Author: Andrew Wolfe
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1669068455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
"The urban legend of the vanishing hitchhiker dates back some 400 years. During that time, the modes of transportation have changed but the behavior of the hitchhiker has remained the same. Soon after accepting a ride, they vanish in thin air. Is this mysterious traveler a tormented spirit searching for a connection? Or is an encounter with this haunted hitchhiker a sign of impending doom? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!"--
The Creepy Vanishing Hitchhiker
Author: Andrew Wolfe
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1669068455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
"The urban legend of the vanishing hitchhiker dates back some 400 years. During that time, the modes of transportation have changed but the behavior of the hitchhiker has remained the same. Soon after accepting a ride, they vanish in thin air. Is this mysterious traveler a tormented spirit searching for a connection? Or is an encounter with this haunted hitchhiker a sign of impending doom? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!"--
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1669068455
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
"The urban legend of the vanishing hitchhiker dates back some 400 years. During that time, the modes of transportation have changed but the behavior of the hitchhiker has remained the same. Soon after accepting a ride, they vanish in thin air. Is this mysterious traveler a tormented spirit searching for a connection? Or is an encounter with this haunted hitchhiker a sign of impending doom? Young readers will find out in this easy-to-read ghostly graphic novel that will send shivers down their spines!"--
New England Ghost Files
Author: Charles T. Robinson
Publisher: Covered Bridge Press
ISBN: 9781580660303
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Publisher: Covered Bridge Press
ISBN: 9781580660303
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Creepy Urban Legends
Author: Tim O'Shei
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429645725
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"Describes scary urban legends, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker and The Babysitter on the Phone"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429645725
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
"Describes scary urban legends, including The Vanishing Hitchhiker and The Babysitter on the Phone"--Provided by publisher.
The Phantom Hitchhiker
Author: Daniel Cohen
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590937122
Category : Apparitions
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Haunted houses, screaming skulls, phantom ships and demon dogs ... all here to enjoy!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780590937122
Category : Apparitions
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Haunted houses, screaming skulls, phantom ships and demon dogs ... all here to enjoy!
Vanishing Hitchhiker
Author: Virginia Loh-Hagan
Publisher: Cherry Lake
ISBN: 1534109625
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Vanishing Hitchhiker in the Urban Legends: Don't Read Alone! series explores the creepy story of the vanishing hitchhiker legend--from history to speculation to scientific explanation. This book is written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes wild facts (almost too strange to believe!) hold the readers' interest. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance vocabulary and comprehension.
Publisher: Cherry Lake
ISBN: 1534109625
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Vanishing Hitchhiker in the Urban Legends: Don't Read Alone! series explores the creepy story of the vanishing hitchhiker legend--from history to speculation to scientific explanation. This book is written with a high interest level to appeal to a more mature audience and a lower level of complexity with clear visuals to help struggling readers along. Considerate text includes wild facts (almost too strange to believe!) hold the readers' interest. A table of contents, glossary with simplified pronunciations, and index all enhance vocabulary and comprehension.
Be Afraid Be Very Afraid
Author: Harold Jan Brunvand
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393326130
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A collection of over ninety frightening urban legends, arranged by theme.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393326130
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
A collection of over ninety frightening urban legends, arranged by theme.
Scary Stories 3
Author: Alvin Schwartz
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060835249
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Get Ready to be Spooked! It was eleven o'clock at night. Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone. It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat. As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs. "Where did you come from?" Peter said. He had never seen the dog before. . . . Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060835249
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Get Ready to be Spooked! It was eleven o'clock at night. Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone. It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat. As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs. "Where did you come from?" Peter said. He had never seen the dog before. . . . Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.
Ghosts Unveiled! (Creepy and True #2)
Author: Kerrie Logan Hollihan
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647000319
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Discover all the mysteries, facts, and discoveries about ghosts that are creepy—and true—in the much-anticipated companion to Mummies Exposed! Do you believe in ghosts? Whether you’re a believer in things that go bump in the night or a firmly science-minded skeptic, there is compelling evidence to suggest that the veil between the living and the dead may be thinner than we think. Ghosts Unveiled! investigates spectral appearances, unsolved mysteries, and eerie hauntings around the world: the Vanishing Hitchhiker, the child-nabbing La Llorona, demon cats and dogs, haunted schools, and even wraiths in bathrooms! Examining eyewitness accounts from both contemporary interviews and historical records as well as physical signs of paranormal activity, this meticulously researched, well-balanced, and spine-tingling book will leave you wondering what is truly beyond the veil. The Creepy and True series explores strange phenomena, fun facts, and out of the ordinary discoveries. Read them all to uncover the creepy and true histories of mummies, ghosts, skeletons, and more!
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1647000319
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Discover all the mysteries, facts, and discoveries about ghosts that are creepy—and true—in the much-anticipated companion to Mummies Exposed! Do you believe in ghosts? Whether you’re a believer in things that go bump in the night or a firmly science-minded skeptic, there is compelling evidence to suggest that the veil between the living and the dead may be thinner than we think. Ghosts Unveiled! investigates spectral appearances, unsolved mysteries, and eerie hauntings around the world: the Vanishing Hitchhiker, the child-nabbing La Llorona, demon cats and dogs, haunted schools, and even wraiths in bathrooms! Examining eyewitness accounts from both contemporary interviews and historical records as well as physical signs of paranormal activity, this meticulously researched, well-balanced, and spine-tingling book will leave you wondering what is truly beyond the veil. The Creepy and True series explores strange phenomena, fun facts, and out of the ordinary discoveries. Read them all to uncover the creepy and true histories of mummies, ghosts, skeletons, and more!
On the Day I Died
Author: Candace Fleming
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375898638
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
"Positively tailor-made for reading—or reading aloud—by flashlight," declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author Candace Fleming gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines. Set in White Cemetery, an actual graveyard outside Chicago, each story takes place during a different time period from the 1860s to the present, and ends with the narrator's death. Some teens die heroically, others ironically, but all due to supernatural causes. Readers will meet walking corpses and witness demonic posession, all against the backdrop of Chicago's rich history—the Great Depression, the World's Fair, Al Capone and his fellow gangsters.
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375898638
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
"Positively tailor-made for reading—or reading aloud—by flashlight," declares Kirkus Reviews in a starred review. The phenomenally versatile, award-winning author Candace Fleming gives teen and older tween readers ten ghost stories sure to send chills up their spines. Set in White Cemetery, an actual graveyard outside Chicago, each story takes place during a different time period from the 1860s to the present, and ends with the narrator's death. Some teens die heroically, others ironically, but all due to supernatural causes. Readers will meet walking corpses and witness demonic posession, all against the backdrop of Chicago's rich history—the Great Depression, the World's Fair, Al Capone and his fellow gangsters.
Creepy Creatures and Other Cucuys
Author: Xavier Garza
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781558856479
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Presents the author's retellings of fifteen traditional tales heard during his childhood in southern Texas.
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781558856479
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Presents the author's retellings of fifteen traditional tales heard during his childhood in southern Texas.