Out to Get You

By Josh Allen, Sarah J. Coleman (illustrator),

Book cover of Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe

Book description

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…

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1 author picked Out to Get You as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Writing a really good spooky short story is hard. Writing 13 of them is near-impossible. Yet Allen has put together an anthology of sheer terror, with each story hinging on something simple and mundane. Basically, Allen makes you afraid of everything, and does it with a smile.

From David's list on spooky middle grade books.

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