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Creepy boarding schools where students are locked in their rooms. A chain letter that leads to death. Young girls with supernatural powers. A prank on a teacher that goes horribly wrong. When I was a kid I wanted to get my hands on all of the horror books I could find. In middle school I devoured everything by Lois Duncan and Christopher Pike and as a high schooler I sought out titles by Stephen King, Dean Koontz and John Saul. There’s just something about sitting in a darkened room all alone, wondering what a supernatural baddie or evil teen will do next to make your skin crawl. Which is why I thought I’d get back in the swing of things with an episode about spooky titles aimed at readers ages 8-12 (and those of us who adore middle grade fiction, despite being just a tad older).
