Scary Books for Grades 3–5
Children’s Fiction (J)
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Scream and Scream Again! : Spooky Stories from Mystery Writers of America (396 pp.) | J Scream |
| Alexander | A Festival of Ghosts When Jasper and Rosa are assigned to appease the ghosts haunting their school, they meet powerful spirit friends and a surprising enemy. (262 pp.) | J Alexander |
| Baptiste | The Jumbies Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home. (234 pp.) | J Baptiste |
| Bauer | The Blue Ghost At her grandmother's log cabin, Liz makes contact with children she believes may be her ancestors. (85 pp.) | J Bauer |
| Bellairs | The House with a Clock in Its Walls Lewis moves into his magician uncle's mansion, which has a sinister clock ticking within its walls. (179 pp.) | J Bellairs |
| Brallier | The Last Kids on Earth After a monster apocalypse hits town, Jack builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg. (225 pp.) | J Brallier |
| Cannon | Oddity Ada and her friends face zombie rabbits, alien mobs, and puppet cartels as they explore their small town seeking Ada's missing twin sister. (313 pp.) | J Cannon |
| DeStefano | Dreaming Dangerous Plum and her friends share adventures in their dreams, but soon they discover alarming secrets about their school and its intentions. (201 pp.) | J DeStefano |
| Fisher | Scare Scape When Morton finds a creepy gargoyle buried in the yard of his new house, he and his siblings each make a wish—and unleash chaos. (298 pp.) | J Fisher |
| Gidwitz | A Tale Dark & Grimm Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering many wicked, bloodthirsty creatures. (256 pp.) | J Gidwitz |
| Hahn | The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall Florence goes to live with her sickly cousin James, but the home has another resident, who means to do her and James harm. (155 pp.) | J Hahn |
| Harrold | The Imaginary Amanda's imaginary playmate Rudger must elude evil Mr. Bunting, who hunts imaginaries. (221 pp.) | J Harrold |
| Loftin | The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy Lorelei and Andrew's new school is filled with a mysterious abundance of food at mealtimes and teachers who are up to no good. (282 pp.) | J Loftin |
| McKenzie | The Witches of Dredmoore Hollow Kidnapped by his aunts, Elijah is whisked to Moaning Marsh, where he realizes they are witches who need him in order to break a curse. (264 pp.) | J McKenzie |
| Preller | Home Sweet Horror After his mother's death, Liam and his family move to a new house for a fresh start, but Liam soon discovers the old house is haunted. (97 pp.) | J Preller |
| San Souci | Haunted Houses Ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts. | J San Souci |
| Shepard | The Shadow Hand Rebecca and her friends must rescue her babysitting charge by surviving a chilling journey through the Nightmare Realm. (203 pp.) | J Shepard |
| Snyder | The Witches of Worm Jessie is convinced the cat she finds is possessed by a witch and is responsible for her own strange behavior. (183 pp.) | J Snyder |
| Stine | Wanted: The Haunted Mask When she discovers an evil mask in a trunk and puts it on, Lu-Ann's Halloween turns into a real nightmare. (231 pp.) | J Stine |
| White | Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scary Tales Snow White is a vampire, Little Red Riding Hood is a zombie, and more in this collection of fractured fairy tales. (211 pp.) | J White |
| Wright | The Dollhouse Murders A dollhouse filled with a ghostly light leads Amy and her sister to unravel the mystery surrounding grisly murders that took place years ago. (149 pp.) | J Wright |
Children’s Illustrated Fiction (J Illus.)
| Author | Title | Call Number |
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| Irving | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow A superstitious schoolmaster has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman. | J Illus. Irving |
| McKissack | Ol' Clip-Clop: A Ghost Story A mean and stingy lawyer out to evict a widow is followed by a ghostly rider. | J Illus. McKissack |
Last Updated: 10/19
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