Latchkey Monsters -- by William Sterling (paperback)

Despite his mother's insistence that South Carolina will be different, moving to Davidstown feels like the same old song and dance for Holland Decker.
A strange home. New classmates. Prickly teachers. It's all so depressingly familiar.
But a monster lurks in Davidstown's many shadows, named in whispers as the Prince of Spiders. As the adults of Davidstown refuse to acknowledge this fearsome boogeyman, it sets its sights on the new kid in town.
It turns out Holland's mother is right after all: Davidstown will be different. But to stay alive here, Holland will need every sword of courage, every potion of fortitude, and every new ally he can arm himself with.
From William Sterling comes an emotional horror story wreathed in the nostalgia of youth, the grief and the wonder of adolescence, and the power of the love and the families we make.