Favourite horror books for older children
Looking for things that go bump in the night and give you a shiver down the spine? You've come to the right place...
These books are perfectly scary for older children but not quite as scary as our teen booklist.
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Birth of a Killer
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Birth of a Killer
Birth of a Killer is the first book in a new series that form a prequel to the best-selling sequence The Saga of Darren Shan.
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The Prince of Mist
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The Prince of Mist
This is a chilling and haunting story of magic and mystery
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The Front Room
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The Front Room
Hannah and her brother Benjy are on holiday. But instead of relaxing, Hannah is terrified: convinced there's something dreadful in…
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Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls
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Shadowhall Academy: The Whispering Walls
Set in a 1980s boarding school, a clever plot takes the atmosphere in this tense ghost story from intriguing to quite creepy then …
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Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase
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Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase
Best known for his sarcastic djinni creation Bartimaeus, Stroud returns with an equally engaging new series, this time following a…
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The Feathered Man
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The Feathered Man
Long ago in a German town, Klaus, the tooth-puller’s boy, sees his master steal a diamond from the teeth of a dead man in th…
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Tales From Weird Street
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Tales From Weird Street
Interspersed with black-and-white illustrations to complement the super readable text, this masterclass in storytelling from a dis…
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Birth of a Killer
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Birth of a Killer
Birth of a Killer is the first book in a new series that form a prequel to the best-selling sequence The Saga of Darren Shan.
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S.C.R.E.A.M.: The Mummy’s Revenge
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S.C.R.E.A.M.: The Mummy’s Revenge
This terrifically exciting book has it all – mystery, creepy paranormal baddies and lashings of sharp humour. You’ll b…
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Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth
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Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth
The nine tales are contained within an other tale, each as delightfully horrible as the next, and perfect for dark winter nights, …
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The Witches
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The Witches
Real witches disguise themselves as lovely ladies, when secretly they want to squish and squelch all the wretched children they de…
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The Devil Walks
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The Devil Walks
A chilling, compulsive horror story pleasantly free from vampires and werewolves
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The Stuff of Nightmares
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The Stuff of Nightmares
Kyle is the only one conscious after an horrific train crash, but how long can he survive when death is stalking the car…
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Trollhunters
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Trollhunters
This black comedy has a highly visual, cinematic feel. It is wildly imaginative and rich in description, comedy gore and elaborate…
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Christmas Dinner of Souls
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Christmas Dinner of Souls
Although it has an overarching narrative, Christmas Dinner of Souls is also a collection of hair-raising and spine-tingl…
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Dancing Jax
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Dancing Jax
Sinister occultist Austerly Fellowes died in 1936. Didn't he? A truly disturbing supernatural thriller which may well keep readers…
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Flesh and Blood
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Flesh and Blood
Bill thinks his wish for a brother has come true when his family takes in a boy injured during a World War Two air raid - but is h…
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Death or Ice Cream?
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Death or Ice Cream?
Larkin Mills is no ordinary town. It's a place of contradictions and enigma, of secrets and mysteries. A place with an exquisite i…
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The Toymaker
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The Toymaker
Mathias’ life is in danger. He is being pursued by the evil Dr Leiter and his cruel dwarf, for a small, blank piece of paper…
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