The Horrors: Terrifying Tales [Paperback]

Peter Carver (Editor)

Book Description

Series: Terrifying Tales | Publication Date: May 31, 2005

Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2006

This chilling collection brings together fifteen spine tingling tales written by some of Canada's leading writers for teens-and also a number of talented emerging writers. Each of these stories illuminates a distinct path through fearful territory-for readers fourteen to forty and beyond who thrive on the stimulation of a chilling tale. Enjoy them if you can. Enjoy them if you must.

Contributors include Don Aker, Diana Aspin, Karleen Bradford, Brian Doyle, Kristyn Dunnion, Sylvo Frank, Barbara Haworth-Attard, Martine Leavitt, R.P. MacIntyre, Rob Morphy, Kathy Stinson, W.D. Valgardson, Bill Valgardson, Alice Walsh, and Anne Wessels.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up-A collection of 15 horror stories by Canadian young adult writers. In one tale, a yearbook editor makes psychic predictions about students' futures; when one girl is killed in an accident just as foretold, the students realize they could be next. Another selection involves an old man telling his son about the day he met Johnny Cash on his way to the Promised Land and how the encounter changed his life. In another, a girl can't understand why her family has locked her out of the house and why no one will talk to her. When she overhears her friends talking about a train crash, she realizes that she was the victim. All of the stories offer scary scenes of everyday life, but they are not filled with blood and gore. Readers who loved R. L. Stine's Goosebumps (Scholastic) and Fear Street (S & S) when younger may find that these stories fill the void when they reach high school years.-Diana Pierce, Running Brushy Middle School, Cedar Park, TX
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Review

"The Horrors runs the gamut from Stephen King–like gore . . . to gentle ghost tales."
–Quill & Quire

"Readers who loved R. L. Stine's Goosebumps and Fear Street when younger may find that these stories fill the void when they reach high school years."
--School Library Journal

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: Red Deer Press; 1 edition (May 31, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0889953139
• ISBN-13: 978-0889953130
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,840,666 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The worst book, February 3, 2006

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doll (Brooklyn, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Horrors: Terrifying Tales (Paperback)

I can honestly say this is the worst horror book I've ever read.When I saw the cover I thought it would be really terrifying tales inside.Yet the stories are all boring,dull and not one bit scary.I liked to say there was at least one story I liked yet there was'nt.This book was so bad in fact it took me awhile to finish it.I won't even pass it on to a friend it was that bad.