into the inner circle of the most popular crowd. And now Cass has planned her finest party yet, with a new sauna, a hot band, and no parents for miles. But to make this party really killer, Cass tops it all off with a sinister twist.   Nerdy Sarah Drew is shocked when she and her friends receive invitations to Cass's affair. For years she's steered clear of the popular kids, and now they want her to come to their party? Sarah is wary, but her friends talk her into coming with them. But she regrets it quickly, for at Cass Rockham's mansion, the only party favor is death.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Suppose that you really could freeze somebody' There always was something a little off about Lannie, but when she poses the question during a game of freeze tag, 'Suppose that you really could freeze somebody', Meghan and Tuesday think she's joking and just being her usual weird self. But Lannie's freezing power horrifyingly turns out to be anything but a game. To save Meghan and Tuesday from Lannie, popular neighborhood boy West Trevor must make a desperate deal, a deal that will affect the course of their lives in ways none of them could ever have predicted. Years later, the memory of Lannie's power has been dismissed as a childhood fantasy. Meghan and West have become the kind of desperately-in-love high school couple that fuels teenage fantasies. When a jealous Lannie reminds them of her terrifying secret power, West is forced to hold up his end of the bargain made all those years ago, and Meghan will pay the price.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney, including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

While volunteering at the local museum's Egypt exhibit, Lana Richardson begins to feel haunted by a mummified prince All her life, Lana has been fascinated by stories of ancient Egypt. So when a new exhibit featuring the mummy of the young Egyptian prince Nefra comes to the town museum, Lana volunteers to give tours to visitors. Inexplicably, Lana feels herself drawn to the tragic story of Nefra, who died on the eve of his wedding to his love, the beautiful princess Urbena. Although Nefra has been dead for thousands of years, Lana cannot get the young man out of her mind.   When a priceless treasure is stolen from the exhibit and Lana is the only witness, she knows it's up to her to find the thief. But vivid dreams of Nefra and Urbena have been haunting her sleep, and Lana swears she can hear Nefra's voice calling out to her. Is she going crazy? Or is she more connected to the story of the doomed lovers than she could ever have imagined?

A high school yearbook editor stumbles on a body-and his school's evil secret According to his IQ test, David Kallas is a genius, even if his teachers think he's a slacker. His sole extracurricular activity is the yearbook, and he only became editor as an excuse to get close to Ariana Maas. On his way to the printer's to check on the book, he takes a shortcut to spy on Ariana and her boyfriend-the impossibly perfect Stephen Taylor-and ends up finding something even nastier than two students making out: a butchered corpse floating in the creek.   The body leads David to a disturbing secret about his school's past. When members of the senior class start dying, David is determined to solve the mystery and save the school-even if he has to destroy himself to do it.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Peter Lerangis including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

A high schooler suspects that a tragic roller coaster crash wasn't an accident If it weren't for the Boardwalk, the small town of Santa Luisa might disappear altogether. The amusement park employs half the town's workers, pulls in tourists, and gives teenagers like Tess Landers someplace to hang out on the weekends. Tess is eating a hot dog when the Boardwalk's roller coaster-the Devil's Elbow-jumps the track, hangs for a moment in the air, and then plummets to the ground. One of Tess's classmates is dead on impact, two are forever maimed, and over twenty others are taken to the hospital. It's the worst tragedy Santa Luisa has ever seen, but it's only the beginning.   As people rush to help, Tess spies a black-suited figure running away from the crowd. The crash was no accident. Five more teens will suffer before the killer is through, and Tess may be about to put herself on the list of victims.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Kate will do anything to be the teacher's pet An aspiring horror writer, Kate likes a little scare. When offered a spot at an exclusive weeklong writing conference, she jumps at the chance to go. After all, it's taught by William Drewe, the master of horror himself. But strangely, when Kate arrives, William Drewe is nowhere to be found. Filling in for him is his brother, Gideon, whose assignments give Kate the thrills she seeks. With a teacher like this, she'll get all the material she needs to become a bestselling author . . . if she survives. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Avoiding a group of bullies, Barney Pennimen and his friend Snowy discover a cave with an amazing secret Barney Penniman is afraid of his eighth grade friends at boarding school. Since they're the nastiest guys at school, Barney is safe from being teased, but the gang's bullying finally pushes Barney too far, and he finds himself alone.   Then Snowy Cobb, an elf-like, ostracized younger boy, makes a sudden appearance in Barney's life. And when Snowy finds a mysterious bone on campus, the boys try to determine its origins. Their investigation leads them to a deep, dark, sandy-bottomed cave, and what they discover beneath the sand will test their beliefs-and everything they hold dear. This  adventure story was the runner-up for an Edgar Award.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Rosemary Wells including rare images from the author's collection.

There's a stalker on the lose at the mall-and there's no safe place to hide Working at the mall is supposed to be fun. Trish's job at Muffin-Mania is hardly intellectually challenging and her boss is a piece of work, but it's worth it to have a job in the same building as her two best friends, the Hanson twins. And the hot guys who hang out there are an added bonus. But something isn't right about this mall.   It's the oldest mall in the state, remodeled over a dozen times without rhyme or reason, and there are many strange nooks and secret passages behind the bright gleaming storefronts. Someone has been stealing housewares, furniture, and food, and now a mysterious man with ash-gray hair and a whisper-soft voice has started harassing Trish on the phone. He knows her secrets, and he has dark plans for her.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

On the eve of her "sweet sixteen" birthday, a girl meets a ghost with a tragic past Megan Logan's sixteenth birthday party is in eleven days, and she still doesn't have a date. For months she's been secretly in love with her best friend, Justin, but she's afraid to tell him how she feels. By the time her party starts, though, boys will be the last thing on her mind.   While Megan tries on her party dress, three of her friends go for a ride to the lake. As the car makes a sharp turn, the steering malfunctions, and the girls fly headlong into a utility pole. Two escape with minor injuries, but one is rushed to the hospital in critical condition. As Megan worries about her friend, a spirit appears in her mirror: the ghost of a girl who died decades before, on her sixteenth birthday. As the ghost attempts to take over her life, Megan just hopes she can make it through her party alive.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

In the night class, attendance can be fatal. In a California high school, a signup sheet mysteriously appears on the bulletin board: NIGHT CLASS. No course description, no details, no clues. Four kids, each with their own individual problems and desires, write their names on the sheet. Andrew, the handsome, seemingly perfect jock, signs up first, hoping that the mysterious course will finally propel him into the life of fame he craves. Mariah's intense crush on Andrew inspires her to follow suit, for a chance that her romantic fantasy will come true. Autumn, beautiful and popular but deeply dissatisfied, adds her name to the class list in an effort to escape the claustrophobic clutches of the cool clique at school. Ned, brainy, awkward, and insecure, signs up with a desperate dream of becoming popular. These students will discover whether the night class is a place where dreams come true, or where nightmares are made real.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney, including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

The moment Nicolette lays eyes on the mysterious boy in art class, she knows there's something different about him At Nicolette Storm's high school of over two thousand students, everyone has to belong to a group or they are nothing. Nicolette's place is happily in the Madrigals choir, where she and her friends wear beautiful costumes and sing like angels. But at the beginning of the school year, Nicolette is unexpectedly ousted from the group in favor of a new girl, and feels totally lost. When she signs up for art appreciation as a replacement elective, she meets a dark, mysterious boy.   She can't understand why she is so intensely drawn to the silent, beautiful boy. On the afternoon of their first class together, she finds herself so mesmerized she is inexplicably compelled to follow him home. Or rather, home is where she thinks he is going, until he walks past the town's houses, past the roads, and into the forest. There is something so innately powerful about him; it's as if the trees and boulders of the forest rise up to greet him. He is so different, so beautiful, and so . . . inhuman. Will an extraordinary love help Nicolette find herself?   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney, including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

An enticing new perfume has a deadly bite. When fifteen-year-old Dove Daniel's friends discover the new perfume called Venom, they become infatuated. They have Obsession and Poison; now they simply must have Venom. When they discover it's available at Dry Ice, the coolest store in the local mall, they rush over after school. But to Dove, Venom seems inexplicably terrifying, as does the store that carries it. If she breathes in its potent scent, she is sure something terrible will happen. At first whiff, she senses something primitive and dark. Once she's inhaled the scent, she begins to feel something... different... and her heart beats in double time. What has Venom's bite awakened inside her? This ebook features an illustrated biography of Caroline B. Cooney including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Trapped in the hospital with a raging fever, a teenager fears for her life The Twelvetrees hospital is ancient and eerie, with no modern comforts. Stricken by a mysterious fever, Duffy has spent two nights trapped in her lonely hospital bed. When she wakes from her fog, her memories of the last two days are tattered. But what she does remember could prove more dangerous than the illness that brought her there.   No one will tell her anything about her sickness. The nurses are cold, and her doctor is a strange young man with an earring and big, goofy sneakers. Duffy doesn't trust any of them. Did she really hear that terrifying scraping sound last night, or was it just a fever-dream? As her memories return, Duffy worries that she may have witnessed a murder, and that the killer is coming to keep her quiet. It will take more than medicine for her to escape this hospital alive.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Diane Hoh including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

A job in a manor-house library gives Robin more than she bargained for All Robin wants is a part-time job. A friend has invited her on a Florida vacation that promises to be the trip of a lifetime, and Robin needs money for airfare. The ad on the school bulletin board is irresistible: "Get Rich Quick," it promises, and Robin can't say no.   Her new employer is the patriarch of the Swanson family, a wealthy bunch of weirdos who recently moved into Manorwood, a stately mansion that has been empty for as long as Robin can remember. Now its libraries are full of books that Robin must organize-books that belonged to a woman named Lilith who died in a gruesome suicide. Robin doesn't think she can trust the Swansons, including Parker Swanson, heir to the family fortune and most popular boy in school. And when Robin finds a clump of bloody hair in the backyard, she begins to fear that the Swansons' evil past is not past at all.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

Whom do you trust with your life? Kelsey's summer vacation will be perfect-a holiday on Beverly Island, where she'll get to know her mom's new boyfriend, Eric, and enjoy the perks of a sun-drenched beach and gorgeous lifeguards. But Kelsey's dream holiday quickly turns into a nightmare when Eric's daughter, Beth, goes missing. When Kelsey finds a mysterious note from Beth, she doesn't know whom to believe. Also terrifying is the number of suspicious drownings and the creepy fisherman . . . at least she has the lifeguards around to protect her, right? But what Kelsey doesn't know is that these lifeguards don't come to the rescue-they have other plans. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

A young girl is tormented by her new house's terrible past Martha wants to be happy for her father. She likes his new wife-even if she's a terrible cook-but she doesn't understand why they had to leave Chicago and move to this horrible house in the country. It's big, broken-down, and miles from anywhere, alone in the woods with nothing on the property but an overgrown cemetery. But at night it doesn't feel empty.   Conor-her new, weird stepbrother-chose Martha's new room for her. It's dark and drafty, and no matter how she tries to fix it up, she can't sleep easily there. At night, whispers come from the closet, filling Martha with a sense that something terrible happened here. She's right. Not long ago, the house was the site of a gruesome murder. When Conor and Martha's parents leave town on their honeymoon, the two teens will find out why the dead don't rest easy at the old Bedford house.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.

After her sister drowns, Ryan McCauley is haunted by the dead girl's past Two sisters walk through a snowy wood, collecting pinecones for Christmas decorations. Something has frightened Marisa, and she's about to explain it to Ryan, her younger sister, when she steps onto a patch of thin ice. Marisa plummets into the frigid water below, and though Ryan tries to save her, there's nothing she can do. Even though the accident wasn't her fault, Ryan is consumed by guilt. But guilt is not what she should be afraid of.   Three weeks after Marisa's death, Ryan sees her everywhere. At night she feels something following her, but when she turns around there's nothing there. A creepy college friend of Marisa's shows up at Ryan's house, and her mother asks him to stay through Christmas. To free herself of guilt, Ryan must unlock Marisa's terrible secret-before death takes her too.   This ebook features an illustrated biography of Richie Tankersley Cusick including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author's personal collection.