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4-6Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories series.
Illustrated by
Xavier Bonet.
These hi-lo books each contain six very short stories featuring commonplace situations with twist endings. Some narratives suggest the supernatural, others veer sharply into gross-out horror. The texts are choppy but accessible; some entries end too abruptly. Each book includes one introductory black-and-white illustration and concludes with notes on the stories' origins, discussion questions, and writing prompts. Glos. Review covers these Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories titles: The Girl in the Graveyard and Other Scary Tales and Shadow Shoes and Other Scary Tales.