The Scary States of America- Michael Teitelbaum

This is a great book about scary stories. Most of these stories are based on true events. Like the one about a bleeding house. And also the one about the long distance call or the one about the ghosts haunting the store. This is a long story but there is not much I can tell you about it because this book is something you need to read on your own. If you have bad nightmares and hate horror books/movies don’t read this. I thing boys and girls would like it and that if you start reading the first ones don’t finish the book because the stories keep getting worse and worse. This book is one of the first horror book I have read and I hope it will be you first too. If you can’t get it in Mrs. Phillips’ library you should try getting from a different library. As I said before don’t read this if you have bad nightmares.

Saliha H.

Mandy-Julie Andrews Edwards

This story is about a young girl in an orphanage that finds a place of her own. Mandy wonders what is beyond the wall right outside the orphanage. One day she climbs over it, and discovers a cottage. She asks her friends for brooms, flowers, and more. Soon, she gets in trouble because of it. She takes her friend’s hedge cutters when he said not to. Everyone was gone at a feildtrip and the only reason she isn’t is because she pretended to be sick. She breaks the cutters, and gets in huge trouble. Nobody knows about the cottage, so when she is told she has to stay inside for a week, she can’t explain why she absolutely can not do that. After that, one of her friends fallows Mandy after school, and discovers the cotage. Mandy makes her swear she won’t tell anyone. One day, she meets a secret admirer which keeps leaving her gifts in the cottage. She sneaks out of bed, to write him a note saying that she’s stuck in bed. She ends up getting stuck in the cottage during a huge storm. Will her friend tell the truth to save Mandy or keep her promise? Who is this secret admirer? Obviosely, you won’t know until you read the book. This book would attract girls more because it doesn’t have a ton of action.

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