31 at the Mystery Loves Company bookstore, 1730 Fleet St. Tickets are $25, and for more information on the event, which benefits Baltimore County Literacy Works, call (410) 887-2001 or (410) 296-0791. * Signing sightings: Local author/illustrator Kevin O'Malley's latest work is a masterful picture book mystery, "Who Killed Cock Robin?" He'll be signing books at the Book Bash fund-raiser Sunday at Borders Book Shop in Towson, from 6 p.m. This is like so many of the other popular series, from "The Hardy Boys" to "Sweet Valley High," where the best thing to be said is: At least the kids are reading. The climax occurs at the Pet Lovers Club's Halloween party, where Elton the mutt finally proves his mettle, helping Bernie stand up to the class bully. The kids are third-graders, and this story centers on Bernie, who has just had to give away his faithful dog because his parents are afraid it will hurt Bernie's baby sister, Peaches. This is one of "The Pet Lovers Club" series, which I think is geared more to ages 7 to 9, despite what the publisher says. * "Love Me, Love My Werewolf," by Stephen Roos, illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers (Dell Yearling, $3.50, 115 pages, ages 8 to 11). They're scary but not bloody, fast-moving but not filled with nonstop dialogue. Yolen, Charles de Lint and Delia Sherman. This is a collection of 13 short stories by some fine writers, including Ms. Greenberg (HarperTrophy paperback, $3.95, 228 pages, ages 10 and up). * "Vampires," edited by Jane Yolen and Martin H. Jessup, 10, is a computer whiz, and it is modern technology that helps the homesick Boggart in the end. Cooper gives us a classic bad guy - the psychiatrist who tries to convince Emily's parents that all the crazy stuff happening around their house is the result of a poltergeist. There are hilarious scenes mixed in with the suspense, and Ms. ![]() He arrives in Toronto and quickly causes all kinds of mayhem and mischief, just as a Boggart should. In locking up a desk that will be shipped back home to Toronto, Emily unknowingly traps the Boggart, an ancient, impish spirit who lives in theĬastle. The family visits the ancestral home before deciding to sell it. Cooper, who won the Newbery Award for "The Grey King" in her "The Dark Is Rising" series, writes for a younger audience this time, with wonderful results.Įmily and Jessup Volnik are two regular, middle-class kids in Toronto whose lives are thrown out of whack after their father inherits a crumbling castle in Scotland. * "The Boggart" by Susan Cooper (Margaret K. Here are a few other Halloween recommendations for readers who prefer thrillers over chillers: ![]() Teen-agers who have trouble reading don't have to feel they're stuck with a book written for little kids. The action is nonstop and the vocabulary is accessible. And the "Goosebumps" series is a boon to teachers trying to entice so-called reluctant readers. Horror stories are especially popular among boys at an age "when you tend to lose boys as fiction readers," Ms. A wave of nausea swept over Evan as he saw the Beymer twins, still visible within the quivering glob, faceless prisoners bouncing inside it. Then it pulled them inside with a loud, sucking pop. The green gunk oozed over them, covering them completely. ![]() It grows into an enormous glob that gobbles up twin brothers who have been bullying all the neighborhood kids: ![]() Once the can is opened, the goo comes alive. In "Monster Blood," two kids buy a can of green goo labeled Monster Blood at a toy store.
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