In Ravenville's library there is a special, hidden room for biographies of local people, but when Darren enters the room looking for a book to use for a homework assignment he discovers that there is something hungry living among the shelves, and people who enter rarely come out--and that is only one of the scary stories in this collection.

The Boy in the basement -- Skippy -- The Wizard of AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHS! -- Member of the band -- The phantom train -- The library claw.