Secondary SBCUSD Reads - October
Theme of the Month
Middle School Recommendations
After eleven-year-old Ollie’s school bus mysteriously breaks down on a field trip, she has to take a trip through the woods to rescue her classmates from a mysterious man who controls the town’s scarecrows.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.
High School Recommendations
Temple Baker’s father, the infamous North Point Killer, branded each of his victims and now sits on death row. He confesses to killing Temple’s mother—a crime she never believed he committed. To uncover the truth, Temple goes undercover as a counselor at a horror-themed camp built on her old home and her father’s hunting grounds. But when a camper turns up dead, she suspects a copycat—or something darker in the woods. As she digs deeper, Temple must confront terrifying truths about her past and what evil lives in her blood.
Tabatha Zeng is the apprentice to a world-famous fortuneteller - until he predicts his own death and ends up murdered, making her the prime suspect. To clear her name, Tabatha reluctantly teams up with her boss’s mysterious son, Callum Solomon. Together, they dive into a twisted investigation filled with magical secrets and powerful suspects. But as the clues point in dangerous directions, Tabatha starts to wonder if she can truly trust Callum - or anyone at all.