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Ghostly Tales for Hungry Bookworms

Feel some chills with these spine-tingling ghost stories for middle grade readers.

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  • When Cass's parents travel to Edinburgh to film a ghostly TV show, she learns that a city with old ghosts can be a very dangerous place to be.
    Book, 2018New York : Scholastic Press, 2018. — SCHWA
  • A quartet of thirteen-year-old boys' friendship is tested by ghosts, haunted houses, secret crushes, and a hundred-year-old curse.
    Book, 2024New York : Union Square Kids, [2024] — Norton
  • After a falling out with her best friend, twelve-year-old Maya goes on a family vacation to the haunted mansion of a famous mystery writer that contains thirteen ominous yet magical doors.
    Book, 2025New York : Union Square Kids, [2025] — Lavoie
  • Chelsea makes a new friend and her dead sister's ghost becomes jealous. Chelsea's biggest secret has become her biggest fear.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., [2025] — Alexan
  • Follows three young operatives of a Psychic Detection Agency as they battle an epidemic of ghosts in London.
    Book, 2013New York : Disney-Hyperion Books, [2013] — Stroud
  • After attempting to prove the existence of a famous ghost for their school newspaper, Josie, Jackson, and Alison begin to receive sinister memes on their phones and must uncover the truth behind the terrifying messages before time runs out.
    Book, 2025New York : Delacorte Press, [2025]. — jF Cur
  • Be careful what you wish for. The Ghost Show is a black, five-story skull that appears on the edge of town as a supernatural attraction. When Zel goes to see a real live ghost, things don't go as planned and she ends up in a battle against a ghost…
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — Ocker
  • Molly Teng sees things by touching the belongings of people who have died. Can she free the ghost living in her new house before the ghost's hunger destroys everything?
    Book, 2024New York : Scholastic Press, 2024. — Hung
  • To rescue her aunt from the ghost of a serial killer, twelve-year-old Evie Von Rathe embarks on a journey into a strange world filled with hungry witches, ghosts, and a story thief, all while trying to fulfill her deal with the Clackity.
    Book, 2022New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [2022] — Senf