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Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But...
(age 9-12) by Elvira Woodruff fantasy ... letters/journal ... spooky Catalog: Marty receives a surprising reply when he writes a letter describing his spirited but sick grandfather to Napoleon Bonaparte. |
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CUL |
The Backyard Ghost
(age 9-12) by Lynn Cullen war ... school ... friendship ... spooky Eleanor's desperate attempts to break into the popular crowd at her new school are complicated by her discovery that her back yard is haunted by a Civil War ghost. |
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HAH |
Time For Andrew: a Ghost Story
(age 9-12) by Mary Downing Hahn family ... mystery ... spooky Aunt Blythe's house gives Andrew the creeps, full of dark rooms, creaky noises, and the sound of a woman sobbing somewhere in the shadows. Then, in the middle of the night, Andrew awakens to find a boy standing in his room...a boy who is Andrew's double, except he looks as if he's come from the grave. He wants to follow him, to a place where he will meet the spirits of long-dead ancestors...a place from which Andrew may never return. |
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HAH |
The Old Willis Place: a Ghost Story
(age 9-12) by Mary Downing Hahn mystery ... spooky Diana and her little brother Georgie have been living in the woods behind the old Willis place, a decaying Victorian mansion, for what already seems like forever. They aren't allowed to leave the property or show themselves to anyone. But when a new caretaker comes to live there with his young daughter, Lissa, Diana is tempted to break the mysterious rules they live by and reveal herself so she can finally have a friend. Somehow, Diana must get Lissa's help if she and Georgie ever hope to release themselves from the secret that has bound them to the old Willis place for so long. |
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BRI |
Who Knew There'd Be Ghosts?
(age 9-12) by Bill Brittain adventure ... spooky Three spunky youngsters join forces with two lively ghosts to save a historic mansion from being destroyed by a crooked antique dealer. |
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PEC |
The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp
(age 9-12) by Richard Peck fantasy ... school ... friendship ... spooky Blossom, not the most popular member of her freshman class in 1914, travels ahead seventy years, and returns in time to make Halloween a memorable night for her classmates and teachers. |
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DIC |
A Christmas Carol
(age 9-12) by Charles Dickens traditions ... growing up ... folklore ... spooky A miser learns the true meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future. |
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IBB |
Dial-a-Ghost
(age 9-12) by Eva Ibbotson humor ... enterprise ... spooky The Dial-a-Ghost Agency finds good homes for ghosts. And Fulton and Frieda Snodde-Brittle are looking for a few frightening ghosts to accidentally scare their young cousin and heir, Oliver, to death. The ladies at the Dial-a-Ghost Agency have the perfect match: the Shriekers, two bloodstained and bickering horrors. But thanks to a mix-up at the agency, the Wilkinsons, a kind family of ghosts, arrive instead. Can they put a stop to the Snodde-Brittles' schemes before it's too late? |
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CAR |
Aunt Morbelia and the Screaming Skulls
(age 9-12) by Joan Davenport Carris humor ... spooky ... family ... mystery The peaceful life of a boy with dyslexia is interrupted when his great-aunt, who has a morbid fascination with ghosts and death omens, moves in. |
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ALM |
Skellig
(age 9-12) by David Almond magic ... family ... spooky Ten-year-old Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage....What is this thing beneath the spiders' webs and dead flies? A human being, or a strange kind of beast never before seen? The only person Michael can confide in is his new friend, Mina. Together, they carry the creature out into the light, and Michael's world changes forever. |
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SNY |
The Witches of Worm
(age 9-12) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder friendship ... magic ... spooky A lonely twelve-year-old is convinced that the cat she finds is possessed by a witch and is responsible for her own strange behavior. |
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IRV |
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(age 9-12) by Washington Irving folklore ... spooky A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. |
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WRI |
The Dollhouse Murders
(age 9-12) by Betty Ren Wright spooky ... family ... mystery Catalog: A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light in the middle of the night and dolls that have moved from where she last left them lead Amy and her retarded sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago. |
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SNY |
The Headless Cupid
(age 9-12) by Zilpha Keatley Snyder spooky ... mystery ... magic ... friendship When the four Stanley children meet Amanda, their new stepsister, they're amazed to learn that she studied witchcraft. They're stunned to see her dressed in a strange costume, carrying a pet crow, and surrounded by a pile of books about the supernatural. It's not long before Amanda promises to give witchcraft lessons to David, Janie, and the twins. But that's when strange things start happening in their old house. David suspects Amanda of causing mischief, until they learn that the house really was haunted a long time ago. Legend has it that a ghost cut the head off a wooden cupid on the stairway. Has the ghost returned to strike again? |
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls
(age 9-12) by John Bellairs spooky ... magic ... mystery A boy goes to live with his magician uncle in a mansion that has a clock hidden in the walls which is ticking off the minutes until doomsday. sequel: The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring |
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BOS |
The Children of Green Knowe
(age 9-12) by L. M. Boston spooky ... adventure ... fantasy This is the first thrilling and chilling tale of Green Knowe, a haunted manor deep in an overgrown garden in the English countryside. sequel: The River at Green Knowe sequel: A Stranger at Green Knowe sequel: An Enemy at Green Knowe sequel: Treasure of Green Knowe |