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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Crossroads
Chris Grabenstein · 336 pages
ZACK, HIS DAD, and new stepmother have just moved back to his father's hometown, not knowing that their new house has a dark history. Fifty years ago, a crazed killer caused an accident at the nearby crossroads that took 40 innocent lives. He died when his car hit a tree in a fiery crash, and his malevolent spirit has inhabited the tree ever since. During a huge storm, lightning hits the tree, rel
The Ghost of Graylock
Dan Poblocki
Staying with their aunts over the summer, Neil Cady, his sister Bree, and their new friends Wesley and Eric, set out to explore Greylock Hall, an abandoned psychiatric hospital which is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of Nurse Janet.
Lily's Ghosts
Laura Ruby · 258 pages
Strange goings-on at her great-uncle's summer home in Cape May, New Jersey, draw Lily and a new friend into a mystery involving lost treasure, a fake medium, and ghosts of all sizes, shapes, and dispositions.
The Ghost Next Door
Wylly Folk St. John · 178 pages
Children's book from the 1970's. Main character (Sherry) goes to spend some time with her Aunt during the summer. Sherry is never told that she had a half-sister, Miranda, who drowned. Strange things start to happen and clues to Miranda's existence that Sherry could not know. Very good read and a favorite for many!
Ghost Beach
R.L. Stine · 119 pages
This book is filled with mystery and excitement, Terri and Jerry both try to solve the mystery of ghost with his friends. It said that the ghosts live in the cave, but will their friends turn against them?
Deep and Dark and Dangerous
Mary Downing Hahn · 187 pages
Ali goes on vacation in maine with her aunt dulcie, and her baby cousin emma. soon emma and ali meet a sassy girl named sissy, who is a bad influence on emma. Sissy keeps talking about a girl named teresa, who drowned back when claire, Ali's mom, and dulcie were little kids, and whose body was never found. At first Ali thinks that sissy is just trying to scare her and emma, but soon figures out wh
The Ghost Belonged to Me
Richard Peck · 183 pages
In this story set in 1913, Blossom Culp, Alexander Armsworth, adventurer Miles Armsworth, and Blossom's spiritualist mother set out to exorcise a ghost.
The Screaming Staircase
Jonathan Stroud · 452 pages
*Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.* This book is part of a brilliant series for children (and parents) who love to be creeped out. It’s set in London when the city is experiencing an outbreak of ghosts who kill people if they come into contact with them. The catch: only children can see them. These stories features the k
The Revenge of the Wizard's Ghost
John Bellairs · 147 pages
Collapsed in a weird trance, Johnny Dixon is dying. Professor Childermass and Fergie soon learn the horrifying reason: Johnny is possessed by the spirit of the evil Warren Windrow. In a desperate effort to find a clue that will save Johnny's life, the professor and Fergie race to the gloomy Windrow estate. But demonic forces are waiting for them, and suddenly they're fighting for their own lives.
The Dead Boys
Royce Buckingham
Timid twelve-year-old Teddy Mathews and his mother move to a small, remote desert town in eastern Washington, where the tree next door, mutated by nuclear waste, eats children and the friends Teddy makes turn out to be dead.
The Dead End
Mimi McCoy · 174 pages
"Casey Slater can't believe her bad luck. Instead of the perfect summer vacation she'd planned, Casey is in a remote country town, where her parents are restoring an old, creaky, creepy house. Worst of all, everyone in town thinks the house is haunted. Soon Casey thinks so, too--a vase explodes, a china cabinet falls over on its own--and it seems like the ghost doesn't want them there. Casey t
The Haunting of Hiram
Eva Ibbotson · 163 pages
"I will buy your castle," declared Hiram H. Hopgood. "But only if there are no ghosts!" What is young Alex MacBuff to do? He can't afford to keep his beloved Castle Carra - and an American millionaire has made him an offer he can't refuse. But the castle is full of ghosts! There's Krok the hairy Viking warrior, mad Miss Spinks, a hell-hound called Cyril, and a vampire with no teeth. How c
The Graveyard Book
Neil Gaiman · 308 pages
Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place—he's the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised from infancy by the ghosts, werewolves, and other cemetery denizens, Bod has learned the antiquated customs of his guardians' time as well as their ghostly teachings—such as the ability to Fade so mere mortals cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the wor
The Black
D.J. MacHale · 405 pages
Cooper Foley, who has a knack for getting into trouble, ends up in the middle of a border war between the worlds of the living and the dead, trying to find out about the mysterious Morpheus Road.
The Dollhouse Murders
Betty Ren Wright · 149 pages
What kinds of secrets do dolls keep? Amy is terrified. She hears scratching and scurrying noises coming from the dollhouse, and the dolls she was playing with are not where she left them. Dolls can't move by themselves, she tells herself. But every night when Amy goes into the attic to check on the dollhouse, it is filled with an eerie light and the dolls have moved again! Are the dolls trying to
Ghost in the Machine
Patrick Carman · 207 pages
Although forbidden to see each other, Ryan and Sarah continue their investigation of the mysterious happenings at the dredge by communicating through video clips, text messages, midnight meetings, and journaling. The reader may view videos on a website by using links and passwords found in the text.
Bird Lake Moon
Kevin Henkes · 192 pages
Twelve-year-old Mitch and his mother are spending the summer with his grandparents at Bird Lake after his parents separate, and ten-year-old Spencer and his family have returned to the lake where Spencer's little brother drowned long ago, and as the boys become friends and spend time together, each of them begins to heal.
The Children of Green Knowe
L.M. Boston · 157 pages
Tolly comes to live with his great-grandmother at the ancient house of Green Knowe and becomes friends with three children who lived there in the seventeenth century.
Ghosthunters and the Muddy Monster of Doom!
Cornelia Funke · 170 pages
With the fate of world resting on the outcome of his battle against the mud-dripping minotaur, Tom's final exam is one that is certain to test his combined knowledge in the field and rightfully earn him his Ghosthunting Diploma.
A Curious Tale of the In-Between
Lauren DeStefano · 228 pages
Pram Bellamy is special--she can talk to ghosts. She doesn't have too many friends amongst the living, but that's all right. She has her books, she has her aunts, and she has her best friend, the ghostly Felix.
The Year of Shadows
Claire Legrand · 406 pages
Forced to move into a haunted concert hall with her distant father, "The Maestro," and aging grandmother, Nonna, twelve-year-old Olivia and classmate Henry try to lay to rest ghosts tied to the Hall's past before time and money run out. Forced to move into a haunted concert hall with her distant father, the Maestro, and aging grandmother, Nonna, twelve-year-old Olivia and classmate Henry try to l
The Swallow: A Ghost Story
Charis Cotter · 318 pages
In 1960s Toronto, two girls retreat to their attics to escape the loneliness and isolation of their lives. Polly lives in a house bursting at the seams with people, while Rose is often left alone by her busy parents. Polly is a down-to-earth dreamer with a wild imagination and an obsession with ghosts; Rose is a quiet, ethereal waif with a sharp tongue. Despite their differences, both girls spend