JFIC Stand Alone Books

"Inspired by Hansel and Gretel, this spooky ghost story and touching debut investigates the gingerbread houses that we trap ourselves in when we don't learn to love ourselves as we are." --Publisher's description.

"Sid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen they are desperate to see a real-life ghost! But when Sid accidentally summons a 300-year-old pirate from the dead, it opens the door to the halfway house a magical inn full of lost souls from across the ages, all trapped there by a sinister landlord. There are more ghosts that Sid could ever have imagined and they're all sure Sid is there to save them! (Sid's sure there's been...

When Maya and her classmates are asked to write winter-themed creepy stories, they come up with some brilliantly spooky ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But when a mysterious new girl stands up to read her story, the light begins to dim and the classroom grows colder and colder. Can Maya stop the story and save them before they all freeze? "When Maya and her classmates are...

Sent to spend the summer with her seemingly critical Grandma Jojo, neurodivergent and artistic V discovers a ghostly girl in the walls and must uncover the ghost's desires and her grandmother's secrets before their relationship is irreparably damaged. Told in verse format.

"Wizard West was dead for nearly an entire day before he noticed. And Faye, the daughter of West's groundskeeper, is charged with the unfortunate task of informing the wizard that he is now a ghost who has lost all magical powers. (But not before West tries turning her into a cat!) To make matters worse, the enchanted castle of Celurdur, the only home that Fay has ever known, will fall apart at the next new moon if its foundation spells can't be renewed....

"Not every kid would be thrilled to move to rural Alaska, but sixth grader Lucy is eager to leave her bullies behind and start over. However, it turns out that Lucy's new school does remote learning from October to April, when the roads become too icy to navigate safely. Being the new kid is hard enough--how is she going to make friends when she can't meet anyone in person? Luckily, the sixth grade class at White Pine Secondary School is tiny (just...

"Dickens' beloved masterpiece now imagined within an enchanting woodland realm. In 1843, Charles Dickens penned a classic Christmas tale full of ghosts and the endearing humbug Ebenezer Scrooge. This beautifully illustrated edition brings alive the timeless classic of greed, regret, loneliness, reflection, compassion, hope, and a joyfully changed life"--

"... a lonely, gifted girl navigates middle school tensions and family secrets with some supernatural help."--Provided by publisher.

5 stars

"The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart-whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street-very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn't enough for Violet's best friend, Paige. Everything...

Evacuated from London at the outbreak of war, Rosie is taken in by kind Mrs Taylor and her daughter Mary. But all is not as it seems. Mary resents and bullies Rosie, and Mrs Taylor is hiding a dark secret. When Rosie comes across a strange girl swimming in a local pond, she hopes they will become friends. But instead her appearance leads to a horrifying revelation that will have terrifying consequences . . . "When Rosie is evacuated from bomb-torn...