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These books are just as eerie as the haunted houses they feature. Does your kid love a scary story? These books are just for them!
The Haunted House Next Door The Graphic Novel
Illustrated by Glass House Graphics
A fearless eight-year-old runs his own ghost patrol in this graphic novel based on the first book of the Desmond Cole Ghost Patrol chapter book series!
Exit Nowhere
In this tense and twisty middle grade novel that’s “Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library but make it horror” (School Library Journal), four kids must beat a series of games to make it out of a haunted house.
The Secret Dead Club
By Karen Strong
The Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this “spooky, heart-filled” (Lora Senf, author of The Clackity) middle grade novel about friendship, fitting in, and the afterlife, following a girl who discovers she’s not the only one at her new school who can see ghosts.
Finch House
By Ciera Burch
Encanto meets Coraline in this spooky middle grade story that deals with family ties, fear of change, and generational trauma as it follows a girl who must convince an old, haunted house to release its hold on her and her family.
Hardly Haunted
By Jessie Sima
Illustrated by Jessie Sima
From the bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes a delightfully spooky story about an old house who wants to be a home…even if her new family isn’t what she expected.
The Clackity
By Lora Senf
Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces, this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows) middle grade novel tells the story of a girl who must rescue her aunt by entering a world of ghosts, witches, and monsters to play a game with deadly consequences.
Super Max and the Mystery of Thornwood's Revenge
By Susan Vaught
It’s going to take more than a knack for electronics and a supercharged wheelchair for twelve-year-old Max to investigate a haunted mansion in Edgar Award–winning author Susan Vaught’s latest middle grade mystery.
The Peculiar Incident on Shady Street
A girl unravels a centuries-old mystery after moving into a haunted house in this deliciously suspenseful read that Kirkus Reviews calls “just the ticket for a cold autumn night.”
Stories to Keep You Alive Despite Vampires
By Ben Acker
This fourth wall–breaking middle grade collection of spooky, scary, and spoopy stories for fans of Lemony Snicket and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark might just help you survive the night in a house full of vampires.
The Haunted House Next Door
Illustrated by Victor Rivas
Meet Desmond Cole! A fearless eight-year-old who runs his own ghost patrol, looking for ghosts, monsters, and mischief makers everywhere. Oh, and he just so happens to be my new best friend…and thank goodness! Because I’m afraid of everything.
Captain Awesome vs. the Spooky, Scary House
By Stan Kirby
Illustrated by George O'Connor
Captain Awesome and Nacho Cheese Man must protect their town from a haunted house in this Halloween-themed adventure.
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