HIT: Alternatives to Stephen King

[Hilary Grant <GrantH@HURONVALLEY.K12.MI.US>]

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Here is a list of suggestions for alternatives to King in a middle
school:

Cirque du Freak series by Darren Shan
Lois Duncan
Garth Nix - Shade's Children (dark and creepy)
V.C. Andrews
Victoria Hold historic myseries
John Saul - Creature
Dean Koontz - Watchers and Phantoms
Mary Downing Hahn - Wait till Helen Comes
Nancy Werlin - The Killer's Cousin
Robert Cormier - We All Fall Down
Brock Cole - The Goats (not a ghost story but a joke goes awry)
Annette Klauss - The Silver Kiss and Blood & Chocolate
Coraline by Gaiman
Clockwork by Pullman
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories III
Caroline Cooney
Vivian Van Velde
Joan Lowrey Nixon
Doom Stone, Raptor, Rats Loch by Paul Zindel
Betty Ren Wright



Hilary L. Grant
Media Specialist
Highland Middle School
305 N. John Street
Highland, MI  48357
granth@huronvalley.k12.mi.us
248-684-8007

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