Juvenile Literature:
Something Upstairs by Avi. A 12-year-old moves into a house that is haunted by the ghost of a murdered slave boy. He must time travel to solve the murder and stop the haunting. | Young Ghosts by Daniel Cohen. Short stories about the ghosts of youngsters, along with some factual information about hauntings and cases of child ghosts. | |
Lenore Volume 1: Noogies by Roman Dirge. In these first four comic book issues, a little dead girl confronts creatures such as vampire dolls, cannibals and clock monsters. There is also a Volume 2. | The Haunted Tea-Cosy: A Dispirited and Distasteful Diversion for Christmas by Edward Gorey. This spoof of "The Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens stars Edmund Gravel, who was traumatized by a fruitcake and is now visited by ghosts who try to make him feel guilty. | |
The Ghost Sitter by Peni R. Griffin. 10-year-old Susie can't understand why her parents moved away and everyone ignores her, until she meets some kids who do pay attention to her. Then she realizes that she is dead. | Wait Till Helen Comes : A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn. After a family moves to the countryside, 12-year-old Molly finds out that a ghost girl is trying to kill her little sister. | |
A Stir Of Bones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman. A rich teenage girl from an abusive home makes friends with a ghost boy, then plans to commit suicide so she can join him forever. | Lost: A Novel by Gregory Maguire. A writer who is seeking to escape the popularity of her own book researches the family mansion where her cousin has disappeared, said to be haunted by the ghost of Jack the Ripper or one of his victims. | |
Scary Stories for Campfires by Margaret Rau and Arthur Myers. Twenty-six ghost stories for youngsters, also including creepy creatures such as Mothman. | Lily's Ghosts by Laura Ruby. After moving to New Jersey, Lily is plagued by ghosts. They won't go away until she solves a mystery involving her relatives. | |
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray by Chris Wooding. In an alternate-history Victorian London that is infested with the supernatural, one demon-slayer finds a possessed girl who is the key to saving the world. | A Ghost in the House by Betty Ren Wright. A girl is upset when her great-aunt decides to move in, but then it gets worse because this aunt brings ghosts with her. |
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