Lekas, Gerry
Summary: "This isn't your average travel book--and these aren't your average tourist destinations! Take a wild ride through hidden Windy City history--often dark, sometimes inexplicable, and occasionally glamorous. Meet the gangsters, ghosts, serial killers and celebrities that only Chicago could produce. This journey into eclectic Chicago lore includes: 19 spine-tingling creepy sites (Resurrection...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Lyon Publishing, LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.311 LEKOlson, Elsie
Summary: "Tour some of the world's most famous haunted places in Spooky Schools and Libraries. Young readers will learn about the history, eerie occurrences, and public reactions to several spooky sites. The book also provides historic context and scientific facts that explain what is really going on. Dynamic photos and illustrative details will make readers feel as though they've just visited each...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Big Buddy Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J133.12 OLSSchlosser, S. E.
Summary: "Get ready for 34 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past! Michigan folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings...You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening" -- back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Globe Pequot 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 SCHGodfrey, Linda S.
Summary: Explores ghosts and haunted places, local legends, cursed roads, crazy characters, and unusual roadside attractions found in Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Publishing 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 977.4 GODCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: MI 917.74 GodCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.4 GODMcAllister, Angela
Summary: "50 classic nature stories from Angela McAllister are brought to life with sumptuous illustrations from Hannah Bess Ross, making this an anthology to treasure for a lifetime and celebrating nature and getting outdoors. This beautiful book of stories takes readers on a journey with 50 tales, featuring themes of nature from all around the world. Sit back, get comfortable and delve into this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln 2022
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Summary: In the thrilling conclusion of The Haunting of Grey Hills, a final choice must be made that could change the world forever. Each person must answer one final question: what am I willing to do for the people I love? Who will die? Who will survive? What does death even mean, in a world full of ghosts?
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SKOSkogen, Jennifer
Summary: What really happened during the Fire of 1966? Go back in time and see the famous tragedy through the eyes of student Henry Grey, and history teacher Lorna Evans. Henry's uncle, Principle Grey, is teaching Henry to fight ghosts, but is there something his uncle isn't telling him? Lorna returns to Grey Hills after inheriting her father's house. She also inherits an urn of her grandfather's ashes,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SKOSkogen, Jennifer
Summary: A long forgotten mystery may decide the fate of the world. The group is fractured as Sam races against time to find a cure for Jackson before it is too late. Meanwhile, an important figure from Trev's past resurfaces, forcing him to decide once and for all where his loyalties lie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC SKOAdams, Tom
Summary: "A captivating new gift book featuring over 100 real-life mysteries that might just give you goosebumps! Does the Loch Ness monster really exist? Whatever happened to the crew of the Mary Celeste? And where exactly are the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Get ready to be amazed as you uncover the world's greatest mysteries, from Bigfoot to the Bermuda Triangle. Including alien abductions, haunted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nosy Crow 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thunder Bay Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: MI 977.49 FRAPowell, Marie
Summary: "The Plains region stretches across the Midwest from Canada to Texas. Traditional Stories of the Plains Nations features stories from several of the region's Native Nations, including the Lakota, Cree, and Siksika. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, infographics, a glossary, additional...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Native PowellJones, Jennifer Berry.
Summary: A Dakota woman learns a hard lesson about greed and selfishness when she takes the winter supply of earth beans from Heetunka, the Bean Mouse, and leaves nothing in return.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roberts Rinehart Publishers in conjunction with the Council for Indian Education 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 398.2 JONSummary: Scooby gang visits a haunted town. The mystery only deepens when it's discovered that the ghost is also the long lost relative of Shaggy Rogers!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV SCOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD ScEnderle, Adrienne
Summary: Malcolm and Dandy are about to hunt down a ghost when they realize they have a bigger problem on their hands. Their beloved ghost dog, Spooky, is missing! The boys set out to find their precious pooch. But things get hairy as they visit a pet cemetery, investigate an animal shelter, and track down Spooky's dognapper. Can they save their furry friend?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calico, an imprint of Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ENDMiedoso, Andres
Summary: After Andres discovers a haunted bike park, he calls best friend Desmond, a ghost investigator.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED MIEGlass, Calliope
Summary: "When Sparkleton finds out he can get wish-granting magic just by camping out in the haunted woods, he packs his tent! His best friends, Willow and Gabe, are ready for adventure. But can they fend off ghostly lights, twisted ankles, creepy noises, and the dreaded Whirlwind Unicorn long enough to make Sparkleton's dream come true? Or will their dream sleepover turn into a nightmare?"--Provided...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE GLAWeso, T. F. Pecore (Thomas F. Pecore)
Summary: "Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rockridge Press 2022
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Summary: "A genre-bending work of nonfiction, Samantha Hunt's The Unwritten Book explores ghosts, ghost stories, and haunting, in the broadest sense of each. What is it to be haunted, to be a ghost, to die, to live, to read? Books are ghosts; reading is communion with the dead. Alcohol is a way of communing, too, as well as a way of dying. Each chapter gathers subjects that haunt: dead people, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 130 HUNFormat: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: DISCOTEK 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: When the Bear Family vacations in an old lighthouse rendered obsolete by modern technology, they discover it's rumoured to be haunted. Although the cubs encounter mysterious sights and sounds, they're anything but spooked. In fact Brother and Sister actively pursue the clues to the point where they not only reveal the 'ghost' but come up with a way to give new life to the old lighthouse as well...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Phase 4 Films 2015
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Summary: Gabby's father has a podcast called Ghost Search, and this time they are investigating a haunted bookstore--ten-year-old Gabby does not believe in ghosts and always tries to debunk the hauntings, but this time she is not so sure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FARLemire, Jeff
Summary: The legend of the Black Barn tells of an otherwordly buidling that has appeared and reappeared throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake. Now its mystery ensnares and entwines the lives of two very different men. One: a young recluse, obsessed with finding hidden clues within the city's trash. The other: a washed-up Catholic priest, finding his place in a small town that hides...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: YA Graphic LemSpecter, Baron
Summary: Zombies are killing all the animals in Marshfield Grove Cemetery, and it is up to Barry Bannon and his friends to defeat the zombies and rescue the ghost dogs that they have trapped in a pit.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2013
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC SPERevoy, Antoine J. D
Summary: "The residents of a quiet Japanese neighborhood have slowly come to realize that inauspicious, paranormal forces are at play in the most unlikely of places: the local playground. Two friends, a young boy and girl, resolve to exorcise the evil that inhabit it, including a snaggle-toothed monster. In Animus, a beautiful but spooky young adult graphic novel of everyday hauntings, Antoine Revoy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2018