The Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror
- ISBN-10
- 0838911129
- ISBN-13
- 9780838911129
- Series
- The Readers' Advisory Guide to Horror
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 170
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012-01
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Author
- Becky Siegel Spratford
Description
Vampires, zombies, ghosts, and ghoulies: there are more things going bump in the night than ever. So how do you wend your way through all of them to find the ones that interest a particular reader? RA expert Spratford updates her advisory to include the latest in monsters and the macabre.
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