Scary stories to tell in the dark

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Author:
Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992
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Language:
English
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640L
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Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.

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Subjects
Anthologies
Anthologies -- Fiction
Electronic books
Fairy tales
Fairy tales -- Fiction
Fiction
Folklore
Folklore -- Fiction
Folklore -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Ghosts
Ghosts -- Folklore
Ghosts -- Folklore. -- Fiction
Ghost stories
Ghost stories, American
Ghost stories, American. -- Fiction
Ghost stories -- Fiction
Ghost stories -- Juvenile literature
Halloween
Halloween -- Fiction
Holidays
Holidays -- Fiction
Horror fiction
Horror stories
Horror stories. -- Fiction
Horror tales
Media tie-in
Media tie-in -- Fiction
Supernatural
Supernatural -- Folklore
Tales
Tales -- America
Tales -- Fiction
Tales -- Juvenile literature
Tales -- United States

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Contributors:
Helquist, Brett,ill
hoopla digital
Oswald, Patton,reader
Gammell, Stephen
Gammell, Stephen,illustrator
ISBN:
9780545385039
9780064401708
9780397319275
9780062682826
9780590431972
9780397319268
9780063030473
9780062682840
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 4.1, 1 Points
Lexile measure:
640L

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Last Grouping Update2025-07-13 22:53:50PM
Last Indexed2025-07-12 22:24:06PM

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Ghost stories, American
Ghost stories, American. -- Fiction
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Scary stories to tell in the dark
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Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected [and retold] by Alvin Schwartz ; drawings by Stephen Gammell
Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell
Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; illustrated by Brett Helquist
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