Creepy Schools

What began in Highland Park has now spread nationwide: students are disappearing after boarding school buses. This terrifying sequel takes Kaitlin and Jamie on a journey deeper into the unknown than ever before—one filled with fear, impossible choices, and the shocking truth behind the buses. But this time, the danger is bigger, the horrors more overwhelming, and survival is far from guaranteed. All of your favorite characters are back … but not everyone will make it out alive.

Chloe missed her bus home thanks to the terrible Miss Langley. Thankfully, she's able to catch the back-up bus. Unfortunately for Chloe … there is no back-up bus. As more and more students go missing without explanation and the authorities are stumped, Kaitlin and her friends become entangled in this deeply unsettling mystery that goes far deeper than any of them expected.

The bell has rung. Everyone has left the school building except you. Creeeak!Suddenly, all the locker doors in an empty hallway swing wide open! As your heart pounds, you squeeze your eyes shut. When you slowly open them, you notice that all the lockers are now closed! Had it all been your imagination? Get ready to read four spine-tingling tales about creepy schools.

A deeply dark academia novel from USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw, perfect for fans of A Deadly Education and An Education in Malice who are hungry for something more diabolical. This program is read by Audie and Earphones Award–winning narrator Natalie Naudus. The Hellebore...

This electrifying, chilling sequel to the New York Times bestselling thriller None Shall Sleep focuses on junior FBI consultants Travis Bell and Emma Lewis with a new case that may unravel everything they’ve been working for. After a harrowingly close contact with juvenile sociopath...

In this chilling mystery from a New York Times bestselling author, a storm strands a group of teens in a creepy motel—leaving them trapped with a killer. Nell has always wanted to be an actor, but doubts her ability. As a member of her school’s theater program, she prefers working...

In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend's disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger, perfect for fans of Ace of Spades. Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone...

Something is wrong in the neighborhood. Julia thought the start of senior year would be like any other, until a mysterious new guy named Miles showed up at school. He’s quiet, cool, and impossible to ignore. The more time she spends around him, the stronger her crush grows, but so does the sense that something about him isn’t right. At the same time, strange changes ripple through her suburb. Students whisper about violent fights. Neighbors are seen wandering the streets late at night. People vanish without explanation, and the authorities seem unwilling—or unable—to help. As the ...

The Curse of Hollows Way The Curse Way Series: Book Four A door once closed has been forced open… and now, the Hollows want something back. After the explosive events at Revival Way, Maddie and her friends are fractured—some trapped inside the mysterious realm known as the Hollows, others left behind to pick up the pieces. But the curse isn't done with them yet. Deep beneath the school lies a forgotten path of tunnels, secrets, and sacrifice. Visions blur the lines between past and present, and the ancient magic guarding the Vision Wall is weakening. The only way to end the curse is to ...

THE BOOGEYMAN By International Bestselling Author Patti Petrone Miller The monster in your closet is real… and he’s been waiting for you. When twelve-year-old Murray Thompson starts having nightmares again, he’s sure the Boogeyman from his childhood is back. Red eyes glow in the dark. Claws scrape under his bed. Shadows whisper his name. His psychiatrist says it’s all in his head—but Murray knows better. The line between dream and reality begins to blur as the Boogeyman returns with a vengeance, haunting Murray’s every step. Is it madness… or is the monster real? Perfect for ...

Pick up once. It never lets go. The phone shouldn’t have been there. It wasn’t there yesterday. But today, it sits in the alley behind Edison Middle School—an old payphone with no cord, no dial tone, and no business ringing. But it does ring. And when Leo Delgado answers, he hears a voice that knows things no one should. His secrets. His fears. His future. Now Leo’s caught in something stranger than a ghost story—trapped in a loop of vanishing classmates, cryptic predictions, and a voice that sounds more like him every day. The Booth isn’t just watching anymore. It’s waiting. ...

Augie is dying to know Izzie Crilly’s secret, and death may be the price he pays for figuring it out. When a student is killed in a freak accident outside the comic book shop, Augie writes it off as tragedy—until he spots Izzie, Hollowbrook High’s newest outcast, watching the scene with eerie calm. The dead boy was her boyfriend. But instead of grieving, she strolls away and orders a sandwich. Strange? Definitely. But things get weirder. Izzie starts dating Mateo. Augie’s baffled. Mateo’s popular, good-looking—everything Izzie isn’t. With her bulging eyes, obsession with the ...

SAY HER NAME ONCE. SHE'LL NEVER STOP LISTENING. Rafa Alvarez never should have looked into the mirror. It was just a school bathroom. Just another cracked reflection. But now the girl in the mirror is watching him—and she’s not alone. The whispers started small: names he shouldn’t know, secrets he never told anyone. Then came the sightings. The disappearances. The shadows moving behind the glass. The mirror sees what you hide. And it remembers. Rafa and Sam are the only ones who can stop her. But they’ll have to face what’s waiting on the other side. And what it’s already taken ...

Cordelia Liu’s first year at Shadow School was a success. She studied hard and made friends. She also sent hundreds of ghosts into the afterlife, because Shadow School isn’t a normal school, and Cordelia Liu isn’t a normal girl. But her second year is already different. Ghosts are refusing to move on, the teachers are acting weird, and Cordelia’s best friends, Benji and Agnes, aren’t as interested in rescuing the ghosts as they used to be.

Life is strange. But it’s never as strange as what Augie Doyle believes. When teens start vanishing from Hollowbrook High, Augie Doyle—resident horror nerd and amateur investigator—knows something isn’t right. Hollowbrook residence believes human trafficking has come to their small town, but Augie suspects something far more sinister. A new copper mine has brought an influx of jobs, families, and students. Augie isn’t sure if the newcomers can be trusted. His top suspects? His new neighbors, who burn things in their backyard long after everyone else has gone to bed. A creative way...

Great magicians are masters of illusion. The truly dangerous ones don’t bother with tricks. On Augie Doyle’s seventeenth birthday, a strange carnival rolls into Hollowbrook. It’s all gears and steam, brass and bone—a dazzling steampunk spectacle of rides, wonders, and performers. But beneath the laughter and cotton candy, Augie senses something dark. Something wrong. Then the magician takes the stage. He doesn’t just perform tricks—he defies reality. In his most chilling act, he assembles a man piece by piece, as if stitching together a living puzzle. The crowd cheers. Augie’s...

Not all witches ride brooms, wear pointy hats, and have warty noses. A fortune teller predicts Augie Doyle will soon meet a green-eyed beauty with a crescent-moon tattoo. Best yet, she’s his soul mate. That would be exciting news if he didn’t already have a girlfriend. Breaking up is out of the question. She lives with him and his dad. They’re practically a family. But then the new girl arrives. Just like the psychic predicted: gorgeous, smart, confident … and somehow into Augie. It feels too good to be true. And it is. As soon as she enters his life, things start going wrong. One ...

The Curse of Ashwood Way Sequel to The Curse of Rottingwood Way Ashwood Middle was supposed to be quiet—a new school, a new start. But when the annual bonfire ends in smoke and silence, strange things begin to stir. Whispers echo in empty hallways. Shadows move where they shouldn't. And in the library, an old journal appears with one name scrawled across its pages: Rosie. Emma Carter can't explain why the whispers seem to follow her. She only knows they’ve grown louder since the fire. With help from her classmates—Maddie, Hailee, Leo, and Ronny—and the school’s reluctant new ...

Some lockers open. This one follows. Milo Carter never wanted attention. He liked his quiet life of pudding cups, occasional sarcasm, and staying out of trouble. But everything changes the day a dented red locker appears in his middle school hallway—with his name already engraved on it. Now Milo’s stuck in a school that’s turning into something else—something automated, haunted, and hungry. As strange voices whisper from the vents and mirror versions of students begin replacing the real ones, Milo must team up with Gwen, a classmate with a conspiracy folder and ninja-level sarcasm, ...

It’s her final year at Shadow School, and Cordelia Liu isn’t ready to move on. Which is funny, considering helping ghosts “move on” is sort of her thing. But Cordelia can’t bear to give up the rare ability to see and help ghosts. A field trip brings Cordelia, Benji, and Agnes face-to-face with a dangerous phantom - a ghost capable of reanimating dead animals - and a team of professional ghost hunters that disappears right after they capture the phantom. Cordelia can’t help herself - she needs to know more about the ghost hunters and the phantom.