Ashley is waiting out a storm when the ghost of a young boy appears and begs for help. One night a man offers Jim a job watching a corpse. In a chilling narrative, a vampire tells a story that has two endings-one is Sorrow, the other is Joy. These characters and others encounter the strange, the eerie, and the supernatural in this collection of stories by acclaimed authors such as M.T. Anderson, Neil Gaiman, and Celia Rees.
Your older teen readers will appreciate the 12 selections in this category, a diverse mix of fiction and nonfiction covering complex issues and more mature content, from crushes and body changes to friendships and sibling rivalry.