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Books in You're invited to a Creepover series

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    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, July 25, 2017)
    Scare yourself silly with the first thirteen books of the You’re Invited to a Creepover series—now available together in one spook-tacular boxed set!Come experience the frights and fun of You’re Invited to a Creepover. Play a ghostly game of truth or dare, meet the vampires next door, visit a town where trick-or-treating is outlawed for a terrifyingly good reason, and so much more in this haunting collection that’s sure to have you screaming (for more)! This collectible boxed set includes paperback editions of: Truth or Dare You Can’t Come in Here! Ready for a Scare? The Show Must Go On! There’s Something Out There Best Friends Forever Is She For Real? Together Forever No Trick-or-Treating! It’s All Downhill from Here Don’t Drink the Punch! What a Doll! Read It and Weep!
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  • There's Something Out There

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Dec. 27, 2011)
    An overnight campout sets the stage for a monstrous scare!Jenna Walker has always been fascinated by the legend of the Marked Monster, the scarred half-bird, half-beast creature that is said to roam the forests around her hometown. Is the Marked Monster real or is it just the stuff of myth? Jenna decides to find out once and for all with a campout at her house where she and her friends can search for the legendary beast. But as Jenna starts to learn more about the Marked Monster, she realizes that this legend might be more than just myth, and more sinister than she ever could have imagined. Will Jenna meet the Marked Monster face to face and will she be marked for life?
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  • You're Invited to a Creepover Collection: Truth or Dare...; You Can't Come in Here!; Ready for a Scare?; The Show Must Go On!

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Oct. 30, 2012)
    You’re invited…to get four spooky stories in one creepy collection!Go to sleep…if you dare, because you’re invited to the first four Creepovers! From a jealous ghost and the mysterious new neighbors to disappearing friends and a haunted play, P. J. Night’s first four You’re Invited to a Creepover books deliver pages and pages of frights…and fun! This collectible boxed set includes Truth or Dare…, You Can’t Come in Here!, Ready for a Scare?, and The Show Must Go On!
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  • Off the Wall

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, June 11, 2013)
    Ancient artifacts provoke fresh fear when a night at the museum goes from fun to freaky!Jane is ready for the time of her life. Tonight she and forty-nine other girls will be spending an actual night in a museum! At first, she’s making lots of new friends and having a ton of fun, but the stakes get raised when one girl, Daria, dares her to take a tour of the museum after lights out. The girls have heard that one of the mummies in the Ancient Egyptian exhibit comes to life when the museum closes. Jane accepts the dare. After all, there’s no way a mummy can come to life. Or is there? And are there, perhaps, other secrets that will be revealed in a museum at night? This surprising story is rated a Level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter.
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  • Is She for Real?

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, April 3, 2012)
    P.J. Night's latest installment in the spooky and spectacular Creepover series for middle-grade girls is a level 5 on the Creep-o-Meter.In Is She For Real?, Bethany has just moved to Old Warwick, a quaint old town that is said to be haunted by the ghost of Lady Warwick. Lady Warwick lived centuries ago and died of a broken heart…but her grave was found empty shortly after her death. Legend says that Lady Warwick was buried alive and still roams Old Warwick today in search of her lost love. Bethany hears all about the legend from her new friends and thinks it’s all pretty corny—until really strange things start happening to her. With a ring on her finger that looks just like the one Lady Warwick wore, and a new boyfriend with chilling similarities to Lady Warwick’s lost love, Bethany’s friends have to wonder: Is real life imitating legend...or becoming legend? This tale is a level 5 on the Creep-o-Meter. Super scary!
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  • No Trick-or-Treating!: Superscary Superspecial

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Aug. 7, 2012)
    Halloween is more than haunted in this superscary superspecial addition to Spotlight’s popular tween horror series.When Ashley McDowell’s parents first told her they were moving from the big city to a one-stoplight farm town, she was convinced that she was going to hate living in Heaton Corners. But to Ashley’s surprise, she loves it. Everyone is super welcoming, especially her new friends. Plus, it’s October and there’s the town’s Harvest Festival, and, of course, Halloween. But when Ashley starts making plans for Halloween night, she is shocked to find out that her new friends are forbidden to go trick-or-treating. Ashley convinces them to sleep over at her house and go trick-or-treating anyway, but she soon discovers that Halloween in Heaton Corners isn’t like Halloween anywhere else. For one thing, everything seems so much more real...too real. Ashley can’t help but think that maybe Heaton Corners doesn’t need tricks and disguises to be terrifying on Halloween night…. This exceedingly scary superspecial features a glow-in-the-dark cover and bursts through Level 5 on the Creep-o-Meter.
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  • What a Doll!

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Feb. 12, 2013)
    Emmy’s new doll has strange powers over her best friend in this entrancing addition to the You’re Invited to a Creepover series.Emmy Spencer and Lizzy Draper have been best friends since birth, but now that they’re in seventh grade, they’ve begun to drift apart. Lizzy—insistent on being called Liz now—has a new group of friends, and she has gone out of her way to exclude Emmy from them. It’s almost as if Lizzy doesn’t want Emmy hanging out with her anymore. But then Emmy comes into possession of a doll that can change all that—a doll that will put Emmy in control of Lizzy’s every move. Can she use the doll to save their friendship, or will it end up controlling them both? This spooky tale is a level 3 on the Creep-o-Meter.
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  • You Can't Come in Here!

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, June 7, 2011)
    Emily Hunter loves hanging out with her new neighbors. From their decked-out rec room to their almost-professional guitar playing, Drew and Vicky Strig are super cool. The only bummer is that Drew and Vicky are homeschooled and Emily's other friends haven't gotten to know them yet. So Emily comes up with a plan for everyone to meet--a big party and sleepover at her house!But as Emily gets ready for the party, she begins to wonder about Drew and Vicky. They won't let Emily into certain rooms in their house. And a wolf howls on their lawn every night. Is it only Emily's overactive imagination or are the new neighbors more than just a little strange?
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  • Truth or Dare . . .

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, June 7, 2011)
    During a round of Truth or Dare, Abby Miller confesses her crush on Jake Chilson. The only people who know her secret are her friends at the sleepover—and whoever sent her a text message in the middle of the night warning her to stay away from Jake…or else! But Abby isn’t going to stay away from Jake, especially not after he asks her to the school dance. As the night of the dance comes closer, some very creepy things start happening to Abby. Someone definitely wants to keep her away from Jake. Is it a jealous classmate or, as Abby begins to suspect, could it be a ghost?
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  • It Spells Z-O-M-B-I-E!

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, July 25, 2017)
    Don’t miss the frights and fun at a Halloween sleepover you’ll never forget in this scary Creepover tale.Abby Miller is having a Halloween sleepover with her best friends. They’ll go trick-or-treating and then come back to Abby’s house to discover their destinies on her spirit board. But the prophecy the board tells Abby and her friends has nothing to do with crushes, grades, or even the distant future. Instead, the board spells out a warning: Z-O-M-B-I-E. Zombies are real…and they are coming for them! This terrifying tale is rated a Level 5 on the Creep-O-Meter.
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  • The Ride of Your Life

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Feb. 4, 2014)
    Gabby gets her fair share of frights at a country carnival in this spooky Creepover tale.Adventurous Gabby Carter is excited to visit her best friend Sydney in Sydney’s new town in Iowa. Gabby is wondering what they’re going to do, surrounded by cornfields, when they discover an amazing carnival full of kids their age…and two very cute boys. But then strange things start happening at the fair: the Tilt-a-Whirl spins a little too quickly, and the eyes of the painted face on the funhouse follow Gabby. Gabby can’t believe she’s the one begging cautious Sydney to leave the carnival—but Sydney won’t leave! Can Gabby convince Sydney they don’t want to find out how haunted this carnival truly is? This roller coaster of a story is rated a Level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter.
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  • Home, Sweet Haunt

    P.J. Night

    Paperback (Simon Spotlight, Aug. 6, 2013)
    Every home has its secrets…For Nora, the truth starts to be revealed on Halloween night.It’s been a bad few months for Nora Wilson. There was a huge fire in her family’s apartment this summer, and her parents have been acting superweird ever since. They won’t let her or her brother out of the apartment anymore, not even to go to school. So when Nora’s parents say she can go trick-or-treating on Halloween, Nora is thrilled. And she’s even more thrilled to make a new friend, Caitlin, who just moved into the apartment building. Caitlin knows nothing about what happened to Nora’s family, but she does seem to know a lot about the ghosts that are rumored to haunt the building. As she shares these ghost stories with Nora, Nora can’t help but be chilled by them. Are they hitting just a little too close to home? This spooky story is rated a Level 4 on the Creep-o-Meter.
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