Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe

Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks around every corner

"Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling." - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author

Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you Spooky things love hiding in plain sight.

The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . .

A glow-in-the-dark cover and thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

A Junior Library Guild Selection
An ILA-CBC Children's Choice

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 09/03/2019
ISBN: 9780823443666
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2019
Booklist 08/01/2019 pg. 81
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2019 pg. 41
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
School Library Journal 10/25/2019 pg. 1

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 505238 / Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe
Reading Level: 4.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 5