Bone Chilling Books to Cool You Off

by Lexi, Day-Riverside Branch

It’s hot out. We can’t deny that. Our city hit 100 degrees this week! 
With ash falling from the sky, are you looking for a way to help you cool down? Read some of these bone-chilling tales and give yourself goosebumps! (Warning, we chose books that are particularly scary, so be aware that these might contain some mature content).

White Smoke,
Tiffany D. Jackson

Interested in a haunted house? This book literally takes place in a haunted house, that sits on of a potentially haunted street that crosses a probably haunted Town. 

Where do you run, when the ghosts and phantoms live with you? Who do you turn to when your sibling keeps talking about invisible friends who want you gone? Follow Marigold’s story to find out!

Ace of Spades,
​Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé  

This book has been considered the next, bloodier, more adult step after “Harry Potter”. The book also takes place at a boarding High School full of secrets and hidden danger. Once again, someone is out to get our main characters and they have to find out why, before it is too late!

Mexican Gothic,
​Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Be warned, adult content! 

It all starts with a letter, begging from help, (don’t some of the best stories start that way?). Noemí, a glamorous debutante with lipstick skills to covet, heads to the distant house in the countryside to rescue her cousin. 

Work with Noemí as she tries to understand what is happening around her, from your new cousin-in-law, from his menacing patriarchal father and even from the beautiful house itself.

A Banquet For Hungry Ghosts,
​Ying Change Compestine

Yes, ghosts get hungry. And yes, they deserve some good snacks! This book blends amazing food, Chinese culture, and ghost stories ranging from 200 BC to the contemporary world. 

According to Chinese legends, people who die hungry return as vengeful ghosts. Let’s say these ghosts died…. famished.

Amity,
​Micol Ostow

If you’re into True Crime there is a good chance that you’ve heard of the Amityville House. Even if you’re not into True Crime, you’ve probably heard of the Amityville house, (with its creepy pig hoofprints). Amity is a generational book, following two teens, ten years apart, who begin to be haunted by the house. And, again, the house itself seems like it might be the problem.

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