Ghost Stories - Kids Fiction

Sail to Mackinac Island, Michigan with twelve-year-old Lillia Pameroy and step back in time to meet the spirit of a lonely little girl, Clarisse, waiting for her parents to return An unusual carriage with its elderly driver waits at the pier to transport Lillia,...

The people are missing and the world has grown dark. Alone in a cabin, lives Lynnie Laura Lark. She is brave, kind, brilliant and strong, And with her smarts and some parts, not alone for long... Lynnie & Lug is a story about an...

With more than 23 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading School's almost out for the summer, and A.J. is dreaming about all the fun things he's going to do on vacation.But A.J.'s dream quickly turns into a nightmare...

It's 1967 and Mary's family has moved into a huge Victorian mansion. She loves her gigantic new house, especially her room. But then she begins to meet the house's other residents. Mrs. Murray was murdered in Mary's new house. At first she tries to...

Alejandro Padilla isn't superstitious and he doesn't believe the stories that an old sailor doll in a Key West, Florida, museum is haunted. Robert the Doll might look creepy, but that doesn't mean the doll is cursed. So Al ignores the tour guide's warning...

After her grampa dies, the last place Libby expects to see him is sitting on the edge of her bed. But that's what happens the night after the funeral. Even more surprising is that Grampa has three important things to tell her: first, that...

The local movie theater is hosting Horrorfest--two days of back-to-back monster movies. Malcolm and Dandy can't wait to see their favorite horror classics up on the big screen. But the spine-tingling chills continue even after the movies end. The Wolfman, The Fly, and King...

When the local museum hosts the exhibit for the mummy of Egyptian king, Tuturtikum, Malcolm and Dandy want to be the first in line. But they soon learn there is more to the mummy than just a wad of rotting rags. They've both become...

It's field trip day and Mrs. Goolsby is taking the class to the sugar factory. It seems like a sweet place, until they're all dodging the flying sugar beets The tortured tour guide finally reveals the factory's secret . . . it's haunted. Can...

Bus 445 has a mind of its own--it honks for no reason Is it a malfunction or a malicious ghost? Malcolm and Dandy open an investigation that has them colliding with a spiteful spirit. But can they steer him away from his mission of...

Malcolm and Dandy have added a new gadget to their ghost hunting gear--XSpecs These miraculous glasses are supposed to have Xray vision, but all they seem to do is hypnotize whoever looks at them. This comes in handy when the boys battle some vicious...

While staying at her godmother's cottage by the sea, ten-year-old Florence finds a secret passageway into the attic where she learns some surprising family secrets - about herself Why did her mum keep these secrets from her? Who is Florence's real father? And what...

Malcolm always thought the librarian at the Franklin County Library was cranky. She constantly shushed him and insisted the library was haunted. Boy was she right When Malcolm and Dandy have school reports to research, Malcolm's library book keeps disappearing and returning to the...

Malcolm's dad thinks it's time Malcolm and his best friend Dandy get out of the basement lab and started doing the things that other 10-year-old boys enjoy. So, they are going camping--in October The best part of camping at Lake Itchyburr is the Legend...

Malcolm and his best friend Dandy aren't like other 10-year-old boys. Malcolm would rather avoid his older sister, experiment in his lab, and read his science magazines than play sports. In one magazine, he comes across an advertisement for an Ecto-Handheld-Automatic-Heat-Sensitive-Laser-Enhanced Specter Detector. Its...

Calypso loves the new-old house where she lives with her two mamas. She doesn't even mind that a ghost lives there too -- until the ghost ruins the mamas' holiday cookie party. Is there something he doesn't like about parties? Or holidays? Or cookies?...

Three stories from Shoo Rayner's well-loved Little Horrors series are now all in one book. Is that the Swamp Man squelching around in the dark? Who is the Spider Man and why is he on our train? Is that noise really the ghost of...

Killer cars, ships that appear and disappear, spirits that appear to plane crews and passengers. Ships, planes, and cars are used by people every day, but do ghosts use them too?Author: Grace RamseyISBN-10: 168191865XISBN-13: 9781681918655Publisher: Rourke Educational MediaLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/01/2016Pages: 32Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.60h...

There's a poltergeist in Joe Quinn's house, and Davie is determined to discover its source in this lively, hopeful graphic storybook from David Almond and Dave McKean. Joe Quinn has been telling everyone about the poltergeist in his house, but no one believes him....

Sam, Antonio, and Lucy think a mysterious substitute teacher is up to no good and discover he not only lives in mad scientist Orson Eerie's old house, but is also building a strange machine. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....

When the school gym transforms into a giant volcano, Sam Graves and his friends have to figure out how to fight hot lava and discover what secrets are in the strange, old book they just found. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...

When Lucy disappears into her locker, Sam and Antonio follow a trail of clues that lead them through the locker and into the school to rescue their friend. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Spotlight is a division of ABDO.Author:...

Ella has moved to the spooky town of Windy Hollow to live with her Great Aunt Raven. She is kept busy by a series of odd jobs arranged by her mysterious aunt. Postmaster Silverton asks for Ella's help delivering packages. She is surprised to...

Barry's usual walk through Marshfield Grove with his dog Lucy turns ominous when they find blood and encounter the ghost of Byron Mumford. Byron's been disturbed by zombies in the cemetery, the same zombies Barry and his friends fought a few months ago. While...

Malcolm's class trip to the zoo goes bananas when animals break out of their cages. He's convinced the place is haunted, but is banned from the park when he climbs a cage to get his ghost zapper back from a monkey. Can the boys...

Ava's father is so proud to reopen Ursula's Funland. But when creepy incidents threaten to shut down the park, Ava is determined to save the park for her dad. Ava enters the Hall of Mirrors with her friend, but she doesn't leave with him....

"An excellent addition to middle grade shelves, with a differently-abled main character that readers will root for." --School Library Journal "Vaught makes Max the brash, bold star of the book, exchanging stereotypes and sympathy cards for a well-drawn character whose disability is part of...

Boy medium Baylor Bosco enters the dream world with his ghostly twin Kristina to discover what has happened to a bunch of missing kids in this second spooky novel in a new series that James Patterson called "a fun ride with chills galore." With...

Once upon a time, Spooklin was born in the Kingdom of Boo. He wasn't like the others in the kingdom and went on a journey to find himself. Fly along with Spooklin as he exchanges the comforts and safety of home for a year...

The Aldens are visiting Aunt Jane in Elmford. She tells the children that she has tickets for them to see a mystery play at the Trap-Door Theater. A theater patron who loved mysteries left her life savings to improve the theater and to hold...

A haunting, beautiful middle-grade novel about fractured relationships, loss, ghosts, friendship and art. Annie and her mother don't see eye to eye. When Annie finds a painting of a lonely lighthouse in their home, she is immediately drawn to it--and her mother wishes it...

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death--they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retold by folklorist Alvin Schwartz. Brought to spine-tingling, flesh-crawling life...

Skeleton Boy has a plan to have fun with his friends. Always.Nothing will stop him. Not even the sun.Skeleton Boy and the Moon Balloon is a story about friendship and being different. It's okay to be weird, to be strange and to be yourself....

Life is cursed for the townsfolk of Twee. The ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon haunts their every waking hour and they've had enough But then one day, the brave and practical young Herbert Kettle has the most extraordinary idea.Author: Aaron BlabeyISBN-10: 0143506218ISBN-13: 9780143506218Publisher: Puffin...

The illustrious E6 NO. 466 locomotive ("Lundbergh Engine") is a historic tribute to humanity's ingenuity, strength, and determination...and she's making her final journey from Newark to Atlantic City, New Jersey before her permanent retirement. Within the crevices of her iron body and fiery belly,...

Ghostly detective duo Henry and Eva are back in this silly and spooky follow-up to Henry & Eva and the Castle on the Cliff, perfect for fans of Lemony Snicket and The Graveyard Book There are three things that Henry and Eva know for...

Liv tries out for the Gloomsdale Elementary Ghoul Squad in this second book in the Spirited graphic novel chapter book series. Liv Livingston feels she's finally found her footing in her new school--even the bat hall monitors at Gloomsdale Elementary don't screech at her...

KIDNAPPED. MISSING. DEAD.Three words that threaten to suffocate Danso Pilkin as he searches for any sign of his missing brother.The police have given up. His parents have lost hope.Now, Danso feels he is the last chance his brother has of ever returning home.However, the...

A boy and his ghostly twin sister work together to pass messages from the beyond in this "funny, mystical, and endearing" (Kirkus Reviews) debut that James Patterson called "a fun ride and a great concept." There are a few things you should know about...

Liv tries out for the Gloomsdale Elementary Ghoul Squad in this second book in the Spirited graphic novel chapter book series. Liv Livingston feels she's finally found her footing in her new school--even the bat hall monitors at Gloomsdale Elementary don't screech at her...

When twelve year-old misfit Midnight Reynolds takes a job helping out eccentric Miss Appleby in the mansion down the street, she never imagined her work would involve battling ghosts. But as it turns out, Midnight and her new employer have quite a bit in...

Boy medium Baylor Bosco enters the dream world with his ghostly twin Kristina to discover what has happened to a bunch of missing kids in this second spooky novel in a series that James Patterson called "a fun ride with chills galore." With assistance...

A sweetly spooky ghost story about a Cuban American boy who befriends a pair of spirits and tries to break the curse on his island home . . . only to discover a seemingly lost piece of his family's history in the process. This...

Author: Andres MiedosoISBN-10: 1665952946ISBN-13: 9781665952941Publisher: Little SimonLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/30/2024Pages: 128Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d

From Edgar Award-nominated author Martha Freeman comes a "delightful" (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade mystery following a young boy working at his family's secondhand store that is a steal-your-heart story about family and friendship. Arthur Popper helps out in his family's Boulder, Colorado, junk store,...

Benny Ramírez can see dead people . . . Well, one dead person, anyway. A hilarious and heartwarming story about a boy who can suddenly see the ghost of his famous musician grandfather! After moving cross-country into his late grandfather's Miami mansion, Benny discovers...

What if your favorite scary story was real? With eerie illustrations and chilling creepypasta interstitials, The Doomsday Archives: The Wandering Hour by Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos is the first in a deliciously creepy series, perfect for readers of Jonathan Stroud, Christian McKay...

There's something up with the ghost Lavender, Rosie, and Ethan trapped at the corn maze. With it rattling around Lavender's house and sending her spooky text messages, she's determined to learn more about the lore in the ghost's past. What better place for research...

Ever since Lacey and Cal's adventure through the Neitherswarth, the two stepsisters have never been closer. But when Cal comes to visit Lacey at St. Agatha's Boarding School for Girls, Lacey can't help but feel nervous. She wants to embrace her new family, but...

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