Johnson, Hal

Johnson’s casual descriptions of horrifying tales will delight middle grade readers while he successfully lures them to grander-scheme ideas. A must-have for middle school libraries and those whose readers seek out the creepy and the scary.

Outstanding faux-lore creature tales that will blow away middle school readers.

Gr 10 Up—Myron Horowitz, an adopted orphan, is severely disfigured as a result of a childhood tragedy...