"Dr. Brewer is doing a little plant-testing in his basement. Nothing to worry about. Harmless, really. But Margaret and Casey Brewer are worried about their father. Especially when they meet some of the plants he is growing down there. Then they notice that their father is developing plantlike tendencies. In fact, he is becoming distinctly weedy--and seedy. Is this just part of their father's 'harmless' experiment? Or has the basement turned into...

Greg is excited when he finds a mysterious old camera, but excitement turns to fear when the pictures he takes foretell terrifying events.

On his birthday, Max finds a magic mirror in his attic that makes him invisible. So Max and his friends start playing "now you see me, now you don't." Until Max realizes that he's losing control. Staying invisible a little too long. Having a harder and harder time coming back. Getting invisible is turning into a very dangerous game. The next time Max gets invisible will it be ... forever?

Lucy has told so many monster tales that when she discovers a real live monster, the librarian in charge of the summer reading program, no one believes a word she says.

After a new boy moves in next door, Hannah wonders if she's being haunted by a ghost next door.

"In HorrorLand there are no crowds and no lines. And the admission is free. It seems like a pretty cool place. But that was before Lizzy's heart-stopping ride on the deadly Doom Slide .. and her terrifying experience in the House of Mirrors. Because there's something weird about the rides in HorrorLand -- something a little too real ..." P. [4] of cover.

Jodie loves visiting her grandparents' farm. Her grandma's chocolate chip pancakes are the best and her grandpa tells the scariest stories. But this summer the farm has really changed. The cornfields are sparse. Grandma and Grandpa seem worn out. And the single scarecrow has been replaced by twelve evil-looking ones. Then one night Jodie sees something really odd. The scarecrows seem to be moving. Twitching on their stakes. Coming alive . . .

Zeke has been given the lead role in the school play, The Phantom. Zeke is totally into it. He loves wearing the costume and scarrying the other cast members. Then really scary things start to happen. Is someone trying to ruin the player is there really a phantom living under the stage?

Michael Webster is always getting into trouble because of his bratty sister. But his troubles are about to get much worse. His father has just brought home an antique cuckoo clock -- that carries with it a dangerous spell!

It's a dog-gone nightmare! Scared of his own shadow. That's what everyone says about Cooper Holmes. But when the Holmses move into a new house deep in the woods, scary things really do start happening. Problem is, no one believes a scaredy-cat like Cooper. But then no one else heard the bone-chilling barking late at night. Or ran into two evil-looking dogs who disappeared into thin air....

Disgusted by his father's collection of tacky lawn decorations, which include pink flamingos and plastic skunks, Joe Burton is further upset when a pair of ugly lawn gnomes are added and a number of strange incidents occur.

On an egg hunt, Dana finds an abnormal egg that is the size of a softball. It's covered with blue and purple veins and it's starting to hatch.

Gretchen and her stepbrother Clark's creepy trip to their grandparents' place--which lies in the middle of a swamp--gets even scarier when growling noises start coming from the room that is always locked.