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"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.
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Twelve-year-old Cuban American Benny must help the ghost of his rich, famous, and morally bankrupt musician grandfather cross over to the other side before the New Year's Eve deadline.
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"Brooklyn girl Kaylani McKinnon is thrust into an intricate web of lies when a shocking murder on Martha's Vineyard threatens to expose dangerous secrets"--
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Six eccentric guests are invited to the home of the infamous Amadeus family where they must work together to uncover the truth behind a thirteen-year-old mystery before the clock runs out.
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Rafael Fuentes isn't easily scared. He loves writing ghost stories, reading scary books, and entertaining his friends with terrifying tales he creates on the spot. Rafa has come up against enough real-life scary situations that fictional hauntings seem like no big deal. Rafas incarcerated mom is being released from jail soon, and will be coming to live with him, his sister, and their grandparents. For the first time in a while, Rafa feels a pit of...
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"It's 1942, and the United States is at war. While most of the kids in Henry Hamilton's class dream of being soldiers and shipping off overseas, Henry wants to contribute in a different way: he dreams of being a reporter. When his city organizes an air raid program as part of its civilian defense efforts, he just might find the scoop he's been hoping for. But as he tracks down his leads, he discovers a story far more perilous and important than he...
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"All her life, Kara's been told she was born in the city she's lived in all her life. But she's always felt that wasn't quite right, just as she's had flashes of thoughts that didn't seem to be her own. Now that she's 12, those thoughts are starting to become more frequent... and they're drawing her to a small town she's never been to before. Finally, against her parents' wishes, she goes there. And even though she's never been there before... she...
8. Extra normal
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"Charlie Greer is nothing special--at least not compared to her adopted siblings. Her younger sister is a ghost. Her brother Mateo is a werewolf. Gideon is the product of seriously sketchy experiments that gave him telekinetic powers. Even her parents work for the Division of Extranormal Investigations tracking down all things supernatural, alien, and otherwise unusual. Charlie's mom says her superpower is maturity--which doesn't really count. But...
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"In a magical modern-day Charleston, twelve-year-old medium Theo must dodge witchy aunties, an occasionally possessed cousin, and some ghostly grandparents to save his family from a demon with a grudge"--
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Collects illustrated tales of the strange and terrifying wild creatures living in the Lumberwoods, including the shadow-eating snoligoster and the speedy hoop snake.
11. Ferris
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"It's the summer before fifth grade, and for Ferris Wilkey, it is a summer of sheer pandemonium: Her little sister, Pinky, has vowed to become an outlaw. Uncle Ted has left Aunt Shirley and, to Ferris's mother's chagrin, is holed up in the Wilkey basement to paint a history of the world. And Charisse, Ferris's grandmother, has started seeing a ghost at the threshold of her room, which seems like an alarming omen given that she is also feeling unwell....
12. Finch house
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"When eleven-year-old Micah's grandfather goes missing, her instincts lead her to the off-limits Finch House, but when a boy named Theo invites her in, Micah realizes she cannot leave and must convince the house to let her go."--
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A thrilling, ghostly adventure and a testament to the power that kids have to change the world. Defiance holds power. The Ghost Scouts were created to keep the ghosts of Savannah in line. It's an honor to serve. Evey's never wanted anything to do with ghosts, but after best friend, Laura, dumps her for no reason, Evey wants revenge. To take the student of the year award from her ex-bestie, she'll have to join the Ghost Scouts. She'll be the best Ghost...
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Twelve-year-old ghost Maudie teams up with the living girl she has been haunting in order to defeat a monster from her nightmares and save her little brother.
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Celeste knows she should be excited to spend two weeks at her grandparents' lake house with her brother, Owen, and their cousins Capri and Daisy, but she's not. Bugs, bad cell reception, and the dark waters of the lake. cemeanks. On top of that, she just failed her swim test and hates being in the water--it's terrifying. But her grandparents are strong believers in their family knowing how to swim, especially having grown up during a time of segregation...
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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.
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"Mallory is still adapting to life in her new town of Eastport when she is haunted by a reoccurring nightmare, leading her to investigate the legend of Sweet Molly"--
18. Grumbones
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Budding sleuths Helena and her best friend Ben hire an insufferable ghostly guide named Grumbones to track down her recently deceased grandmother in the underworld.
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"A collection of scary stories from across the United States and Puerto Rico"--
20. Houdini and me
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"Eleven-year-old Harry Mancini lives in the house where Houdini spent his final years, so he has always been interested in the famous magician, and has even learned a few simple magic tricks; he just never expected Houdini to contact him from beyond the grave--and what Houdini wants him to do could well cost Harry his own life."--Publisher's description.