This book is aimed at middle school students who are good readers, or early high school readers. There are 4 sections, "From the Grave," "Haunted," "Cursed Creatues" and "The Doomed and the Dead." Stories included under each title are classics adapted for young readers. A few examples are: The Body Snatchers by Robert Louis Stevenson, A Bottomless Grave by Ambrose Bierce, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Turn of the Screw by Henry James, The Signal-Man by Charles Dickens and more. Color illustrations throughout. A very nice collection for kids who love scares!
