Scary Books
Ghosts
by Kelli M. Brucken
Ghosts:
a Nonfiction Companion to A Good Night for Ghosts
by Mary Pope Osborne
Fiction
All the Lovely Bad Ones
by Mary Downing Hahn
While spending the summer at their grandmother's Vermont inn, two prankster siblings awaken young ghosts from the inn's distant past who refuse to “rest in peace.”
The Book of Ghosts
by Michael Hague
Retells nine ghost stories, including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Tell-Tale Heart, The Canterville Ghost, and Laura.
City of the Dead
by Tony Abbott
Derek Stone just turned fourteen. He's lived in New Orleans with his dad and older brother, Ronny, his whole life. He's a little overweight and can't hear well out of his left ear. And he's on the run from the dead.
Dare to be Scared 4
by Robert San Souci
Black-and-white illustrations throughout add a sinister effect to this powerful collection of thirteen spooky tales, including the dark mystery of the Principal's Office and magic gone wrong in Snow Day.
Half-Minute Horrors
by Susan Rich
An anthology of very short, scary stories by an assortment of authors and illustrators including Chris Raschka, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jack Gantos, and Lane Smith.
Haunted Castle on Hallow's Eve
by Mary Pope Osborne
In their magic treehouse, Jack and Annie are again transported to King Arthur's realm, where invisible beings, giant ravens, and mistaken magic spells have a duke's castle in an uproar on Halloween night.
Killer Pizza
by Greg Taylor
While working as summer employees in a local pizza parlor, three teenagers are recruited by an underground organization of monster hunters.
Murder at Midnight
by Avi
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.
Thumb and the Bad Guys
by Ken Roberts
In the isolated Canadian fishing village where best friends Thumb and Susan live, mystery abounds. How did an eighteenth-century cannonball wash ashore? Why does the new schoolteacher wear a wig and pancake make-up? And why, when the village's lone “bad guy” sneaks off into the woods at night, do eerie screaming noises follow?







