The Goblin in the Grass: And Other Scary Tales

Dahl, Michael

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Just the Series: Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories

Series and Publisher: Michael Dahl's Really Scary Stories

Annotation: When her father uses weed killer on their lawn, Lisa dreams that the goblin in the grass that her grandmother told her about will come after her because his home is threatened--and this is just one of the scary stories in this collection.

Genre: [Short stories] [Horror fiction]

Reviews: 0

Catalog Number: #123169

Format: Library Binding

Special Formats: Chapter Book

Common Core/STEAM: Common Core

Publisher: Stone Arch Books

Edition Date: 2017 Release Date: 08/01/16

Illustrator: Bonet, Xavier,

Pages: 61 pages

ISBN: 1-496-53773-4

ISBN 13: 978-1-496-53773-7

Dewey: Fic

LCCN: 2016030476

Dimensions: 21 cm.

Subject Heading:
Goblins. Juvenile fiction.
Horror tales, American.
Children's stories, American.
Goblins. Fiction.

Language: English

Word Count: 5,880

Reading Level: 3.9

Interest Level: 1-4

Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.9 / points: 1.0 / quiz: 185770 / grade: Lower Grades

Lexile: 600L

Guided Reading Level: Q

Having grown up watching her dad tend their lawn, Lisa has always wondered: Where does the poison in weed killer go after the weeds die? When Lisa has a dream one night about a monster that lives below their yard, she doesn't think anything of ituntil she goes outside sees a grass goblin and plants with teeth and horrible, gleaming eyes. Is Lisa doomed forever or will she stop the yard madness? Read this collection of scary stories to find out what happens to Lisa and many others.

Scaring Vinny
The not-so-empty tent
Why Dad destroyed the sandbox
The floating face
Spot on the ceiling
The furnace man
The goblin in the grass.

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