Michael Dahl

A young boy describes all the things he can do with his dog--but also the things he should not do.

Andy, the new kid at school, has a tattoo on his arm that resembles Lizzie, the school's most popular girl, and he also has one really big secret.

"Carlos works on a fishing boat in the middle of the sea. After a storm, he spots a woman clinging to driftwood. The woman's friends are lost, maybe swallowed by the ocean. But the woman says it was no storm that capsized her ship, it was a monster!"--P. [4] of cover.

In Tokyo, Ren has met with three other teenagers who have the dragon birthmark, but the public has learned that the dragonborn exist and teams of hunters are searching for them--and not all of Ren's new friends are what they seem to be.

"A sixteen-year-old cowboy is working at a ranch for the summer. His father said it would be good for him. One night, the horses begin to snort in fear--and a strange teenage boy appears where a fire-breathing shadow once stood. The cowboy is afraid, until he sees that the stranger's birthmark is dragon-shaped--just like his"--P. [4] of cover.

When the underwater library is attacked by Atlas, the Librarian and the Specialist defeat him and send him back to prison. They retrieve all of the lost books with the help of sea turtles. Includes color illustrations, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

Welcome to the Library of Doom where strange creatures and scary books reside.

Two teenage friends hike into the deserts of Mongolia. Their destination: the Hills of Seven Dragons. But they are not alone. A third figure walks through the desert, following their footprints.

Six-year-old Brandon hates to go up the stairs to bed because there is always a man sitting there, a man only he can see, but tonight he closes his eyes and makes the climb with his mother watching, and then he hears his mother scream--and that is only one of the stories in this collection about all-too-real fears.

Livia wears a small porcelain hand around her neck, all that is left of a doll that once belonged to her grandmother, but on the first night at summer camp the hand comes alive and terrifies an envious cabinmate--and there are plenty of chills in five other stories in this collection.