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Author
Series
Elmwood Springs volume 4
Language
English
Description
Lordor Nordstrom created, in his wisdom, not only a lively town and a prosperous legacy for himself but also a beautiful final resting place for his family, friends, and neighbors yet to come. "Resting place" turns out to be a bit of a misnomer, however. Odd things begin to happen, and it starts the whole town talking. With her wild imagination, great storytelling, and deep understanding of folly and the human heart, the beloved Fannie Flagg tells...
2) Pet sematary
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a little boy's pet dies, and he persuades his parents to bury it in an old Indian cemetary, reputed by legend to house restless spirits, a nightmare of death and destruction begins.
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Jeremy Marsh, a science journalist and professional skeptic, finds himself in over his head when he arrives at the small town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, and falls head over heels for the granddaughter of the supposed town psychic.
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
243 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When celebrated writer Alma Cruz inherits a small plot of land in the Dominican Republic, she turns it into a place to bury her untold stories--literally. She creates a graveyard for manuscript drafts and revisions and the characters whose lives she tried and failed to bring to life and who still haunt her. Alma wants her characters to rest in peace, but they have other ideas, and the cemetery becomes a mysterious sanctuary for their true narratives."--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the supposed hauntings of various cemeteries, including the Gettysburg National Military Park and Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt.
Author
Publisher
Disney-Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
A wacky graveyard adventure combines funny-bone-tickling poems with silly grim illustrations, and serves as an introduction to poetry.
13) The awakening
Author
Series
Publisher
MIRA
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
409 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
My name is Amelia Gray, and I'm a cemetery restorer who lives with the dead. An anonymous donor has hired me to restore Woodbine Cemetery, a place where the rich and powerful bury their secrets. Forty years ago, a child disappeared without a trace and now her ghost has awakened, demanding that I find out the truth about her death. Only I know that she was murdered. Only I can bring her killer to justice. But the clues that I follow-a haunting melody...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Exploring what it really means to memorialize, this lively and wide-ranging history of U.S. cemeteries unearths how these places have influenced architecture, literature and politics--and how they've been used as important symbols of our country's ambition and reach.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
181 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Hannah moves next door to a spooky cemetery, she doesn't believe the legend of a ghost cat stalking the grounds, but the disappearance of her half-sister's cat Icky and strange occurrences around the house have her reconsidering.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
LEVEL 4. Some books are so evil that they must be imprisoned deep underground, but when the Librarian tries to dispose of one vile volume, he risks being buried alive in an eerie tower that holds a legendary secret.