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1) Frankenstein
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Presents an abridged, graphic novel version of the classic "Frankenstein," the tale of a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies who seeks revenge on his creator.
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Riley Shiner is obsessed with a video game based on a real haunted house in his neighborhood. He has played the game so often he knows it by heart, but there's a level he just can't seem to beat. Riley and his twin sister Scarlet know the haunted house is full of monsters and evil spirits, but decide to spend the night there anyway.
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"Judy Glassman lives with her brother, Kenny, and father, Noah, in a village at the foot of Evil Rock. Every winter, Kenny accompanies their dad up to the mansion at the top of the mountain to assist the rich, eccentric Grendel family with their house repairs. But this year, Judy convinces her dad to let her come too. Judy has heard whispers about the Beast of Evil Rock -- a half-human creature who stalks the crags. And she's determined to find out...
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In this adaptation of the American folk tale, young Johnny Slimeseed is a gentle monster who does not look forward to Fright Night like the other monster kids in Nightmare swamp--so, with advice from a wise worm, he decides to plant a forest of slime trees to entertain the other swamp kids and give them something other than scaring humans to do. Written in graphic-novel format.
10) Big pumpkin
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A witch trying to pick a big pumpkin on Halloween discovers the value of cooperation when she gets help from a series of monsters.
12) Umberland
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Bella, Gwen, and the Lost Boys have escaped to Alnwick Castle, but it is not the safe haven they hoped it would be for the "cure" for the Horologia virus has mutated into something even worse--so the Duchess Alyssa and Maddox Hadder set out searching for the virus's origin, an extinct poisonous apple, supposedly from a tree at the center of a labyrinth hidden deep within Germany and guarded by monsters.
13) Friiight night
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"Kelly Crosby is the new kid in school. So far, it's not going so well. He's already gotten lost, had trouble making friends, and annoyed the monster that lives in the school basement. That's right. This new school has a monster. Every year, at a party called Friiight Night, one (un)lucky kid is chosen to be the monster's special guest of honor. Guess whose luck is about to run out?"--
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Penny goes with her mom to work at the White House where her mom works for someone called POTUS, who Penny thinks must be a friendly monster with a name like that. When she sets off to find POTUS, she meets the woman who is President of the United States (POTUS). At first Penny is disappointed to learn POTUS is human, but she soon warms to the idea that she too could be president one day.
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"When Kevin and his dad visit Lake Lobo, their summer visitation suddenly turns creepy. Who made the claw marks outside their cabin window? What is howling in the night? Local legends say a strange creature prowls the woods. Could Kevin's new dog hold the secret to the monster of Lake Lobo"--T.p. verso.
16) Stargazer
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Alexa Daley and her friend Yipes find themselves stranded on in a strange secret community known as the Five Stone Pillars, where each pillar contains it's own secrets, and twelve-year-old Alexa must fight to defeat the darkness.
19) Always October
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Best friends Jake and "Weird Lily" enter the monster-filled land of Always October, made famous in Jake's grandfather's books, to save a foundling who becomes a monster during the full moon.
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Middle school is off to a depressing start for Marvin Watson, his new baby brother is proving to be a disappointment, and now his town is being threatened by a horde of mutant bugs, including a hungry spider that quotes Shakespeare--and if that is not enough there are three sarcastic man-sized moths living in the attic.