Creepy Castles
From the Series Spooky Stories for Grades 3-8
Ancient places such as castles are filled with histories, sometimes bloody and gruesome, but always fascinating. And the 11 dark places explored in this title are sure to chill young readers’ imaginations. For example, at Chillingham Castle in England, they’ll meet John Sage, who tortured up to 50 prisoners a week. He had a tilted floor in his torture chamber, so the victims’ blood could easily drain away. John boiled some prisoners in pots and locked others away in cages with starving rats. This nonfiction narrative of evil deeds and unfortunate incidents in ancient structures, all of which are said to be haunted, will engage even the most reluctant readers.
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Copyright | 2008 |
| BISACS | JNF052030 |
| Genre | Hi-Lo, Narrative, Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Bearport Publishing |
| Imprint | Bearport Books |
| Series | Scary Places |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| Lexile | 820 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts! Level | 5.4 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts! Quiz | Q43583 |
| Scholastic Reading Counts! Points | 3.0 |
| ISBN | 9781597165761 |
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| Title Format | Reinforced book |
| Release Date | 2008-01-01 |
| Author | Sarah Parvis |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Detailed maps, Glossary of key words, Index, Table of contents |
| Dewey | 940.1 |
| Graphics | Full-color illustrations, Full-color photographs, Historical photographs |
| Dimensions | 8 x 10 |
| Guided Reading Level | S |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.1 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 120504 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |