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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Jon Klassen's signature wry humor takes a turn for the ghostly in this thrilling retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale. In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both?...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-six eerie short tales, most of which were originally published on the blog of the same name, relate to an imaginary museum of creepy artifacts and are arranged into such thematic "drawers" as love, luck, song, and fairy tales.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 530L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this graphic novel adaptation, Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story is transformed into a heart-pounding, visual experience portraying one man's journey into the dizzying depths of madness.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
The King and evil Queen are looking for a proper Princess to marry their Prince. When a Princess is found, will they all live happily ever after? Or will they live at all?"--provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
490L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Off to Bremen Town go Donkey, Cat, Dog, and Rooster. But music is not on their minds. They're tired of their cruel masters and set out in search of a better life. Is fate kind to the gang?"--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this retelling of a well-known fairy tale, Snow White falls under the spell of the evil Queen when she bites into a golden apple. The seven trolls trick the princes who come to break the spell, except for one troll who decides his future lies with Snow White, not his fellow trolls and their newly stolen riches.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rapunzel with the long dark hair, was the most beautiful girl in the land. When a Prince wanders by, the two soon fall in love. Can they outwit the witch or must they suffer from her curse?"--
11) The jumbies
Author
Series
The jumbies (Tracey Baptiste) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
Corinne La Mer claims she isn't afraid of anything. Not scorpions, not the boys who tease her, and certainly not jumbies. They're just tricksters made up by parents to frighten their children. Then one night Corinne chases an agouti all the way into the forbidden forest, and shining yellow eyes follow her to the edge of the trees. They couldn't belong to a jumbie. Or could they? When Corinne spots a beautiful stranger at the market the very next...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
450L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Unlike the classic Grimm's tale told to children for centuries, our heroine never makes it past the Wolf in Grandma's clothing. In this grim retold tale, Little Dead Riding Hood joins forces with the Wolf to trap unsuspecting boys and girls deep in the forest."--
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
480L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Goldilocks may have escaped the wrath of the 3 bears, but her luck runs out when this busy-body stumbles into a haunted house. Young readers will enjoy this grim retelling of the well-known tale."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the Russian folktale classic "Vassilissa the Beautiful," a modern fairy tale finds a girl from a working-class section of a magical Brooklyn tapping the powers of her dead mother's protective doll to defend against the evil of a murderous owner of a local convenience store.
18) Ravenous things
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Reggie is still grieving the passing of his father when a strange man promises to reunite the two, if Reggie only follows him deep into an underground subway system where horrors worse than Reggie ever imagined lurk around every corner." --
19) The raven
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells Edgar Allan Poe's classic horror poem The Raven in graphic novel form.
20) Dinner of doom
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the Brothers Grimm's story of 'The White Snake,' a servant marries the King's daughter to live happily ever after. Will that be the case in this cursed retelling of a doomed dinner?"--Back cover.
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