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FALL 2013
ONE COUNTY,
ONE BOOK
ONE AMAZING READ
Interview with Author Adam Johnson
by Ruby Cheesman
How do you go about writing a fictional story set in a country that very few people
are allowed to visit? After reading the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Orphan
Master’s Son, I was moved and intrigued by Pak Jun Do’s story and wanted to know
more. Surprisingly, I was able to wrangle a telephone interview with the author,
Adam Johnson. When I called him, Mr. Johnson was just leaving the library at
Stanford University, on his way home.
Ruby: How long did it take you to write
The Orphan Master’s Son? Did your
editor ask for any major story line
changes?
Adam: I spent about six years writing the
novel. Beginning in 2004, I devoted almost
two years just doing research. Luckily, my
editor at Random House didn’t ask for any
changes. There was nothing I really could
have changed.
Ruby: Has North Korea responded to
your book in any way? Some of us think
you should have a “safe house” ready.
Adam: North Korea isn’t known for
sending telegrams. It’s hard to know what
they think of my book—or really what they
think about anything.
The Orphan Master’s Son is currently
being translated into Korean, so it will be
more accessible to both South and North
Korea. Though it’s doubtful that many in
North Korea will have the opportunity to
read it. This will be hard for librarians and
American readers to fathom, but most North
Koreans have not read a “real” book in over
60 years. They only have access to what the
government puts out for them to read.
I would like to know if they do read my
book, did the story agitate them?
Ruby: When you visited North Korea,
what was the most shocking thing you
encountered?
Adam: Everything is so different in North
Korea—it’s hard to pinpoint just one thing.
One image that did stick with me is seeing
a dump truck packed full of human beings
being rounded up and transported to the corn
fields to help with the harvest. As depicted
in my book, peasants can be picked up at
random, told to get in a truck, and transported
to wherever the government says they are
needed. Even though I had studied North
Korea for two years prior to my going there,
this was such a different reality for me, it
was hard to understand.
Corn, not rice, is their main crop, and they
guard it very well. When I was travelling
in the countryside, I noticed what I thought
were “deer blinds” in strategic places around
the corn fields. I asked my handlers if these
structures were to keep the deer from eating
the corn—though I was pretty sure there
weren’t many deer left in North Korea. They
said no, these are guard stands to keep the
farmers (who grow the crops) from taking
the corn. “So, who are the guards?” I asked.
They replied, “other farmers." As I tried to
point out in my book, the government takes
every opportunity to turn North Koreans
against each other. - continued on page 2
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Salt Lake County Library Services
SHELF LIFE
CONTENTS
Celebrating
Our 10th
Anniversary
Issue
1
One County,
One Book
Interview with Author Adam Johnson
2
Adult Fiction
What to Read after the One Book
3
Adult Nonfiction
Interview with Author Josh Hanagarne
4Kids
Book Programs for Girls and Boys
5Teens
Teen Read Month
Top 10 - 2013 vs 2003
6Teens
Alien Horror - Books for Teens
7Media
Is the Movie as Good as the Book?
8
All Ages
Real Spooky Stories
2003 - 2013 TIMELINE
Look how far we've come
2003
• First issue of Shelf Life
• Library offers over 2 million items for checkout
what to read after
orphan master's son
- continued from page 1
Ruby: During your research were you able
to speak to anyone who had escaped from
the North Korean prison camps, like Donghyuk Shin (whose story is told in Escape
from Camp 14)?
Adam: So very few make it out of a North
Korean prison camp. I do know Dong-hyuk
Shin’s story. He first tried to tell it online. I
was able to glean a lot about the North Korean
prison camps from another free online book:
The Hidden Gulag by David Hawk. He really
put it all together. I highly recommend it to
your library patrons who are interested in what
life inside North Korea is really like. This book
affected me profoundly.
This year’s One County, One Book title is The Orphan Master’s Son, the 2013 Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel by Adam Johnson. The author explores life under the totalitarian
regime in North Korea as well as themes of identity, love and sacrifice. After reading
this year’s One Book, you may want to read other books that touch on these themes
and topics. If you're looking for more, ask a librarian.
by Laura Berube
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea by Barbara Demick
By following the lives of six North Koreans, the author brings to life what it means
to be living under the most repressive totalitarian regime today. North Korea is an
Orwellian world where displays of affection are punished, informants are rewarded
and an offhand remark can send a person to the gulag for life.
The Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag
by Kang Chol-Hwan
After Kang Chol-hwan’s family returned to North Korea from Japan, they were
fired with idealism and committed to building a new country, only to be removed
without trial to a remote concentration camp. Over the next ten years, Kang
endured an inadequate diet, regular beatings, humiliations and hard labor.
When I was in the county, my handlers
made sure to keep me away from the general
population. However, I could see them
when I visited the cities—very bad teeth,
malnourished, bones sticking out. Peasants are
bused in once a year for special celebrations
(really indoctrinations). In fact, they have a
Minister whose duty it is to do oversee these
“round ups.” To Americans, it’s really another
world. You just can’t imagine it.
Escape from Camp 14 by Blaine Harden
Very few born and raised in its political prison camps have escaped—but Shin
Dong-hyuk did. Shin was born inside Camp 14, one of five sprawling political
prisons in the mountains of North Korea. This is the gripping, terrifying story of his
life in and his escape from this prison.
Somewhere Inside: One Sister's Captivity in North Korea and the Other's
Fight to Bring Her Home by Laura Ling and Lisa Ling
Ruby: If you had 5 minutes alone with Kim
Jung Un, what would you say to him?
Adam: I would question him about his father,
Kim Jung Il. What was his (Kim Jung Un’s)
life like growing up with him as a father? What
does he know about his father’s early life,
his formative years? Yes, Kim Jung Il was a
monster, but how did he get there? Everyone,
even those who are very evil, have a story to
tell.
In 2009 Laura Ling and her colleague Euna Lee were working on a documentary
about North Korean defectors. While filming on the Chinese–North Korean border,
they were violently apprehended by North Korean soldiers. When Laura’s sister
learned of her imprisonment, she began an active campaign to get Laura released.
Ruby: How has winning the Pulitzer Prize
changed your life, or has it?
Adam: Winning the Pulitzer hasn’t really
changed my life. I still teach at Stanford, I
have three kids and a wonderful wife. We
decided when I found out I won that we didn’t
want it to change us. Right now I’m going to
read bedtime stories to my kids—and hope all
parents do the same for their children.
2004
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Non-fiction about North Korea:
• West Valley Library renovated
• Library checkouts reach over 12 million annually
Fiction with similar themes:
Forgotten Country by Catherine Chung
Learning on the night of her sister's birth that a daughter has been lost in every
generation of her Korean family, Janie assumes a protective role over her sister.
Years later, when her sister inexplicably cuts all ties and disappears, Janie embarks
on a mission to find her and finally uncover the truth beneath her family's silence.
A Corpse in the Koryo by James Church
A rebellious survivor of North Korea's brutal totalitarian regime, Inspector
O, a state security officer, risks his life and career to solve a case that begins
innocuously enough when he is asked to photograph a certain vehicle.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra
After Russian forces kidnap her father from a Chechnya village, eight year old
Havaa hides in the woods until she is discovered by her neighbor. Although
he knows getting involved is dangerous, he sneaks her through the forest to an
abandoned hospital where the sole remaining doctor is persuaded to give her
shelter.
2005
• eBooks and eAudiobooks offered
• Self-checkout services available
• Wireless services inaugurated
• New South Jordan Library opens
• New Draper Library opens
THE WORLD'S STRONGEST LIBRARIAN
Interview with
local author
John Hanagarne
by Dan Berube
Josh Hanagarne is a librarian and a newly published author. His
debut memoir The World’s Strongest Librarian is an entertaining,
insightful account of living with Tourette Syndrome. Josh’s story
encompasses his often violent tics, comically ineffective medical
treatments, his embrace of strength training and his challenges
with faith and fatherhood. Interspersed throughout are episodes
and encounters from Josh’s work days at the Salt Lake City Public
Library. Josh recently took the time to chat with me via email
about his book.
Dan: What inspired you to write this book? Did the work with your
blog help prepare you to make the leap from reader to writer?
Josh: I was never planning on writing this book. The author/entrepreneur
Seth Godin found my blog (which nobody was supposed to read) when it
was two months old. Two days later, we had the same literary agent. When
that agent said “So what’s the book?” All I could say was, “What book?”
It took four years to get to what the book might be, sell it and write it. As
far as preparation, all writing prepares you for more writing. I’ve always
written for fun, so the blog helped get me ready in some ways.
Dan: You seem to be very involved with work, exercise and your
family. Where do you find the time to write?
Josh: Easy. I only write for 15-20 minutes a day. It adds up. So if you’re
putting off your own writing because you can’t free up uninterrupted hours
every day, you’re selling yourself short. It can be done in tiny chunks. I’ve
done it.
Dan: How have your co-workers and the patrons at the library
reacted to your book?
Josh: So far it’s all been positive, at least to my face!
Dan: You write extensively about your experiences with weight lifting,
kettle bells and the Highland Games. What are you doing for exercise
these days?
2006
• Online Personalized Booklist Service offered
• Preoverdue notice emails instituted
• eNewsletters inaugurated
Josh: Whatever I can do without pain. The Tourette’s is far worse than
it’s ever been, so my options are limited. Lately I’ve been doing a lot of
bicycling, running and stone lifting.
Dan: Is there anything in particular that you would like people to
understand about Tourette Syndrome?
Josh: The best thing you can do for someone with Tourette’s is tell them
that you’re okay with it. If we can feel safe in public, everything else is
easier.
Dan: You have been travelling around the country promoting your
book. What has it been like to encounter your readers? Have you had
any memorable experiences on the road?
Josh: Most memorable: arm wrestling Stephen King. Too many others
to mention, but my absolute favorite part of it all is simply speaking and
meeting people. There’s nothing I enjoy more, and how else would I have
gotten to meet all these people?
Dan: Are you planning on writing more books? Are you working on
anything now?
Josh: I just turned in a juvenile series that I’m in the process of reworking.
Also working on a new book of non-fiction that I don’t want to give too
many details about yet.
Excerpts from The World’s Strongest Librarian by Josh Hanagarne
"Libraries have shaped and linked all the disparate threads of my life. The
books. The weights. The tics. The harm I’ve caused myself and others.
Even the very fact that I’m alive. How I handle my Tourette’s. Everything
I know about my identity can be traced back to the boy whose parents
took him to a library in New Mexico even before he was born. The library
taught me that I could ask any questions I wanted and pursue them to their
conclusions without judgment or embarrassment. And it’s where I learned
that not all questions have answers."
You can check out Josh’s blog at worldsstrongestlibrarian.com.
2007
• Online card registration offered
• Library incorporates the Byington Reading Room
• Reader's Choice Blog launches
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BOOK GROUPS FOR GIRLS AND BOYS
by Anna Zanarini
Book Dudes: Guys Read
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
by Tom Angleberger
Fall into two of the library’s most popular programs for school-aged kids. Great
Reads for Girls, a Mother-Daughter Book Group for girls ages 8-12, is designed as
a special time for girls and their moms (or another caring adult) to share books,
conversations and fun activities. Book Dudes is the library’s new program with
adventures, activities, and action packed fun geared just for guys based on books
boys love. Check the Salt Lake County Library website at slcolibrary.org to find the
program closest to you!
Great Reads for Girls
Tuesdays at the Castle
by Jessica Day George
Eleven-year-old Princess Celie
lives with her parents, the king
and queen, and her brothers
and sister at Castle Glower,
which adds rooms or stairways or secret
passageways most every Tuesday. When the
king and queen are ambushed while travelling,
it is up to Celie—the castle's favorite—with
her secret knowledge of its never-ending
twists and turns, to protect their home and
save their kingdom.
True (—sort of)
by Katherine Hannigan
For most of her 11 years, Delly
has been in trouble without
knowing why, until her little
brother, R.B. and a strange,
silent new friend, Ferris, help her find a way
to be good and happy again.
Babymouse: Queen of the
World by Jennifer Holm
An imaginative mouse dreams
of being queen of the world, but
will settle for an invitation to
the most popular girl's slumber
party.
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2008
Inside Out and Back Again
by Thanhha Lai
Through a series of poems, a
young girl chronicles the lifechanging year of 1975, when she,
her mother and her brothers leave
Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
The classic story of the escapades
of a lucky little girl who lives
with a horse and a monkey—but
without any parents—at the edge of a Swedish
village.
Wonderstruck
by Brian Selznick
Having lost his mother and
his hearing in a short time,
twelve-year-old Ben leaves his
Minnesota home in 1977 to seek
the father he never knew in New York City and
meets Rose, who is also longing for something
missing from her life. Ben's story is told in
words; Rose's in pictures.
Pie by Sarah Weeks
After the death of Polly
Portman—whose award-winning
pies put the town of Ipswitch,
Pennsylvania, on the map in
the 1950s—her devoted niece
Alice and Alice's friend Charlie
investigate who is going to extremes to find
Aunt Polly's secret pie crust recipe.
• Customers can offer reviews of
materials in library catalog
• Email notification for reserves offered
2009
Sixth-grader Tommy and his friends
describe their interactions with a
paper finger puppet of Yoda, worn
by their weird classmate Dwight, as
they try to figure out whether or not the puppet can
really predict the future.
Ranger’s Apprentice: Ruins of
Gorlan by John Flanagan
When 15-year-old Will is rejected by
battleschool, he becomes the reluctant
apprentice to the mysterious Ranger
Halt and winds up protecting the
kingdom from danger.
Charlie Jo Jackson’s Guide to Not
Reading by Tom Greenwald
Middle schooler Charlie Joe is proud
of his success at avoiding reading, but
eventually his schemes go too far.
Stink: The Incredible Shrinking
Kid by Megan McDonald
The shortest kid in the second grade,
James Moody, also known as Stink,
learns all about the shortest president
of the United States, James Madison,
when they celebrate Presidents' Day
at school.
See You Later, Gladiator
by John Scieszka
Joe, Fred and Sam demonstrate some
of their favorite professional wrestling
moves, including the "Time Warp
Trio Blind Ninja Smackdown," when
they're transported to ancient Rome and forced to
fight as gladiators in the Colosseum.
How to Grow Up and Rule the
World by Scott Seeger
A top super villain offers rules and
advice to readers on how to develop
an evil plan to rule the world.
The first book in the Vordak the
Incomprehensible series.
• Library institutes Facebook page
• Library checkouts reach over 15 million annually
Top 10 Books 2013 (Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers)
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Inferno by Dan Brown
And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Second Honeymoon by James Patterson
Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
The Heist by Janet Evanovich
The Silver Star by Jeanette Walls
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
The English Girl by Daniel Silva
Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns by Lauren Weisberger
Top 10 Books 2003 (Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers)
Teen Read Month
OCTOBER 1 - 31
by Kira Moody
With Summer Reading over, it’s time to look forward to our system’s next
big adventure for teens: Teen Read Month. This year’s theme is Seek the
Unknown @ Your Library. Teen Read Month is usually a week-long
celebration observed in libraries across the country during the second or third
week of October. This year, it would have normally fallen October 13-19.
In the Salt Lake County Library, however, the party lasts all month. As in
years past, teens who attend a teen library program will receive a one-time
$5 fine waiver. There is also a reading option where, if they read the required
number of pages, they get a free book. Don’t forget about the cool programs
we have across the system like movie parties, Hogwarts Potions class, trick or
treat nights and Anime Club programs. To get you excited about programs in
October, here are just a few fun ideas to try:
• Catching Fire Party (movie is coming out in November)
• Teen Halloween Party (zombies are big hit)
• Haunted Library Night
• Craft Nights (the spookier the better)
• Zombie Makeup/Makeover
• Spooky Story or Art Contest
• Murder Mystery Night (ask Carrie @ KEA for details)
• Robot Wars (design contest)
• Alien Invasion Survival Party (or some other creepy creature)
2010
• Library joins Twitter
• Library joins Flickr
• Text-a-Librarian services available
• Library website redesigned
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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
The King of Torts by John Grisham
Bleachers by John Grisham
Armageddon by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
The Teeth of the Tiger by Tom Clancy
The Big Bad Wolf by James Patterson
Blow Fly by Patricia Cornwell
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Wedding by Nicholas Sparks
Top 10 Albums 2013
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Justin Timberlake – The 20/20 Experience
Bruno Mars – Unorthodox Jukebox
Mumford & Sons – Babel
Blake Shelton – Based On A True Story
Imagine Dragons – Night Visions
Pink – The Truth About Love
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – The Heist
The Lumineers – The Lumineers
Taylor Swift – Red
Daft Punk – Random Access Memories
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50 Cent – Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Norah Jones – Come Away with Me
Linkin Park – Meteora
Evanescence – Fallen
Outkast – Speakerboxx-Love
Beyoncé – Dangerously in Love
R. Kelly – Chocolate Factory
Hilary Duff – Metamorphosis
Toby Keith – Shock N Y'All
Coldplay – Rush of Blood to the Head
Top Box Office Films 2013
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Iron Man 3
Despicable Me 2
Man of Steel
Monsters University
Fast & Furious 6
Oz The Great and Powerful
Star Trek Into Darkness
World War Z
The Croods
The Heat
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Finding Nemo
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
The Matrix Reloaded
Bruce Almighty
X2: X-Men United
Elf
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
The Matrix Revolutions
Cheaper by the Dozen
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Seventy-Five years ago on October 30th, Orson Welles
produced a radio broadcast about an alien attack. “War of
the Worlds” seemed so realistic that newspapers the next
day reported people fleeing their homes and widespread
panic in the Northeastern United States and Canada.
The broadcast had over 12,500 articles written about a
nightmare vision of alien invasion brought to life.
The earth has been invaded time and time again in books.
Check out some of these alien horror titles for teens.
The Host by Stephanie Meyer shows the dark side of an
alien encounter. Here parasitic aliens merge into a human
body and kill the conscious mind that lives there. It is
challenging for the parasites as they learn to cope with
emotions and senses they have never known but it has
always been easy to take over. Now one human refuses to
give up her consciousness and fights back. When outside
forces make these two into unwilling allies, each of the two
souls in the one body must learn to exist with the other as
they set off to rescue the man they both love.
More parasitic aliens show up in the classic book Puppet
Masters by Robert Heinlein. Here we see humans being
brought under the mental control of repulsive, slug-like
creatures that attach to their backs, just below the neck. We
can relax though with American secret agents on the job to
save the world.
ALIEN HORROR
BOOKS
FOR
TEENS
BY DARLENE NETHERY
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2011
• eMusic offered
• New Herriman Library opens
• New Magna Library opens
• Library joins Pinterest
• Library joins Goodreads
• Library mobile app available
Humans have a great capacity to create fear out of the
unknown. In Existence by David Brin, space trash is
suspected to be an alien artifact similar to a message in
a bottle; an alien capsule that wants to communicate.
The world reacts as humans always do: with fear, hope,
selfishness, love, violence and insatiable curiosity.
In other stories, Earth can also be a safe haven for some
special children from another planet. These children live in
disguise but are hunted by another race that has followed
them. Each is protected by a charmed amulet, and, so long
as they remain apart, they can only be killed in order, one
through nine. Whenever one of them is killed, each of the
others receives a scar. Numbers One, Two and Three have
been killed, and Number Four knows he is next in this alien
adventure entitled I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore.
The book (and now movie) Ender’s Game by Orson Scott
Card has boys preparing for alien invasions in an advanced
military school in space. Another series has 15-year-old
Daniel X taking over his parent’s job of defending the
earth from invaders after they die in the series Daniel X by
James Patterson.
I can’t leave out the ultimate invasion where earth is
destroyed by the Vogons to make way for an inter-spatial
galactic highway in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by
Douglas Adams where we get the immortal words that
could apply to any alien invasion: “Don’t Panic.”
• Library checkouts reach over 16
million annually
Is the movie as
good as the book?
by Kevin Oberhansly
Which do you prefer? Read the book first or see the movie first?
At the library, whenever a movie comes out that is based on a
book, we always have a surge of people wanting to check out the
book. The majority want to read the book before they see the
movie, but some people hear that the book is so much better than
the movie, or something was changed when making the book into
a movie. Hopefully, this will give you a heads up on what books
to read before you see the movie. Between this year (some are
already released) and next, there are lots of great releases so it
might be a challenge to keep up.
Beautiful Creatures
based on the novel by Kami Garcia
Horns
based on the novel by Joe Hill
Ethan longs to escape his small Southern town. He meets a
mysterious new girl, Lena, with whom he shares a psychic
connection. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their
respective families, their history and their town.
After his childhood sweetheart is brutally killed and
suspicion falls on him, Ig Parrish goes on a drinking
binge and wakes up with horns on his head, hate in his
heart and an incredible new paranormal power which he
uses in the name of vengeance.
Ender’s Game
based on the novel by Orson Scott Card
The Spectacular Now
based on the novel by Tim Tharp
70 years after an alien invasion, a gifted child is sent to an
advanced, rigorous military school in space to prepare for a
future alien invasion.
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life
changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
based on the novel by Cassandra Clare
Austenland
based on the book by Shannon Hale
When her mom is attacked and taken from their home in
New York City by a demon, a seemingly ordinary teenage
girl, Clary Fray, goes on a quest to get her back and finds
out truths about her past and bloodline that changes her
entire life.
Obsessed with the BBC production of "Pride and
Prejudice," a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme
park in a search of her perfect Mr. Darcy, the perfect
gentleman.
The Monuments Men based on the book The
Monuments Men: Allied Heros, Nazi Thieves, and
the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History During WWII
One of the most popular books being made into a movie
will arrive in theaters in 2014:
An Allied division is given the task of tracking down
European art and treasures before Hitler can loot or destroy
them.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Serena
based on the novel by Ron Rash
Newlyweds George and Serena Pemberton set out to create
a timber empire in North Carolina. Serena learns she
cannot bear children and the ruthless empire quest turns
murderous.
2012
• New Millcreek Library opens
• New West Jordan Library opens
• Viridian Event Center opens
Read the books and watch the movies, then you too can decide
if the movie was as good as the book.
2013
• eMagazines offered
• eMovies available
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REAL SPOOKY
STORIES
by Annie Eastmond
Mark Twain said “Truth is stranger than
fiction,” and it is often scarier. This is the
perfect time of year for the curious of
all ages to read some true scary stories;
places with a haunted history, ghosts that
have come back to haunt, people whose
very lives are haunted and inexplicably
strange and unusual happenings. These
suggested titles are for all ages, listed
from youngest readers to adults and are
generally found in the 133 nonfiction
section of your library.
Scary Stories by Jim Whiting
Kids, you’ll get goose bumps
reading about aliens that kidnap
people, a ghost who hitches a
ride and other spine-tingling stories.
(Also try Scary Ghosts)
Horrible Hauntings:
An Augmented Reality
Collection of Ghosts and
Ghouls by Shirin Bridges
Read about the ghost of Abraham Lincoln and
other famous historical hauntings throughout
the ages. Download the free app to interact
with 3-D ghosts.
Spooky America: Four Real
Ghost Stories
by Lori Haskins
Why is there a haunted painting
on a plantation in Virginia,
a ghost horse riding the
Massachusetts coast, a skeleton in Colorado
or a ghostly sea captain? Kids, you’ll love this
book of spooky but true tales.
Haunted Ghosts and the
Paranormal: World’s Most
Haunted Places
by Jeff Belanger
Read about a Minnesota High
School that looks like a castle.
They say auditorium seat J47
is haunted. This and 28 more spine-tingling
first-hand accounts from various parts of the
world are revealed.
Mysteries Unwrapped:
Haunted U.S.A. Series
by Wetzel
One story is about the
Winchester mystery house in
California. The owner insisted
that construction never stop for 38 years.
She believed the ghosts wouldn’t find her if
she kept changing rooms and adding secret
passageways.
Haunted Histories: Creepy
Castles, Dark Dungeons, and
Powerful Palaces
by J.H. Everett
Ancient castles were not the
friendly pink palaces of Disney
movies. They were fascinating yet gruesome
and you can learn all about them by checking
out this book.
Monster Files: A Look
Inside Government Secrets
and Classified Documents
on Bizarre Creatures and
Extraordinary Animals
by Nick Redfern
Cryptozoology is the study
of animals whose proof of existence relies
heavily on anecdotal evidence and alleged
sightings. Some of them are terrifyingly real
and governments throughout the world know
this and have been secretly keeping records
for decades.
Weird Encounters: True Tales
of Haunted Places Compiled
by Joanne Austin
This collection contains seventyfive supernatural experiences
shared by writers from across
the country and shows that there are not only
scary ghosts but spirits that do good and help
people.
Haunted Route 66: The
Ghosts of America's
Legendary Highway
by Richard Southall
This well-researched ghostly
alluring account of happenings
along America’s historic
highway will make you want to pack your
suitcase, hop in the car and drive cross
country to visit these scary places.
The Sallie House Haunting: A
True Story by Debra Pickman
The young newlywed Pickmans
moved into an old turn-ofthe century house said to be
haunted by a fire-starting ghost
girl named Sallie, but they didn’t believe it.
Twenty-two months later they fled in terror
from the place with their newborn son having
had many paranormal experiences.
Giving Up The Ghost: A Story
About Friendship, 80's Rock,
a Lost Scrap of Paper, and
What it Means to be Haunted
by Eric Nuzum
A television producer tells how
he is haunted by the ghost of a
young girl as a child himself, which results in
his commitment to a psychiatric hospital as
an adult.
Haunted Too: Incredible True
Stories of Ghostly Encounters
by Dorah Williams
An incredible story of a
Canadian family’s experience
living in a haunted house. After
sharing this story the author was
swamped with people from across the country
sharing similar true-life scary stories. These
super natural experiences are shared in the
viewer’s own words.
Haunted Love: Tales of
Ghostly Soul Mates, Spooky
Suitors, and Eternal Love
by Chris Gonsalves
Read about a jilted teenage
lover who torments anyone
who ventures near the bridge
where she took her own life or about a spooky
boarding house where a Confederate nurse
and a Union soldier shared forbidden love.
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