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Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice, 2006
This chilling collection brings together fifteen spine tingling tales written by some of Canada's leading writers for teens - and also a number of talented emerging writers. Each of these stories illuminates a distinct path through fearful territory - for readers fourteen to forty and beyond who thrive on the stimulation of a chilling tale. Enjoy them if you can. Enjoy them if you must.
Contributors include Don Aker, Diana Aspin, Karleen Bradford, Brian Doyle, Kristyn Dunnion, Sylvo Frank, Barbara Haworth-Attard, Martine Leavitt, R.P. MacIntyre, Rob Morphy, Kathy Stinson, W.D. Valgardson, Bill Valgardson, Alice Walsh, and Anne Wessels.
"Readers who loved R. L. Stine's Goosebumps and Fear Street when younger may find that these stories fill the void when they reach high school years."
--School Library Journal
Peter Carver is currently Red Deer Press' Children's Book Editor. Under his direction, Red Deer Press has published notable talents as Kevin Major, Martine Leavitt, Cora Taylor, Ted Staunton and many more. Peter Carver was awarded the Canadian Library Association Award for Advancement of Intellectual Freedom in Canada and the Writers' Union Freedom to Read Week Award. When he's not editing children's books, Peter Carver teaches creative writing classes in Toronto.
"Tuesday, September 6th, 2005, 4 p.m.
I'm writing this locked in my front-hall bathroom. Today was my first day as a latchkey kid. Now that I'm in high school Mom's gone back to work so we can afford a house, not an apartment. (Thanks Mo, you better not be reading this!)
Coming in, I saw the door to the basement was ajar. I sensed somemone on the other side, down there, waiting for me. I swear I heard the stairs-creaking."
(From The First Assignment: Fear by Anne Laurel Carter.)