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FICTION

(These books can be found in the Juvenile Fiction area unless otherwise noted in parentheses.)

Ahlberg, Allan.

My Brother's Ghost. 2001. Orphaned by the death of their parents and bereft by the sudden death of their older brother Tom, nine-year-old Frances and three-year-old Harry are comforted by Tom's ghost, who helps them in difficult situations at home with their aunt and uncle and at school.

Alphin, Elaine Marie.

Ghost Soldier. 2001. Alexander, in North Carolina while his father decides whether to remarry and move there, meets the ghost of a Confederate soldier and helps him look for his family.

Almond, David.

Kit's Wilderness. 2000. Thirteen-year-old Kit goes to live with his grandfather in the decaying coal mining town of Stoneygate, England, and finds both the old man and the town haunted by ghosts of the past.

Alter, Stephen.

Phantom Isles. 2007. When Ming, Orion, and Courtney read an incantation from the pages of "The Compleat Necromancer," they have no way of knowing they are about to conjure up the ghosts of an entire island nation.

Arnold, Louise.

Golden & Grey (an Unremarkable Boy and a Rather Remarkable Ghost). 2005. When a downhearted ghost becomes the "invisible friend" of an eleven-year-old boy who is an outcast in his new school, the two help each other find their place in their respective worlds.

Golden & Grey: the Nightmares That Ghosts Have. 2006. In addition to continuing their work to stop school bullies, eleven-year-old Tom Golden and Grey Arthur--along with several spectral friends--try to discover why ghosts across England are vanishing.

Avi.

Something Upstairs: A Tale of Ghosts. 1988. When he moves from Los Angeles to Providence, Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to return with him to the early nineteenth century and prevent his murder by slave traders.

Barrett, Tracy.

Cold in Summer. 2003. At the beginning of seventh grade, Ariadne moves to a Tennessee town near a former farming community submerged under a man-made lake and meets the ghost of a girl from the past.

Bial, Raymond.

The Fresh Grave and other Ghostly Stories. 1997. Hank and his fraidy-cat sidekick Clifford explore old buildings and cemeteries around the central midwestern town of Myrtleville and encounter a number of ghosts.

The Ghost of Honeymoon Creek. 1999. Hank and his fraidy-cat buddy Clifford are chased by a host of ghosts through the countryside near Myrtleville and encounter a mysterious old lady who leads them to discover the secret of the ghost of Honeymoon Creek.

Burgess, Melvin.

The Ghost Behind The Wall. 2003. Twelve-year-old David sneaks through the ventilation shafts in his London apartment building pulling pranks on his neighbors, which awakens the ghost of a boy with a grudge against the lonely, senile old man who lives upstairs.

Cassedy, Sylvia.

Behind Attic Wall. 1985. In the bleak, forbidding house of her great-aunts, neglected twelve-year-old orphan Maggie hears ghostly voices and finds magic that awakens in her the capacity to love and be loved. (Paperback)

Clarke, Judith.

Starry Nights. 2003. Guilty over their older brother's drowning and their mother's subsequent breakdown, fourteen-year-old Vida ventures into the occult but it is ten-year-old Jess who meets the ghost who is trying to help them.

Climo, Shirley.

T.J.'s Ghost. 1989. A twelve-year-old girl helps the ghost of a 19th century stowaway find a ring that will help free him to his future. (TEEN)

Creech, Sharon.

Pleasing the Ghost. 1996. Nine-year-old Dennis, whose uncle and father died within a year of one another, is visited by the ghost of his uncle, and together they settle some unfinished business.

Cuyler, Margery.

The Battlefield Ghost. 1999. When fourth grader John and his sister Lisa move into an old house in Princeton, New Jersey, they find it haunted by the ghost of a Hessian soldier from the Revolutionary War and try to reunite him with the ghost of his beloved horse.

DeFelice, Cynthia.

The Ghost of Fossil Glen. 1998. Allie knows it's not her imagination when she hears a voice and sees in her mind's eye the face of a girl who seems to be seeking Allie's help.

The Ghost and Mrs. Hobbs. 2001. Hindered by a fight with her friend Dub and a series of mysterious fires, eleven-year-old Allie investigates the fire seventeen years earlier which claimed the lives of the husband and infant son of a school cafeteria worker, as well as the handsome young man whose ghost asks Allie for help.

Dunlop, Eileen.

The Ghost by the Sea 1996. While visiting her grandmother who lives alone at Culaloe, ten-year-old Robin becomes involved in a duel with the ghost of her great-great-aunt.

Farmer, Penelope.

Thicker than Water. 1993. Both Will and his cousin Becky have some adjusting to do when he comes to live with her family after his mother's death, especially when the ghost of a child coal miner begins his insistent haunting of Will.

Feil, Hila.

Blue Moon. 1990. Working on Cape Cod as an au pair, Julia and her young charge, Molly, sense the mysterious presence of Molly's mother, who died years ago. (TEEN)

Griffin, Peni R.

The Ghost Sitter. 2001. When she realizes that her new house is haunted by the ghost of a ten-year-old girl who used to live there, Charlotte tries to help her find peace.

Hahn, Mary Downing.

Wait Till Helen Comes. 1986. Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister Heather but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost child to her doom.

Time for Andrew. 1994. When he goes tp spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great uncle who is dying of diphtheria.

Holub, Joan.

The Haunted States of America. 2001. Haunted houses and spooky places in all 50 States ... and Canada, too! (PAPERBACK)

Ibbotson, Eva.

Dial-a-Ghost. 2001. A family of nice ghosts protects a British orphan from the diabolic plans of his evil guardians.

Haunting of Granite Falls. 2004. "When twelve-year-old Alex's Scottish castle of Carra is sold, dismantled, and moved to Texas, the ghosts that raised him from a child have difficulty relocating"--T.p. verso

The Great Ghost Rescue.2002. A young English boy decides to establish a sanctuary for an assortment of ghosts when the homes they have haunted are replaced by highways and other modern "improvements".

Johnson, Emily Rhoads.

Write me if You Dare! 2000. Three years after the death of her mother, eleven-year-old Maddie finds a note attached to a popped balloon, leading to a correspondence with a mysterious fourteen-year-old girl who helps Maddie understand that life must go on.

Johnston, Norma.

Feather in the Wind. 2001. After moving to her ancestral home in northern New Jersey, fourteen-year-old Becca discovers a Native American ghost and a startling family secret.

Jones, Diana Wynne.

The Time of the Ghost. 1996. A ghost, uncertain of her identity, watches the four Melford sisters hatch a plan to get their parents' attention and slowly becomes aware of the danger from a supernatural power unleashed by the the girls and their friends from the boys boarding school run by the Melfords.

Kamida, Vicki.

Night Mare. 1997. Having discovered a hidden ranch tucked away in the arroyo near her home, thirteen-year-old Janet goes there to train a magnificent white mare to be a show horse, unaware of its true nature or that of its owners.

King-Smith, Dick.

The Roundhill. 2000. While on summer holidays in 1936, fourteen-year-old Evan meets a mysterious girl who bears a striking resemblance to the Alice of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Leach, Maria.

The Thing at the Foot of the Bed. 1982. A delightfully eerie collection of scary tales, including a section entitled "Do's and Dont's About Ghosts," offering some wise words of caution for those who go seeking ghosts, or those who run into one when they least expect it.

Maguire, Gregory.

Six Haunted Hairdos. 1997. With the help of their favorite teacher, two rival clubs, the all-boy Copycats and the all-girl Tattletales, stop trying to out-do each other long enough to help the ghosts of a baby elephant and a herd of mastodons that appear near their small Vermont town.

Mahy, Margaret.

The Horribly Haunted School. 1998. Monty is allergic to ghosts; if there's one around, he sneezes. When he discovers a ghost named Lulu haunting his home, his mother sends him away to the Brinsley Codd School for Sensible Thought, where she hopes he will learn that there are no such things as spirits. But Monty has only been inside the school a minute when he starts to sneeze. How can Monty stop believing in ghosts when the school itself turns out to be haunted by the ghost of Brinsley Codd?

Manns, Nick.

Operating Codes. 2001. Upon moving to Sentinel House, five-year-old Matty and fifteen-year-old Graham encounter ghosts from a nearby abandoned military compound, but real trouble begins when their father is arrested for posting information about a secret weapons system on the Internet.

McKay, Hilary.

The Amber Cat. 1997. While recovering from chicken pox, Robin and his friends are drawn into his mother's story about the adventures she and her friends had years ago with an unusual girl who mysteriously appeared on the nearby beach.

Medearis, Angela Shelf.

Haunts: Five Hair-Raising Tales. 1996. A collection of stories mainly set in Texas and based on tales of local ghosts: The Fiddler Man; Scared silly; Last dance at the Dew Drop Inn; The rainmaker; Waiting for Mr. Chester.

Montes, Marisa.

Something Wicked's in Those Woods. 2000. When their parents are killed in an accident, eleven-year-old Javier and his younger brother leave their home in Puerto Rico to go live with their aunt in northern California, where a ghost from an unsolved crime and Javi's newfound psychokinetic powers make their adjustment all the harder.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.

Bernie and the Bessledorf Ghost. 1990. Living at the Bessledorf Hotel, where his father works as the manager, Bernie tries to solve the mystery of a troubled young ghost who wanders the halls of the hotel at night.

Jade Green: A Ghost Story. 1999. While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.

Nixon, Joan.

The Haunting. 1998. When her mother inherits an old plantation house in the Louisiana countryside, fifteen-year-old Lia seeks to rid it of the evil spirit that haunts it.

Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories. 2000. A collection of stories about eerie encounters in various ghost towns across the United States. Each story is accompanied by an afterword about the actual town on which the story is based.

Patneaude, David.

Haunting at Home Plate. 2000. After they hear stories about their baseball field being haunted by the ghost of a boy who died there many years ago, twelve-year-old Nelson and his teammates start finding mysterious messages written in the dirt.

Reiss, Kathryn.

Sweet Miss Honeywell's Revenge: A Ghost Story. 2004. Zibby Thorne knows there's something wrong with the shabby dollhouse she bought for her twelfth birthday. She hears strange rustling and ringing noises when there's no one else in the room, and one of the dolls never seems to be in the same place she left it. The dollhouse is haunted--and one of the ghosts who lives in it is a cruel former governess named Miss Honeywell who died eighty years ago. But why is Miss Honeywell still so bent on revenge?

Ruby, Laura.

Lily's Ghosts. 2003. Strange goings-on at her great-uncle's summer home in Cape May, New Jersey, draw Lily and a new friend into a mystery involving lost treasure, a fake medium, and ghosts of all sizes, shapes, and dispositions.

Seabrooke, Brenda.

The Haunting at Stratton Falls. 2000. At Christmastime in 1944, while staying with disagreeable cousins in New York State because her father is in Europe fighting in World War II, eleven-year-old Abby discovers that her relatives' old house is haunted by the ghost of a girl from the Civil War era.

The Haunting of Holroyd Hill. 1995. When her family moves to the Virginia countryside, eleven-year-old Melinda, her older brother, and their new friend Dan work together to solve the mystery of a Civil War -era ghost who is haunting their house.

The Haunting of Swain's Fancy. 2003. Eleven-year-old Taylor spends the summer with her father and his new family in a historic house in West Virginia and, while contending with hostility from her stepsister Nicole, attempts to solve the mystery of ghosts who haunt the site.

Shreve, Susan.

Ghost Cats. 1999. Eleven-year-old Peter and his three younger siblings rediscover their lost closeness when the ghosts of their dead pet cats begin to return mysteriously.

Snyder, Zilpha Keatley.

The Ghosts of Rathburn Park. 2002. Lost in the woods of Rathburn Park, eleven-year-old Matthew weights the odds of dying from thirst, embarrasment, or at the hands of the forest's reputed ghostly inhabitants.

Springer, Nancy.

Sky Rider. 1999. Dealing with her mother's death, a back injury that prevents her from riding, and the imminent destruction of her sick horse, fourteen-year-old Dusty receives physical and spiritual healing from the ghost of a recently killed boy.

Strasser, Todd.

Hey, Dad, Get a Life. 1996. When a supernatural presence begins doing favors for Kelly and her younger sister Sasha, they realize that the ghost of their dead father has returned to watch over them.

Vande Velde, Vivian.

Ghost of a Hanged Man. 1998. An outlaw condemned to be hanged threatens to wreak vengeance from the grave on those responsible for his death.

There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around. 1999. Eleven-year-old Ted becomes concerned and intrigued when his five-year-old sister Vicki begins receiving visits from two female ghosts.

Vivelo, Jackie.

Chills in the Night: Tales That Will Haunt You. 1997. A collection of eight delightfully scary stories. They won't cause nightmares but will send delicious tingles down the spine. It is only on deeper reflection that the subtitle truly comes into play. The tales are carefully constructed on several levels. They can be read merely for their creepy twist or scare value. A closer reading will allow for the exploration of characters and for the strong but subtly delivered messages to come through. It is this depth and added dimension that makes this book fascinating.

Wilson, Jacqueline.

Vicky Angel. 2001. After her lifelong best friend Vicky dies, Jade struggles with grief, guilt, and the domineering personality of Vicky's ghost.

Woodruff, Elvira.

The Ghost of Lizard Light. 1999. Moving from Iowa to a lighthouse cottage in Maine, ten-year-old Jack struggles to live up to his father's high standards and encounters a young ghost who presents Jack with a 150-year-old unsolved sea mystery.

Wright, Betty Ren.

Crandall's Castle. 2003. Charli's impulsive uncle, Will Crandall, decides to buy the town's abandoned, possibly haunted castle and fix it up as a bed-and-breakfast, but Charli and Sophia, a clairvoyant orphan who has come to stay with the Crandall family, know his plan is somehow dangerous.

Ghosts Beneath Our Feet. 1984. During a summer in an abandoned mining town, Katie's relationship with a rebelious stepbrother improves as they probe the past to find out why there seems to be ghosts, literally, beneath their feet. (PAPERBACK)

The Ghost Comes Calling.1994. While vacationing at a spooky cabin on Perch Lake, nine-year-old Chad tries to clear the name of Tim Tapper, the cabin's ghostly inhabitant, who was blamed for a truck accident in the 1930s.

The ghost in Room 11. 1998. When his family moves to a small town near Milwaukee, Matt's efforts to fit into his new fourth-grade class are complicated by his poor spelling and his encounter with the ghost of one of the school's former teachers.

The Ghosts of Mercy Manor. 1993. Twelve-year-old Gwen, an orphan who comes to live with the Mercy family, discovers that the house is haunted by the ghost of a sad-looking young girl and is determined to solve the mystery behind her appearances.

The Ghost Witch. 1993. Jenny and her mother are all set to move into old Miss Nagle's mansion when Jenny discovers the house is haunted.

The Moonlight Man. 2000. When their father moves them for the seventh time in the five years since their mother's death, Jenny and her younger sister hope to stay in this latest house and try to find out about the malevolent ghost who seems bent on getting revenge on their elderly neighbors.

Yee, Paul.

The Bone Collector's Son. 2004. In 1907 Vancouver, Canada, after helping unearth a skeleton to be returned for burial in China, fourteen-year-old Bing experiences strange events that cause him to confront his fear of both ghosts and of his father.

Yolen, Jane.

Here There Be Ghosts. 1998. An illustrated collection of short stories and poems about ghosts.

The Bagpiper's Ghost. 2002. While in Scotland visiting relatives, thirteen-year-old twins hunting for ghosts in an old cemetery find big trouble when Peter is possessed by the spirit of a man who is determined to keep his twin sister from the man she loves.

EASY FICTION

Berenstain, Stan.

The Berenstain Bears and the Galloping Ghost.1994. Brother Bear learns about fear and getting back in the saddle when a ghost haunts the riding academy.

Leroe, Ellen.

Ghost Dog. 1993. Nine-year-old Artie Jensen gets help from his new pet Ghost Dog, an invisible pug, after someone steals the valuable baseball card his grandfather gave him.

O'Connor, Jim.

The Ghost in Tent Nineteen. 1988. A mysterious ghost leads the four boys of Tent 19 on the trail of buried pirate treasure.

Robinson, Nancy K.

The Ghost of Whispering Rock. 1992. While spending the summer after fourth grade at her family's cabin in the woods, Amy copes with the visit of the bored and spoiled Erika by inventing a story about a local ghost.

Smith, Janice Lee.

There's a Ghost in the Coatroom: Adam Joshua's Christmas. 1991. While planning a medieval Christmas feast for their parents, Adam Joshua and the other children in Mrs. D's class discover a ghost in the coatroom.

Wright, Betty Ren.

The Ghost of Popcorn Hill. 1993. Martin and Peter acquire a mischievous new dog and two lonely ghosts.

EASY READERS

Benchley, Nathaniel.

A Ghost Named Fred. 1968. George meets a friendly ghost named Fred and together they search for lost treasure in the house Fred haunts.

NON-FICTION

J 133.1 COH	Cohen, Daniel. Ghostly Tales of Love and Revenge. 1992.
J 133.1 COH	Cohen, Daniel. Ghosts of the Deep. 1993.
J 133.1 COH	Cohen, Daniel. The Ghosts of War. 1990.
J 133.1 COH	Cohen, Daniel. Great Ghosts. 1990.
J 398.2 DIA	Goode, Diane. Book of Scary Stories and Songs. 1994.
J 398.20973 HAS	Haskins, James. The Headless Haunt and Other African-American Ghost Stories. 1994.
J 398.25 SAN	San Souci, Robert D. More Short and Shivery. 1994.
J 398.25 SCH	Schwartz, Alvin. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. 1981.
J 398.25 SCH	Schwartz, Alvin. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. 1984.
J 398.25 SCH	Schwartz, Alvin. Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones. 1991.
J 808.83 GRE	Great Ghost Stories. 1998.
J 808.83 THA	That's Ghosts for You: 13 Scary Stories. 2000.
J 808.83 WAL	Walker, Barbara. The Scared Ghost, and Other Stories. 1975.

EASY READER NON-FICTION

EASY RDR 398.2 SCH	Schwartz, Alvin. In a Dark Dark Room and Other Scary Stories. 1984.
EASY RDR 398.25 SCH	Schwartz, Alvin. Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore 1991.

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