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Damien Graves presents three terrifying stories to thrill and chill you. Will you dare to be scared?

Damien Graves has spent many years searching for the most spine-chilling stories in existence. Now, at last, he has chosen to share with you the best of his collection...

Simon prefers computer games to reality. But a shockingly real turn of events might mean "Game Over" -- forever.
Catherine wonders if the customer is always right when a peculiar new customer seems very, very wrong.
Juliet keeps getting urgent text messages from a stranger. Soon she'll wish her phone were dead.

Welcome to where your darkest dreams meet with the unhappiest of endings. Welcome to The Midnight Library.

192 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2006

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Damien Graves

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Damien Graves, also known as Nick Shadow, is the name credited as the editor of the Midnight Library series.

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2,519 reviews1 follower
October 9, 2017
End Game mengenai permainan video yang sangat real dan berakhir dengan maut.. The Other Sister pula kisah budak yang sangat psiko.. Is Anybody There? Mengenai kehilangan seorang budak yang sangat misteri dan mesej telefon yang membawa kepada penemuan mayat budak lelaki yang hilang itu..
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Profile Image for Joy Gerbode.
2,024 reviews17 followers
May 4, 2021
While I wasn't completely fascinated with this book, it does have appeal, and would especially appeal to young minds who love to play video games!
Profile Image for R.J. Gilbert.
Author 5 books20 followers
March 27, 2014
My son went to the book store to find inspiration for the scary games he likes to make for Robox. He came home with two of the books in this series (This one and the Cat Lady one). After reading a few of these short stories, though, he felt more depressed than inspired. I read them, too, and I wasn’t too impressed. I did like the underlying social messages from Who Dares Wins and End Game, but other than that, these were just bad things happening to nice people. I’ve had enough of that in real life, so reading about fictional children facing horrors and death didn’t exactly entertain me. I suppose if you are a suburbanite child whose parents never take you anywhere and never allow any adventure in your life (which is why so many kids want to escape into books), reading about ghosts and creepy violence might be a welcome diversion from yet another weekend of video games and television. I’d rather go for a hike in the rain (which is probably why so many kids come over to my house and ask to come with us on our adventures).
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3,792 reviews15 followers
August 10, 2009
I grabbed this one at the book fair while searching for "scary books" that my students are always clamoring for. Although marketed to 8-12 years I think this one is much more suited for ages 12 and up. The book contains three short stories, one violent, the others deal with topics much more familiar to middle-schoolers like cell phones. Not good, not well-crafted in terms of building suspense. Scaring in a mean, unsettling way.
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141 reviews5 followers
December 25, 2015
Me encantan los relatos de terror, y aunque estos no sean especialmente terroríficos ni estén muy bien planeados, me lo he pasado muy bien leyendo estas historias.
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137 reviews
February 11, 2024
Il ne s'agit pas là de mon tome préféré mais je l'ai quand même bien apprécié ! L'écriture est toujours aussi agréable les nouvelles sont bien pensées mais parfois encore un peu trop longues.
Bien que ça ne fasse pas plus peur que ça, l'ambiance soit au rendez-vous et permet de se plonger dans un univers bien construit !
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4 reviews
December 31, 2022
Listen, the Brick-Pink cover with the embossed skull was the coolest thing to me as a kid.

Damien Graves... excellent horror-author name.

Otherwise, three mediocre stories that can't hold a candle to the charm of Goosebumps.
32 reviews5 followers
March 10, 2018
This is a book that is very exiting . this is a book that has no good ending that i find very neat. i hope you enjoy this book!!!!!!!
Profile Image for Jennifer Wardrip.
Author 5 books518 followers
November 11, 2012
Reviewed by Spreeha for TeensReadToo.com

Damien Graves has put together another book in the TALES FROM THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY series with three more scary stories.

Simon has gotten an offer from betterthanrealitygames.world to customize his own game. Simon thought this was just some kind of scam but what he is about to find is NOT a scam but a game that might just be the biggest thing he has ever played in his life. This might also be the biggest challenge for him! Since Simon thinks this is a scam when they ask him questions to customize his game, this is what he picks: Would you like your game to be dangerous or tame? He chooses dangerous. Would you like the game to be set in your hometown, a generic city, or a fantasy world? He chooses his hometown. Would you like the game to be reality-based or as real as life? He chooses as real as life. The next day, after coming home from a bad day at school, there was a package for him with the game in it. Then all of a sudden the computer turned on by itself! What do you think will happen to Simon when he starts playing the game?

Catherine has been working for Sparkle Accessories during the summer to earn some money. One day, Catherine met a girl named Susie who was roaming around the store -- her manager has a strict rule of customers, more like little kids unsupervised, in the store just touching the things but not buying anything. If they don't have their parents with them, they have to leave -- so that's what Catherine has to do if she doesn't want to get fired. She felt really bad for the little girl. Many days had passed and the girl was there every single day in the store and Catherine had started to bond with Susie. One day she was in the mall when Catherine went looking for her; the manager, though, said that if she left she would lose her job. She was of two minds about it but she left anyway. Catherine found Susie in the food court, crying, and when she asked her what was wrong Susie just said that Laura, her sister, was in trouble. Of course Catherine had to do something, but spending time with Susie showed her that there was something wrong with this little girl. What do you think will happen to Laura? But more importantly, what do you suspect will happen to Catherine and Susie?

Luke Benton has been missing for over a year now and the high school he went to is having a ceremony to remember him. But some strange things start happening. Juliet has been getting weird text messages with a cell phone that hasn't been used for over a year. Juliet doesn't tell anybody expect her cousin, who happens to be a police officer. While trying to help whoever is writing these urgent text messages, will she end up in trouble too?? Find out!

This book has been another fun but scary one for me! END GAME truly deserves 5 stars!!
Profile Image for Dayna Smith.
3,258 reviews11 followers
August 10, 2016
This book is part of the Midnight Library series. This book contains three spooky tales kids will love. In "Game Over" Simon likes video games better than people until the game becomes reality. In "The Other Sister" Catherine is concerned about a young girl who keeps coming into the store where she works. Something seems very wrong with Susie. In "Is Anybody There?" Juliet is getting text messages from a phone number that doesn't exist. These tales don't have happy endings and they are creepy. Boys and girls will like them.
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February 21, 2024
This book really scared me because i like to read the book like i'm the main character and because he got killed at the end by the video game i was really afraid of playing video games. I thought this book was a good book if you are into horror
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12 reviews
July 16, 2008
Pretty good, not too scary but pretty good.
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23 reviews
November 11, 2008
OMG this book is soooo much better then dare to be scared!
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February 19, 2009
my school has it but have not got to read it yet cause ever one keeps checking it out the libary be for i get to it
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March 6, 2012
This is a really good book!! My top favorite out of the other series. I would read it over and over again >.< But they don't sell them at my school :( I hope other people read it! ^__^
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1 review
July 18, 2012
it was amazing.... i really liked it. it kept me on the edge of my seat i mean it was a nail biting experience
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