Reading: Horror 恐怖

Horror is a genre of fiction which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, disgust, or startle its readers or viewers by inducing feelings of horror and terror.
Horror stories written for children aren’t designed to scare young learners, but rather fascinate and ignite curiosity into the unknown. Children are drawn to horror stories for the same reasons adults are, to read a spooky story. In other words, it’s fun! This is great for getting children excited and interested about reading. It’s exploring a territory of literature that feels out of bounds, and creates an extra sense of interest and curiosity.

恐怖小说旨在或有能力通过引起恐惧和害怕的感觉来吓唬、惊吓读者或观众，让他们觉得厌恶和害怕。为孩子们写的恐怖故事并不是为了吓唬年轻的读者，而是点燃他们对未知事物的好奇心。孩子们被恐怖故事吸引的原因与成年人阅读恐怖​​故事的原因相同。换句话说，它很有趣！这对于激发孩子对阅读的兴趣和热情非常有用。恐怖小说正在探索一个让人感觉越界的文学领域，并创造出一种不一样的兴趣和好奇心。

Common characteristics:
共同特征

• Death/the afterlife
  死亡/来世

• Suspense
  制造悬念

• Unexpected incidents/surprise
  意外事件/惊奇

• Dark and evil forces
  黑暗/邪恶势力

• May have characters that are zombies, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, monsters, etc
  可能有僵尸、吸血鬼、鬼魂、狼人、怪物等角色

Click HERE to explore more horror genre books in Primary library.

Click HERE to explore more horror genre books in Secondary library.