# Once They See You: 13 Stories to Shiver and Shock

**Author:** Josh Allen
**Grade range:** Grades 4–8
**Age range:** 9–13
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 195
**Genre:** Horror
**ISBN-13:** `9780823456321`
**ISBN-10:** `0823456323`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/once-they-see-you
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Thirteen creepy, twist-filled stories where ordinary things — a vending machine, a substitute teacher, your own reflection — turn sinister. Josh Allen's middle-grade horror collection, illustrated by Sarah J. Coleman, is built to shiver and shock. Nominated for the 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award (grades 4-8), the statewide reading list Maine students read from and vote on.

## Themes

- horror
- short stories
- suspense

## Content notes

- scary scenes

## Where this book is assigned

### Maine Student Book Award

- **recommended** · 4th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Maine — [source: 2025-2026 Maine Student Book Award Reading List (grades 4-8)](https://sites.google.com/view/mainestudentbookaward/home)

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