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Chapter books to read when...you want to celebrate Summerween!

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Happy Summerween!  All of these spooky books are set in summer, but give the creepiness of Halloween— hence, Summerween!  It's never too early (or too late!) to scare yourself silly with a good horror book!

Hide and Seek
By Christopher Edge
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2026. Fiction. 153 pgs.

Adam and Sol are best friends, but that doesn't seem to be saving their summer camping trip.  They can't stop arguing and now they find themselves in a creepy, almost abandoned town, where they're told to play hide-and-seek.  The rules are different from regular hide-and-seek, and most terrifying of all, they don't know who, or what, they're hiding from.  

By Nancy Tandon
New York : Aladdin, 2026. Fiction. 362 pgs.

Frankie and her best friend, Parker, are excited to work at the local summer camp as leaders in training, but when a local legend about tragic deaths that occured in the area bring danger to the campers, Frankie and Parker are determined to protect the camp...determined enough to break every camp rule? 
By Naseem Jamnia
New York : Aladdin, 2025. Fiction. 260 pgs.

When Pina and her friends break curfew at summer camp to investigate a glowing area in the woods, they end up falling asleep and bringing their nightmares into the real world.  

By Victor Piñeiro
Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks Young Readers, 2025. Fiction. 289 pgs.

Twelve-year-old Nico and his cousins' seemly boring summer in Puerto Rico with their abuela takes a turn when they spot a mysterious shadow creature stalking the island.  Their investigation uncovers family secrets and danger around every corner. 

By Justina Ireland
New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024. Fiction. 199 pgs.

When Tasha's mother dies, she gets taken in by a dad she's never met, then dumped with her grandma in middle-of-nowhere Georgia.  Tasha thinks the summer couldn't get worse, but deaths in her grandmother's trailer park point to something evil, she begins to fear that whatever danger is lurking in the park is coming for her,  

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