title: Are You Afraid Yet?: The Science Behind Scary Stuff
author: Stephen James OMeara
description: Grade 47This book cleverly weaves together the supernatural and the scientific in an entertaining read that answers questions about ghosts, UFOs, vampires, werewolves, and how long a decapitated head can remain conscious. Examples depicting such things in classical fiction and popular movies are seamlessly interjected between the factual explanations. Each page is filled with detailed black-and-white illustrations, emphasizing the sometimes-humorous, yet often-macabre descriptions. This should appeal to kids who love scary stories, while introducing them to hard science and critical thinking in the process.<i>Donna Atmur, Los Angeles Public Library</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  ## The Puffin Book of Horror Stories
  
  
    
  
  
  ### Anthony Horowitz
  
  
  ### Pete Johnson
  
  
  ### Stephen King
  
  
  ### Robert Westall
  
  
  ### Guy De Maupassant
  
  
  ### Laurence Staig
  
  
  ### Roald Dahl
  
  
  ### Kenneth Ireland
  
  
  ### John Gordon
  
  
  ### Bram Stoker
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A collection of contemporary and classic horror stories by authors such as
  Pete Johnson, Robert Westall, Roald Dahl and Stephen King.
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## The Puffin Book of Horror Stories
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Pete Johnson
  
  
  ## Secret Terror
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I've never met you but I know this about you: you're terrified of something.
  It's no use denying it. Everyone is. My mum, for instance, is terrified of
  intruders. That's why our doors are decorated with a whole variety of locks
  and chains. There's even a peephole so you can stare at whoever's out there,
  undetected.
  
  
  But no lock can stop the intruder I fear. This intruder comes and goes as it
  plea