Books published by publisher Matt Fox

Lauren Conrad wants one thing: to help people. So she writes a report about robots that can help the blind. She never dreams that the teacher will submit it for the chance to win a $10,000 research grant. But he does. And Lauren wins.Now she’s finding out that building robots is harder than she thought. She’s in over her head. The robot is behind schedule, the legs are creeping her out, and she’s ordering strange parts off the internet.The teacher takes pity and tries to help by lending her an old book about robots. A strange and mysterious book. A frightening book.The chapters are scary, and the illustrations are even scarier. But Lauren will soon find out that her own robot is scariest of all.

Lee can’t wait until Saturday. He finally got Courtney to go out with him, and he’s planned an awesome first date: a tour of the legendary Bloodroot Manor.Everyone he knows says the tour is too scary. The tour guide creeps them out, the hole in the kitchen floor feels like the real abyss and they swear they can hear scratching coming from the depths.But Lee doesn’t believe it for a second. And he doesn’t believe all the old stories either. Stories about the tragedy of Bloodroot Manor, and the old saying: ‘Get too close to the abyss and the arms will pull you down.’It can’t be true… can it?

Malcolm and his sister Maria can’t believe it when their neighbor, the kind and elderly Mrs. Valentine, asks them to look after her house for the weekend.“It’ll be easy,” she insists. “Open and close the windows, flush the toilets and feed the cat. No big deal.”But then there’s the basement door at the end of the hallway. The door with the KEEP OUT sign in red letters. The door with the big padlock. And the soft knocking of someone- or something- trapped behind it.Malcolm and Maria don’t know it yet, but they’re in for the scariest weekend of their lives.

Marty never wanted to leave Chicago. He never wanted to leave his friends, his school, or his favorite places to eat. But his father missed the great outdoors, he missed the old town he had grown up in. So they moved.But life in the country is even stranger than Marty had imagined. It’s quiet, it’s dark, there are mosquitos everywhere, and the people are superstitious.They talk about the swamp in hushed tones. A creature, they say, dwells there. A horrible creature who makes its meals out of curious types who wander too far back into its foul, damp territory.Marty doesn’t believe them. There’s no such thing as swamp creatures, he insists. They simply do not exist… right?

Rebecca and her sister Beth can’t stand their new house. Or the way the people in the neighborhood act. And they especially don’t like their strange neighbor, Mr. Carrol.The other kids tell rumors about Mr. Carrol. They say he’s a werewolf. They say he drove the last person who lived in Rebecca and Beth’s house away for good. They say he drove him away because he was after the truth.And now Rebecca and Beth are after that same truth. But they’ll soon find out that uncovering the truth about werewolves is more dangerous than they could have ever imagined.

Nathan and his best friend J.T. are always playing pranks at the Dobbins Petal Orphanage. Nobody takes them too seriously, though. It’s all in good fun. They never push the envelope too far. Until one horrible night…J.T. wants to sneak out past curfew. He wants to go all the way to the most dangerous corner in the neighborhood, and he dares Nathan to come with him. “Fine,” Nathan says. “What’s the worst that could happen?”But he should have listened to his gut. He never should have gone along. Because now Nathan is finding out that you can’t trust a stranger. Especially a stranger who gives you a mysterious round object wrapped in newspaper: a cursed shrunken head.

Carmen Valdes used to be the biggest rising star in Hollywood. Now she’s an afterthought, a has-been, clinging to whatever cheesy horror movie roles her agent can find.Deep down she misses the fame, misses the cameras and the autographs. So when her agent tells her he’s found a new and exciting role, a role that could put her back on top, she jumps at it. But this role is not exactly what she had in mind. Part reality show, part horror movie, part sports, and one hundred percent dangerous. And it’s all live!Now Carmen is in a fight for her life, trapped in a hospital turned movie-set, faced with the choice to escape or else.

Brandon loves playing his guitar. He’s good at it too. Good enough to attract the attention of a professor who recruits talented musicians to take part in his shadowy research.He says his work is secret, that he’s trying to unlock the powers of the mind. And music is the key.He arranges for Brandon and the other subjects to be taken to an abandoned factory. Inside is an assortment of mysterious equipment, topped off by a standing replica of Stonehenge.Now it’s time for the tests to begin, and Brandon is about to find out that the separation between dimensions is a very thin line.

Jon and his brother Andy are back for more action at the world’s most secretive base: Area 51. And this time the stakes are higher.Andy’s future self has traveled back in time to deliver a grave message. The Earth of his time is in ruin. Civilization has collapsed, and the only way to save it is to find Doctor Watkins before it’s too late.First they’ll have to break into Area 51. Then they’ll have to track down Doctor Watkins in the maze of top-secret sectors.If that wasn’t bad enough, a maniacal billionaire is hot on their trail, determined to stop them from foiling his twisted plans for domination.

Jenna Shultz is stuck for three whole weeks with her crazy great-aunt Wanda. It’s worse than it sounds. The house is cluttered with bizarre collections, the back yard is filled with lawn ornaments, and there aren’t any other kids in the neighborhood.And to top it all off, one of the lawn ornaments is alive!Now it’s after Jenna. And it won’t quit until she convinces her great-aunt to release it from an ancient gypsy curse.But Jenna’s in way over her head. And she needs to find a way out before it’s too late…