Haunted

Matt Haig Derek Landy Philip Reeve Joseph Delaney Susan Cooper Mal Peet Berlie Doherty Robin Jarvis Eleanor Updale Jamila Gavin and Sam Llewellyn have come together to bring you eleven spine-tingling stories. Watch your step as you take a ghost walk around the ancient city of York and a long-ago woodland which is reawakening. Be warned of the drowned boy who will stop at nothing to find someone to play with for all time. Look into the mirror where a lost child lurks ready to pull you in and try not to cry out at the monstrous creatures prowling for their next victim. Some stories will make you scream some will make you shiver - but all will haunt you long after you've put the book down . . . Review Short stories are the perfect vehicle for a chilling slice of horror. An excellent balance of traditional and modern and a perfect pocket-money purchase for winter evenings. ―Daily MailBrilliantly spooky ghost stories from the chilling pens of some top children's writers. These will leave readers just a little bit more wary of the world than when they began the collection. -- Julia Eccleshare ―LoveReading4Kids Book of the MonthPlenty to haunt the mind. ―CarouselReaders who enjoy short stories are few and far between but this just might be a book to change a few minds. The stories are without exception wonderful told and definitely - haunting! ―Armadillo MagazineAnyone who has guests round for Halloween and is searching for a good tale to read aloud needs to look no further than Haunted. ―CORK EVENING ECHO About the Author Susan Cooper is a world-renowned author of children's books. Born and brought up in England she worked as a journalist before moving to America where she now lives. Her classic The Dark Is Rising sequence has won the Newbery Medal and was twice shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Her Boggart titles have won the Scottish Arts Council Children's Book Award and been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and the Smarties Prize. King of Shadows was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. As well as writing novels Susan Cooper has written for the theatre and for television. Her website is at www.thelostland.com and her Facebook is at www.facebook.com/SusanCooperFanPage.Joseph Delaney used to be an English teacher before becoming the best-selling author of the Spook's series which has been published in 24 countries and has sold over a million copies. The first book The Spook's Apprentice is now a major motion picture starring Jeff Bridges and Julianne Moore.Berlie Doherty began writing for children in 1983 after teaching and working in radio. She has written more than 35 books for children as well as for the theatre radio and television. Berlie has won the Carnegie Medal twice in 1987 for GRANNY WAS A BUFFER GIRL and in 1992 for DEAR NOBODY. She has also won the Writer's Guild Children's Fiction Award for DAUGHTER OF THE SEA. Her work is published all over the world and many of her books have been televised.Jamila’s first book The Magic Orange Tree was published in 1979 and she has since been writing steadily producing critically acclaimed novels and collections of short stories. She has been shortlisted for many of the major children’s book awards including the Smarties Award and the Guardian Award. Coram Boy won the Children’s Whitbread Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal before being adapted for the stage. The Wheel of Surya part one of the Surya trilogy was runner up for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the other two titles were also shortlisted.Matt Haig is a British author for children and adults. His memoir Reasons to Stay Alive was a number one bestseller staying in the British top ten for 46 weeks. His children's novels have won the Smarties Gold Medal the Blue Peter Book of the Year been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie M