Teenagers love horror, both in verse and in stories. This book will introduce them to the genre through a mixture of well-known and much loved texts as well as less familiar but equally eerie tales from the past, taking the theme in its broadest sense. Contents include some darker versions of traditional tales as well as material from classic texts and books in translation - Frankenstein, Dracula, Beowulf, Sir Gawain, some Shakespeare, Faust, Shelley, Keats, Walter de la Mare and Edgar Allen Poe.

 

There are 208 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Icon Books Ltd .

Kevin Crossley-Holland is well-known as a poet, broadcaster, and writer for children. He won the Carnegie Medal in 1985. For Oxford, he has written The Green Children and adapted Beowulf for children. Kate Agnew: Kate Agnew read English at the University of Oxford, UK, has chaired the Children's Booksellers Association and has served as a judge for the Smarties Award and the Whitbread Prize. Jacqueline Wilson: Jacqueline Wilson, OBE, is a best-selling, multi award-winning children's author.