Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying
Truth! About Vampires, Ghosts,
Monsters, and More
by Joshua Gee

    ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA by Joshua Gee
    Category:  Non-Fiction
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  7/07
    Publisher:  Scholastic
    Reviewed by:  Jennifer Wardrip, aka "The Genius"
    Rating:  5 Stars


    ENCYCLOPEDIA HORRIFICA is the perfect book for anyone who loves the spooky, the eerie, and the
    downright weird.  Want to know about ghosts, vampires, ESP, werewolves, or anything else even partially
    paranormal?  Then this is definitely the book for you!

    The book is broken down into four main parts:  Real Nightmares, "That's the Spirit!", Every Day is Halloween, and
    Fearsome Fates.  

    In part one, you can read about vampires, sea creatures, aliens, and werewolves.  Part two covers ghosts:  where
    to find them, how to catch them, when they've been caught on film, and animals who could have been extras on the
    movie Pet Sematary.  Part three includes weird shops (where you can even buy a three-pound jar of dead flies),
    ESP and other psychic abilities, phobias and superstitions, and the most horrific books you could ever find on a
    bookshelf.  Part four covers zombies, pixies and faeries, mummies, and everything death related.

    This book is hilariously horrifying.  Although that may sound like an oxymoron, author Joshua Gee has made sure to
    make the facts he covers interesting, funny, and entertaining.  Besides being a reference book, this is one tome that
    you'll find yourself reading over and over again for its pure entertainment value.