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“THE SCHOOL OF SCARY STORIES”

What would you do if you found a ghost in your backyard, visited a cemetery after midnight, or tried to solve an old mystery?

You will find these stories and more in “The School of Scary Stories” by Jim Flanagan .

It is a collection of 13 stories plus one. The one is left to the reader to solve. Then look at “The Answer” link on this web site to see if you got it right. The author, Jim Flanagan is a National award winning storyteller, writer, and teacher at the prestigious Thurber Writing Academy in Columbus Ohio. His first book “Stories heard around the lunchroom” was a 2004 National Parenting Publications award winner in 2004.

• This new book combines Jim’s storytelling audiences’ favorite scary tales, his ghost hunting experiences and a history of earlier reading difficulties into a very readable collection.
• The book is specifically HIGH interest and Low reading Level.
• The pictures are designed so the reader must read the story to figure out the picture instead of using the pictures to get the stories. Thus a hook to the reader.
• The stories are NOT the blood and gore type. The tales take the readers through twists and turns and keep you guessing until the end.
• The stories have suspense and humor. Jim believes all scary stories are problems to be solved. Will you figure them out?
• Having finished the stories, you will check under your bed.
• The stories are real to life that is what makes them so scary.

“STORIES HEARD AROUND THE LUNCHROOM”