# Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe - Hardcover

by **Josh Allen** (Author), **Sarah J. Coleman** (Illustrator)

**Thirteen ordinary kids. Thirteen ordinary towns. Danger lurks around every corner!**

**"Wonderful and weird, compelling and unsettling." - Gary Schmidt, two-time Newbery Honor author**

Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight.

The everyday world is full of sinister secrets and these page-turning stories show that there's darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open. . . .

A glow-in-the-dark cover and thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary _Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark._

**A Junior Library Guild Selection**  
**An ILA-CBC Children's Choice!**

### Author Biography

Josh Allen checks under his bed before switching off the light each night. During the day, he teaches creative writing and literature at Brigham Young University-Idaho. His work has appeared in _Cricket_, _Dialogue_, _Juxtapose_, and other literary magazines. He lives in Idaho with his family.

Sarah Coleman was an early pioneer of hand lettering and has illustrated covers for many renowned books, including the 50th anniversary edition of _To Kill a Mockingbird_ and Newbery Honor-winner _Wolf Hollow_. Her design clients range from Coca Cola and Starbucks to _The New York Times._ She lives in the UK.

**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** September 03, 2019

**Accelerated Reader:**

**Quiz Name:** Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe

**Interest Level:** Middle Grades, 4-8

**Reading Level:** 4.5

**Point Value:** 5

## Details

- **Price:** 16.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
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