RecommendedReads: JFiction:Scary
I.R.L. JennyGoebel
JGOEB, J
When Lucy moves to rural Alaska, she is surprised to find that her school does remote learning from October to April to avoid the icy, unsafe roads. She meets and gets to know her 13 new classmates. But when the ice thaws, something strange awaits her at White Pine Secondary School.
NightmareIsland ShakirahBourne
JBOUR
, S
Twelve-year-old Serenity has a recurring nightmare, but things get real when her parents take her brother, Peace, to Duppy Island for "treatment" and Serenity is confronted by the creepy Dr. Whisper and the faceless douen children who are trapped between the living and the dead.
ABiteAbovetheRest ChristineVirnig
JVIRN, C
Sixth-grader Caleb discovers that at Samhain Intermediate School every day is Halloween, and everybody wears costumes--the trouble is that in the town of Samhain some of the monsters are real, and out for blood.
It’sWatching LindsayCurrie
JCURR, L
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.
MonsterMovie! ChuckWendig
JWEND, C
Twelve-year-old Ethan is afraid of everything, but he must overcome his fears to save his town from a cursed videotape turned monster on the loose.
TheCreepeningofDogwoodHouse EdenRoyce
JROYC, E
After the death of his mother, Roddie is taken in by an aunt he barely knows to live in Dogwood House, the creepiest place he’s ever seen where he learns there is a lot his mom never told him about hoodoo, his family, and the strange secrets hidden inside the walls of Dogwood.
JMCMA, M
When a ride breaks down before closing, friends Mateo, Taylor, and Zari find themselves stuck inside the haunted house for the night and discover a hidden staircase leading to a dark crypt.
BrokenDolls
AllyMalinenko
JMALI, A
Author of Ghost Girl and This Appearing House Ally Malinenko brings to life a terrifying middle grade novel about a girl learning to grieve her grandfather and the creepy antique dolls in his house that seem to come alive.
ReadatYourOwnRisk RemyLai
JLAI, R
When Hannah and her friends play a Ouija-style game in their school attic, they unleash an evil spirit that curses Hannah and communicates with her through her diary.
ExitNowhere JulianaBrandt
JBRAN, J
When Barret Eloise and her group project partners are locked in the haunted Raithfield Manor, the house transforms into a series of childhood games they must win to order to escape.
HungryBones
LouiseHung
JHUNG, L
When Molly Teng touches the belongings of people who have died, she gets brief glimpses into the lives they lived. Jade is a hungry ghost reliant on the livings' food scraps to survive. When Molly moves into Jade's house, nothing will ever be the same.
DeadGirl’sDiary
K.R.Alexander
JALEX, K
The chilling story of a girl who has visions of a dead girl--and the diary that will lead her to the truth behind the girl's tragic demise.
TalesFromCabin23:TheVisitors YamileSaiedMéndez
JMEND, Y
When Gen Farías’s brother, Lorenzo, is arrested, everything changes. His parents decide to move them to a beautiful village in the mountains for a change in scenery. But Gen soon realizes Los Astros is no ordinary town. There are creepy wicker figures on every lawn and strange stories of children who go missing.
TheBellwoodsGame CeliaKrampien
JKRAM, C
A group of sixth graders participating in an annual Halloween tradition to pacify the ghost of Abigail Snook quickly realize that the Bellwoods contains an even bigger threat to their town.
JGARC, A
Each tale in this magical collection pulls you into a dark world of contemporary stories based on myths and legends from around the world.