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Basil Hallward's latest portrait is the best he's ever painted. But when the portrait's subject, Dorian Gray, realises that he will never look as young and handsome again, he makes a terrible wish. From then on, Dorian becomes as ugly on the inside as he is beautiful on the outside. He lives his life never feeling bad about anything. Until one day his wrongdoings catch up with him.

Adapted and illustrated edition of The Phantom of the Opera at easy-to-read level for a new generation of readers aged 7+. Mr Poligny is retiring as manager of the Paris Opera House. Before he leaves, he tells his replacements how to please the phantom who has haunted the opera house for years. Despite the mysterious death of a stagehand, the new managers insist the phantom is just a ghost story and the ballerinas are scared of nothing. Meanwhile, a singer is visited by the Angel of Music; a being who is neither angel nor ghost ...About the Creepy Classics Children's Collection:An opera house haunted by a musical spirit and a castle whose owner sleeps in a coffin are just two of the places these ten spooky stories transport readers to. Based on the world's most famous gothic literature, they have been simplified and sanitised for a younger audience, with all the excitement and thrills of the originals.

Gabriel Utterson has known Dr Jekyll for many years. Suddenly, the doctor begins acting strangely. First, he makes preparations in case he dies or disappears, then he gets involved with a strange man called Mr Hyde. All Gabriel knows is that Mr Hyde is a bad man, and for some reason his good friend is protecting him. But why? That's the strangest part of all ...

Castle Dracula is shrouded with mystery. The building is maze-like, the owner only appears in the dead of night and during the day sleeps deep underground in the cold! Jonathan is desperate to return to England, but first he must escape from the castle - and pray that Count Dracula doesn't follow.

THE TAKING OF JAKE LIVINGSTON meets ACE OF SPADES in this gripping new psychological thriller from Liselle Sambury, author of DELICIOUS MONSTERS! When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny's private school, with her own brother as the main suspect, Sunny takes it upon herself to discover the real killer—and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process.

The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print!'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy KidNow an award-winning Netflix show!

Have you ever read a book that can save your life before? Of course you haven't! That makes this the most brilliant book in the world. Learn what happens to these wicked children so it doesn't happen to you.Don't stand there in the bookshop reading this. Make sure you BUY it! And buy a copy for all of your friends. Save their lives too.Caution. The stories are so sad you may find the tears trickling down your legs. No one ever died of that. (At least I haven't heard of it.) But have a packet of tissues handy to mop up the tears and read on. Learn and live. (Maybe). Good luck.

Brave the terrifying world of PIGGY in this official illustrated novel based on the hit ROBLOX game!Diego was separated from his family in the early days of the Infection. Since then, he has moved from town to town and place to place -- getting by as best as he can.Recently, he has met and joined up with a motley crew of other survivors. After an encounter with a pack of the Infected, members of the group begin to disappear in mysterious and macabre ways.It's becomes clear that not everyone in the group is telling the whole truth.Can Diego and his new friends discover the traitor amongst them before it's too late?

WE WERE LIARS meets THE RAVEN BOYS in this steamy,mind-bending tale of revenge, sinister privilege and forbiddendesires set at an elite boarding school.

The Cassia Thorne Mysteries follows a young Anglo-Indian girl as she uncovers supernatural secrets around her, fighting for justice in a series that combines Dickensian classic tales with a Gaimenesque dark twist.

The monsters have come out to play. Join Eve, Griffin, Hal and Ren in the second Young Gothic book. Perfect for fans of Wednesday and Stranger Things, this is a gothic horror with a deadly mystery that will keep you guessing until the last page.

Five Nights at Freddy's fans won't want to miss this pulse-poundingcollection of three novella-length tales that will keep even thebravest FNAF player up at night...

Enjoy Every Cherry's new adaptation of Easier Classics' A Christmas Carol featuring a range of accessibility features to bring this story to as many people as possible.

Fourteen year old EVANGELINE knows she isn't good. She knows she might even be a bully to her quiet, studious classmate OLIVIA. But when her Dad returns home with a sinister looking Watching Elf, desperately hoping it will push her to behave, 'just in time for Christmas' , she's positive he's lost the plot. Just how old does he think she is?!But then footsteps scuttle past flickering fairy lights, when she's sneaking to places she shouldn't. A malevolent figure is reflected in her phone screen, when she's about to share malicious photographs. And, when a bullying teacher is brutally attacked during her detention, Evangeline starts to wonder: is this Watching Elf more than just a doll?And not to be forgotten, is Olivia. Always perfect Olivia. There's just something not right about her; she's got a part to play in this but Evangeline can't quite figure out what. All she knows is Olivia may not be as innocent or as perfect as she seems...The first in a brand new horror series, Blood Texts. Book 2 publishing 2nd September 2025. Cover illustration by Keith Robinson.

Welcome to Black Gables, the world's creepiest school with the creepiest Head Master who seems to be communicating with the lake ghouls. Even the pets are eerie.

Brewster climbs chimneys risking his life as a sweep, but he has got a SECRET: he is a WIZARD with numbers and his numbers predict a TERRIFYING STORM OF STARS. Upon each star he'll cast a wish to be the last climbing boy ever. A powerful woman promises to make his wish come true, but challenges him to do the impossible in return: A WISH FOR A WISH.

It's been six hundred years since humanity was chased from the land to the ocean by Nightweavers, mystical beings cursed with untamed power over the elements. Humans, like seventeen-year-old pirate Aster and her family, were left to sail the seas, scavenging and looting what they could, eking out a meagre life.But after an epic battle where her eldest brother is killed by a new kind of monster, Aster soon learns that this world holds beings more terrible than Nightweavers. And when she and her family are captured at last, taken into the employ of a handsome Nightweaver lord named William Castor, she understands that his kind might just hold the key to avenging her brother's death.Alongside the brooding Will, a reckless mask-wearing pirate named Captain Shade, and a myriad of morally grey characters, Aster embarks on a thrilling quest to undo the wrongs against her family and her kind. But as blood is spilled and magical alliances are broken, dark secrets and illicit romance threaten to unravel everything Aster's ever known, loved and fought for...NIGHTWEAVER is an exhilarating YA mixture of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and modern fantasy romances like Sarah J. Maas's THRONE OF GLASS, Leigh Bardugo's SHADOW AND BONE, and Lauren Knowles' POWERLESS.

Ever since a hurricane devastated the small town of Mercy, Louisiana, a red algae bloom has taken over. Mutated wildlife lurks in the water that rises by the day, but Mercy has always been a place where monsters walk in plain sight. Especially at its heart: the Cove, where Noon's life was upended long before the storm at a party her older boyfriend insisted on. Now, Noon is stuck navigating the submerged town with her mom, who believes their family have been reincarnated as sea creatures. Alone with the pain of what happened that night at the cove, Noon buries the truth: she is not the right shape. When Mercy's predatory leader demands Noon and her mum capture the creature drowning residents, she reluctantly finds an ally in his deadly hunter of a daughter and friends old and new. As the next storm approaches, Noon must confront the past and decide if it's time to answer the monster itching at her skin.

Marina has vanished to a world of gods and demons just when her family need her most. Will she be back in time to save them? There is a world between the ever falling rain. A world like no other.

When the bees die out, a new pollinator arrives. Laying their eggsin people, deathflies turn people into dangerous zombies when theydie. But the world must adapt or there won't be enough to eat. Can Merian and her scientist mum convince others to save the zombies?And just what does it mean when a docile zombie shows up?

Pack life is about order, but Bryn is about to push all the limits, with hair-raising results. At the age of four, Bryn watched a rabid werewolf brutally murder her parents. Alone in the world, she was rescued and taken in by Callum, the alpha of his pack. Now fifteen, Bryn's been as a human among werewolves, adhering to pack rule. Little fazes her. But the pack's been keeping a secret, and when Bryn goes exploring against Callum's orders, she finds Chase, a newly turned teen Were locked in a cage. Terrifying memories of the attack on her parents come flooding back. Bryn needs answers, and she needs Chase to get them. Suddenly, all allegiances to the pack no longer matter. It's Bryn and Chase against the werewolf world, whatever the consequences. A thrilling new YA adventure, with an electrifying link between a tough heroine and an exciting boy-were at its heart, Raised by Wolves will leave you howling for more.