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Candles Burning

Tabitha King

Calley Carrol Dakin is "nothing to look at" but she is the daughter of  one of the wealthiest men in the state of Alabama. Calley’s life changes forever when her father is kidnapped and murdered and she and her mother end up in a mysterious lodging house in Pensacola Beach. This is an atmospheric Southern gothic horror story, filled with eccentric relatives, old family homes, and creepy happenings. 

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Last Witchfinder

James Morrow

Jennet Stearne’s father is a witchfinder. He hangs witches for a living. When the family immigrates to Massachusetts they arrive during the Salem witch trials. Jennet, who loves science, finds her self in world and time where scientific rationalism is pitted against tradition, prejudice, and fear as society moves into a new era. Jennet is a wonderful, fully human character and this is historical fiction at its best.

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Stolen Child

Keith Donohue

As a seven year old Henry Day is kidnapped by changelings, hobgoblin like creatures. One of them takes on Henry’s life, transforming him to look like Henry. The "real" Henry lives with the ragged band of creatures and is told to forget his past. Each boy struggles with feelings of alienation and haunted memories from their past. The world of the changlings is vivid and believable in detail, and the changeling Henry’s life in the "real" world is always shadowed by his knowledge of what he is even as he grows up and  has a son of his own. 

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The Ruins

Scott Smith

A lazy vacation in Mexico goes horribly wrong when two college age couples set out to explore an archaeological dig deep in the interior of the country. The evil that awaits them in the jungle is unlike anything they will have experienced but all too real. The descriptions of the jungle are claustrophobic, intense, and horrifying. 

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