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1) Abandon
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Language
English
Description
"On Christmas Day in 1893, every man, woman, and child in a remote mining town will disappear, belongings forsaken, meals left to freeze in vacant cabins, and not a single bone will be found -- not even the gold that was rumored to have been the pride of this town. One hundred and thirteen years later, two backcountry guides are hired by a leading history professor and his journalist daughter to lead them into the abandoned mining town so they can...
2) Creed
Author
Language
English
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Description
When their car breaks down, Dee, her boyfriend Luke, and his brother Mike walk through a winter storm to take refuge in a nearby deserted town called Purity Springs, but in the morning they see the town is populated with a deadly cult and find themselves at the mercy of the charismatic leader, Elijah Hawkins.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
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Description
When twelve-year-old Jacob and his eleven-year-old brother, Rich, enter an old ghost town, an eerie voice carried by the wind tells them to leave, but they ignore it and soon encounter terrifying, supernatural threats inside the town's old gold mine.
Author
Series
Caden chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fourteen-year-old Nick Caden vacations at Deadwood Canyon Ghost Town, he finds himself in the middle of a mystery involving ghosts of infamous dead outlaws, disappearing dead bodies, and murders.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Formats
Description
During a summer in an abandoned mining town, Katie's relationship with a rebellious stepbrother improves as they probe the past to find out why there seem to be ghosts, literally, beneath their feet.
8) Phantoms
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
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Description
A story of disaster and suspense that strikes deep fear throughout its journey to the chilling truth - perfect for fans of the Odd Thomas series and Clive Barker. 'Not just a master of our darkest dreams, but also a literary juggler'.
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Series
Language
English
Description
Photographing ghost towns across the American West, Kadie Andrews takes a wrong turn and ends up in Morgan Creek--a spot that isn't on the map. It's a quaint little place, but there's something off about its complacent residents. And when twilight falls, it takes on a truly sinister air. Unable to run, or to find any way out, Kadie finds herself a prisoner, hunted for her blood. Still more disturbing, her spirit and beauty have captured the attention...
10) Fallon
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Language
English
Description
"Macon Fallon had never needed more than a deck of cards, a fast horse, and a ready gun; he was counting on those things now as he led an unsuspecting group of settlers to an abandoned mining town. But while Fallon prepared to pass the ghost town off as a gold mine in the making, a funny thing happened: a real-life community started to take shape in the town he'd christened Red Horse. So when a band of vicious outlaws and a kid who fancied himself...
14) Runaway engine!
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
While traveling down an overgrown track, Thomas finds an abandoned town and Sir Topham Hatt asks him and the other engines to fix it up, but Thomas runs into trouble and only Stanley can help him out.
15) The bounty trail
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Language
English
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The five-time Spur Award-winning author delivers this action-packed Western in which the West's wiliest grifter meets his match in the sexy owner of a once-booming mining town in Nevada. Original.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
While traveling down an overgrown track, Thomas finds an abandoned town and Sir Topham Hatt asks him and the other engines to fix it up, but Thomas runs into trouble and only Stanley can help him out.
18) Ghost town
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Spencer Honesty and his imaginary friend, an Indian called Chief Leopard Frog, improbably achieve fame and riches in the abandoned town of Paisley, Kansas, when Spencer begins taking photographs with his deceased father's ancient camera and Chief Leopard Frog has his poems published by a shady businessman in the Cayman Islands.
Author
Series
Longarm volume 374
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"When Deputy U.S. Marshal Custis Long trails a gang of murdering outlaws into the desert, he finds the stinging sandstorms worse than any hail of lead. And after one storm blows over, Longarm finds himself in the middle of an abandoned town that was previously hidden under the sand. Soon he discovers the town isn't the only thing that was buried. A lovely lady with a treasure chest of her own has braved the elements to find some hidden loot. Funny...
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