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Scary Stories to Drive You Batty
Three stories featuring young people in some frightening situation--meeting a ghost at a baseball camp, finding a mummy in the attic, and being challenged with some scary dares.
46 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 1994
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Devra Newberger Speregen
114 books16 followersDevra Newberger Speregen has written more than 100 books, including young adult fiction, non-fiction, puzzle books, activity books, and nearly 30 biographies for young people. Speregen serves as a regular contributor to Young Judea Magazine and BabagaNewz Magazine.
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January 20, 2018
I've been on a bit of a kid's horror kick lately. Nothing like a good ghost story or weird, creepy tale to make winter seem a little less blah.
Scary Stories to Drive You Batty is a middle grade book featuring three creepy stories for kids. The tales are short and age appropriate.
The Mystery of Joe Duffy - A dead baseball player haunts a diamond at the baseball camp. It will be a summer Stephanie and Jordan never forget!
The Mummy - Richard and Jordan like to play mean pranks on their little sister. When they discover a mummy in the attic, the joke is on them!
Truth or Scare - The new kid in the neighborhood shows up to help initiate members into the Oak Street kids club. His game -- Truth or Scare -- is definitely frightening!
The tales are spooky and cute. All content is age appropriate. The front cover art is awesome! You can't go batty without some bats to keep you company!. Each story is about 14 pages long, perfect length even for reluctant or slower readers. I could definitely see using these stories as a lead-in to a creative writing assignment. Have the kids read the stories to themselves or out loud to each other.....then they write their own scary story!
Devra Newberger Speregen is the author of more than 100 books for kids and adults.
Scary Stories to Drive You Batty is a middle grade book featuring three creepy stories for kids. The tales are short and age appropriate.
The Mystery of Joe Duffy - A dead baseball player haunts a diamond at the baseball camp. It will be a summer Stephanie and Jordan never forget!
The Mummy - Richard and Jordan like to play mean pranks on their little sister. When they discover a mummy in the attic, the joke is on them!
Truth or Scare - The new kid in the neighborhood shows up to help initiate members into the Oak Street kids club. His game -- Truth or Scare -- is definitely frightening!
The tales are spooky and cute. All content is age appropriate. The front cover art is awesome! You can't go batty without some bats to keep you company!. Each story is about 14 pages long, perfect length even for reluctant or slower readers. I could definitely see using these stories as a lead-in to a creative writing assignment. Have the kids read the stories to themselves or out loud to each other.....then they write their own scary story!
Devra Newberger Speregen is the author of more than 100 books for kids and adults.
April 17, 2018
Ugh what a snorefest. I could barely keep up cause how boring it was, not even close to being scary. I only read it cause one of my kids at the reading program gave me a challenge to read it before 5 and it did. Ugh but it was awful, I do not recommend.
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