Blue Heron

Author	W.W. Jacobs
ISBN	1583419195

Classic horror tale. A family and their son Herbert are visited by an old soldier named Morris. He tells them from his time in India and shows them a mysterious talisman, the monkey's paw. According to him the owner of the paw has three wishes. Since he already had three he throw the object into the fire....

Author	Will Hobbs
ISBN	0061708798

When the motto of your village is "never say die," you have a lot to live up to. . . .

At home in Canada's Arctic, Nick Thrasher is an accomplished Inuit hunter at fifteen. About to bring home a caribou for his ailing grandfather, Nick loses the meat to a fearsome creature never before seen in the wild....

Author	Betsy Byars
ISBN	0140343563

Young love, told by the Newbery Medal-winning author of Summer of the Swans

Simon is in fifth grade, and every time he sees Cybil Ackerman, his heart pounds. Falling in love with her was easy, but winning her is not. Simon's best friend, Tony, is also swooning over Cybil, and he'll stop at nothing...

Author

Katherine Paterson

Jip: His Story, Katherine Paterson
Jip, His Story, is a 1996 children's book, written by American novelist Katherine Paterson. Set in Vermont, during the 1850s, it focuses on a 12-year-old orphan, named Jip, who was abandoned as an infant, and mistaken for a gypsy because of his skin color. Jip...

Author	Anton Chekhov
ISBN	0895986841

"Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open."
—Bernard Kerik

A wealthy banker holds a party at his commodious home, where a group of intellectuals argue as to which is the more humane punishment: a swift execution, or life imprisonment in a Russian jail. One kills swiftly, the...

Author	Shirley Jackson
ISBN	0241295424

The perfect read for Hallowe'en, this new hardback volume of Jackson's finest stories reveals the queen of American gothic at her unsettling, mesmerising best

There's something nasty in suburbia. In these deliciously dark tales, the daily commute turns into a nightmarish game of hide and...